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Golden West Packaging Group Expands Digital Capacity In CA
SupplyOne Acquires Boxes Etc., Inc.
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, based Sup- plyOne, Inc., one of the largest independent supplier of corrugated and other value-add- ed packaging products, equipment, and ser- vices in the U.S., announced that it acquired Boxes Etc., Inc., a privately-held distributor of custom corrugated packaging and packaging supplies headquartered in Orlando, Florida. Founded in 1985, Boxes Etc., Inc. has expe- rienced steady growth under the leadership of Brian Chapman and Marcus Muniz, earn- ing a reputation for high-quality service and responsiveness. In addition to providing a full range of custom and stock boxes and packag- ing supplies, the company has expanded its offering to include packaging design, assem- bly, and warehouse and distribution services to meet the growing needs of manufacturers and processors in the greater Orlando area. “Our customers want to work with suppli- ers who understand their needs and who can help them grow. We are excited about Supply- One’s programs, custom manufacturing capa- bilities and services that will allow us to bring even more value to our customers,” said Brian Chapman, VP of Boxes Etc., Inc.
BY JACKIE SCHULTZ
Golden West Packaging Group remains at the forefront of digital print- ing on corrugated, embracing a long-term strategy of expansion to serve customers throughout the West Coast and beyond. The addition of an HP PageWide C500 industrial scale digital corrugated press at
its Heritage Solutions facility in Livermore, California, along with the redistribution of digital assets across other Golden West manufacturing facilities, is building a foundation for continued growth. Heritage Solutions was one of the first corrugated companies in the U.S. to print digitally directly onto corrugated substrates, installing its first digital press in 2008. Golden West inherited this legacy when it acquired Heritage in 2017. In addition to the HP C500, the plant has HP Scitex 15500 and 11000 multi-pass presses and two XP Kongsberg digital cutting tables. Brian Fellows oversees all of digital for Golden West’s 12 manufac- turing facilities. His title is VP of Sales and Director of Digital for Heri- tage Solutions and Packaging Innovators, which Golden West also ac- quired in 2017. The two plants are located across the street from each other and are referred to as “Livermore” throughout the Golden West organization. Combined, they have considerable manufacturing fire- power, which Fellows says is one of the reasons why Golden West ex- CONTINUED ON PAGE 26 California based Golden West Packaging Group has expended its digital printing capabilities to serve its Wine and Spirits customers.
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WHAT’S INSIDE 5 Pratt Industries Opens New Box Plant In Carlisle, PA 6 AICC Foundation For Packaging Education Celebrates One Year 10 A New Competitive Edge: Mental Health Offerings 14 Members Of AICC Mexico Meet In Monterrey For 20th Year
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AVERAGE CONTAINERBOARD PRICES The average prices reported are tabulated from prices PAID by various sources throughout the United States the week previous to issue. Prices in some areas of the country may be higher or lower than the tabulated average. The prices tabulated here are intended only for purposes of reference. They do not connote any commitment to sell any material at the indicated average. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser.
“We look forward to welcoming our new customers and colleagues to SupplyOne. Boxes, Etc. is an outstanding addition to our expanding network of specialty packaging manufacturers and distributors. This acquisition is an ex- cellent addition to SupplyOne’s presence in Florida,” said Bill Leith, CEO and President of SupplyOne, Inc. SupplyOne is a portfolio company of Wellspring Capital Management. Visit www.supplyone.com .
REGION E. Coast Midwest Southeast Southwest
42# Kraft liner
26# Semi-Chem. Medium
$1005.00-1010.00 $1020.00-1030.00 $1020.00-1030.00 $1020.00-1030.00 $1050.00-1060.00 $1023.00-1032.00
Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del.
