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innovation. And after three decades, he still relishes the opportunity to visit a customer in person to discuss new ways to do a project. For example, Zumbiel met with a customer that had never been in folding cartons before. The customer had been using plastic rings on their beverage packages. In 31 days, Zumbiel’s design team created 81 different struc- tures, which often involved bringing samples up to the customer in the morning, discussing modifications, driving back to Zumbiel Packaging to make the requested chang- es, then driving back up to the customer’s plant the fol- lowing morning with the next version of the design. The customer enjoyed folding carton success. Zumbiel Packaging’s geography has its advantages. Cincinnati, Ohio, is within a 10-hour drive to 60 percent of its customers and Zumbiel ships as far south as Miami and as far west as Seattle. It also ships into Canada. “We’re well positioned geographically to have a large footprint. On the beverage side, it’s easy to ship coast-to-coast be- cause there are so few of us doing it in a big way. On the food side, we’re more regional. Shipping overnight, how- ever, is our ‘sweet spot,’ but that not just us, it’s everyone [Zumbiel’s competitors].” Enter Koenig & Bauer. Again. Staying competitive means the need for machinery that can deliver the speed, quality, and capacity to satisfy a thirsty nation. Last year, Zumbiel Packaging installed a CONTINUED ON PAGE 26
Adds Zumbiel, “Ultimately, we like to say that the last thing we sell is a box. We sell solutions. We’re as good at structural design as anyone in the world. It’s very, very important to this business. And we have the fastest sample turnaround in the industry.”
Zumbiel, who has been in the family business for more than 30 years, says he has no official title but Marketing Director will suffice. His role indeed encompasses mar- keting, but it also includes the areas of sustainability and Zumbiel Packaging’s Cerutti Zerand die cutter is a reliable workhorse. BW Papersystems acquired North American based Cerutti Corp’s Zerand division in 2017.
Do you need printed sheets? We have your answer.. Introducing Heartland’s ColorCorr. This is “flexo-printing in the round”. On our corrugator we can print up to 109” wide. The advantage is that we can print the equivalent of ½ roll at a time and not be required to keep several rolls of very expensive preprinted paper on the floor. Much less waste and risk. In continual print mode, we use either laser-engraved rubber rolls or solid rubber rolls to print a “flood coat” or a repeating pattern. If we are printing a repeating pattern, we can run a two-color design on the paper. Customers have found that running sheets we print can allow them to run a lighter-grade due to reduced caliper loss, and in some cases eliminate one or more machine passes.
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