BOPI Invests In Koenig & Bauer Ipress Die Cutter, Folder Gluer
sheets to the cutter. It’s a finished product when it comes off the end. The Ipress 106 K PRO offers fast and efficient finished blanks that exit the machine for immediate pro- cessing to our Allpro 110 folder gluer. And it just makes per- fect sense to work with our longtime press manufacturer.”
Bloomington, Illinois based BOPI announced the installa- tion of the newest generation Koenig & Bauer Ipress 106 K PRO die cutter and Allpro 110 folder gluer. “Ever since we installed both the Koenig & Bauer Ipress 106 K PRO die cutter and Allpro 110 folder gluer, everyone has been quite pleased at the speed and automation of the equipment,” says Tom Mercier, BOPI’s Chairman. “We needed equipment that was high powered enough to handle our capacity issues and didn’t limit us to a small- er sheet size. Our existing Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106 28 x 41-inch eight-color perfector press is consistently operat- ing at 18,000 sph and we had bottlenecks in our postpress. After we visited Koenig & Bauer’s European factories to see both pieces of equipment in operation, we could see that they were top-of-the-line machines running four times faster than our current equipment. “The Ipress 106 K PRO matches our Rapida press size and allows us to handle a larger sheet. We are also im- pressed with the inline stripping and automated blanking units that are the most technologically advanced. These features provide us with high-speed production perfectly combined with exceptional registration, high quality stan- dards, and easy handling and fast preparation all saving us time and energy. Now our operators don’t have to take
For more than 75 years, BOPI has served markets in insurance, manufacturing, college and university, agricul- tural, hospital, financial, government, and non-profit orga- nizations. Demand continues to rise in those markets but BOPI’s management team sensed some opportunities to CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 From left, Jeff Fritzen, BOPI Executive Vice President; Tom Mercier, BOPI chairman; Jeff Mercier, BOPI President, and the new Koenig & Bauer Ipress 106 K PRO die cutter and Allpro 110 folder gluer.
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