$940.00-990.00 $955.00-975.00 $955.00-975.00 $955.00-975.00 $975.00-995.00 $958.00-978.00
West Coast U.S. Average
SHEET PRICES BY REGION (AVERAGE) Per 1MSF, local delivery included, 50MSF single item order, truckload delivery. Sheets
ND Paper Promotes Dwyer To Mill GM In Rumford, ME
E. Coast Midwest South-SW S. CA N.CA/WA-OR US Aver.
200# 275#
$62.26
$72.05
$62.69 $82.80
$85.35 119.54
$73.13 101.29
97.32
99.89
90.86
113.65
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois based ND Paper reported that it has named Shannon Dwyer as the new General Manager at its plant in Rumford, Maine. Dwyer was promoted on Oc- tober 26 to fill the role of at the company’s largest paper mill after the departure of Tom Pazdera. Dwyer has held several positions in ND Paper since 2000. His roles have ranged from Project Engineer to Engineering Manager and from Director of Utilities. Most recently, he served as Director of Capital and Reliability, where he led the engineering group responsible for opti- mizing and advancing all of ND Paper’s operations. ND Paper is a subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper Hold- ings Ltd. of China.
OYSTER UP-CHARGE 8.34
8.34
8.34
8.34
8.34
8.34
275# DBL-WALL 350# DBL-WALL
107.46 118.45
114.69 129.32
116.54 137.25 117.82 145.56
141.08 148.46
122.76 131.80
CANADIAN SHEET PRICES (AVERAGE) In Canadian Dollars, per 1MSF, local delivery included, under 50MSF single item order, truckload delivery. 200# 275# Oyster UC 275#DW 350#DW $78.56 $99.18 $9.00 $96.32 $105.83 CANADIAN LINERBOARD & MEDIUM The average prices reported are tabulated from prices PAID by various sources throughout Canada. Prices may be higher or lower in various areas of the country. The prices tabulated here are intended only for purposes of reference. They do not connote any commitment to sell any material at the indicated average. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser. Prices are Canadian $ and per metric ton.
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$960.00 $995.00
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Pratt Industries Opens New Box Plant In Carlisle, PA
Conyers, Georgia based Pratt Industries recently celebrat- ed the opening of its new manufacturing facility in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. A total of 215 employees work at the plant. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf joined Anthony Pratt, Pratt’s Executive Chairman, for a tour of the plant. Pratt bills itself as a prominent paper recycler, and the only ma- jor paper container board company whose products are 100 percent recycled. “This $150 million state-of-the-art box factory is our company’s most recent investment in America and we’re proud to have created another 215 full-time, high-paying, green-collar manufacturing jobs right here in Pennsylva- nia,” Pratt said, shortly before officially dedicating the new plant with Wolf. The facility is Pratt’s fourth in Pennsylvania, joining oth- ers in Reading, Macungie and East Greenville. Pratt highlighted the company’s focus on recycling, noting that the prevention of paper products from decay- ing in landfills will ultimately help achieve the federal gov- ernment’s new methane reduction targets. The company
operates an extensive recycling division to supply five state-of-the-art paper mills with recovered fiber. Those mills then supply its corrugator and sheet plants with 100 percent recycled container board which is used to create custom packaging and display materials for customers which include Dominos Pizza, Amazon and Hello Fresh. Governor Wolf praised the firm’s growing commitment to Pennsylvania. “I think we have what you need to do well here, and I would hope that this is just the beginning of more investments in Pennsylvania because we have some great companies here that need the products that you’re selling here,” the governor said. Founded more than 30 years ago, Pratt is Ameri- ca’s 5th-largest corrugated packaging company and the world’s largest, privately-held producer of 100 percent re- cycled container board, with more than 7,500 employees in 25 states. Visit www.prattindustries.com for more information. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, left, takes a tour of Pratt In- dustries’ new box plant in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with Anthony Pratt, Executive Chairman of Pratt Industries.
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AICC’s Foundation For Packaging Education Enjoys A Year Of Success In November of 2020, the creation of the Foundation for Packaging Education was announced to the corrugated and folding carton industries. The Foundation acts as a reliable source of funds for AICC and related education- al programming aimed at people already working in box plants and the industry. More than 40 AICC General and Associate Member companies and individuals made pledges and donations to the Foundation that total $1,500,000. As promised, AICC’s Board of Directors matched the first $1 million. Inaugural donors include: A.G. Stacker, Akers Packag- ing Services, Arvco, Athena SWC, Bay Cities, BCM Inks, Central Package & Display, Mike D’Angelo, DeLine Box & Display, The Day Before Golf, Equipment Finance, Geo. Martin, Nick Griffin, Haire Machinery, Harris Packaging, In- dependent II, Jamestown Container, JB Machinery, Kolbus, L.D. Davis, McLean Packaging, Michigan City Paper Box, Ox Box, Package Crafters, Package Express, Pamarco/ Absolute, Royal Containers, Southern Missouri Contain- er, Standfast Group, Sun Automation, Tavens Container, Wasatch Container, and Welch Packaging Group. The following inaugural donors have also given in hon- or or memory of others: CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month September 2021
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2021 2020
34.261 34.901
-1.8
8.157 8.310
-1.8
Industry Total
Year-to Date
September 2021
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2021 2020
312.632 300.767
3.9
8.227 7.873
4.5
Industry Total
Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
2021 2020
2.7786 2.8459
-2.4
25.4959 24.5672
3.8
Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)
Corrugator Plants Only
Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
Sept.
2.312
3.8
3.5 3.4
2.9
Aug
2.2272
Shipping Days
Year
Month
Year-to-Date
2021 2020
21 21
190 191
SOURCE: Fibre Box Association
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calibrations and settings. Bar systems avoid this, but compensate this with the risk of exces- sive glue application. The system contains many wearing parts. Solution The contact roll combines the ad antage of both systems and ensures minimum contact between board and applicator roll. The system uses small pneumatic cylinders in order to achieve a “soft touch.”
6. Gap Control 7. Curved Plate 8. Roller Shoe Press When it comes to a short-term increas of web tension, spring loaded systems with shoes or airpressure activated system have problems in compensating these. The system is lifted for a short time. This may result in de-lamination and in the ‘double kiss’ effect. Solution For a defined and exact bonding point of the web fiv weight rollers will be installed usually over the first flat hotplate of the heating section. The rolls are mounted into a frame, which is actuated by means of two pneumatic cylinders. P oductivity Issu —Double Kiss Bonding
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9. Thin Wall Hot Plates 10. Pressure System Benefits —Exact glue application due to defined contact of applicator roll to web. Web is in contact to less flute tips compared to bar systems. • High precision glue application • Less moisture applied to web —No wear of shoes and springs —No adjustment of shoes or paper gap —Uniform glue application over entire w orking width for all flutes by use of pneumatic cylinders instead of springs — Less contamination by paper dust and glue remains —No jam of board because of web breaks caused by splice joints going through 630-784-0800 Benefits —Rollers secure exact defined first point of contact of liner and single-faced board - No double kiss —Frame design avoids unintended lifting of roller shoe (compared to spring or air loaded systems) - No double kiss —Pressure can be increased or released for special grades or products 490 Tower Blvd., Carol Stream, IL Contact Chicago Electric to GET IT RIGHT 630-784-0800 info@chicagoelectric.com chicagoelectric.com Solution The ProPress system ensures an optimum heat transfer to the board. It offers a wide range of set- tings. The loadi g pressure can be varied, the number of shoes can be lifted in accordance t the line speed. The outer shoes can be lifted in accordance to the paper width. The shoe bars will be delivered pre-assembled for a short installation time. —Liftable for easy paper infeed and for cleaning of the machine —Position adjustable in paper direction to avoid grooves in hotplate Press Productivity Issue—Poor Heat Transfer Rollers are usually limiting the heat transfer, since they often have contact mainly on the edges of the plates due to wear or bent plates. They also cause often loss of caliper and bearing need to be replaced frequently. Airpressure actuated systems can only supply a limited pressure and have com- pared to shoe systems a closed surface. Pressure Shoe
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scholarship program administered by the Foundation. AICC’s long-standing Richard Troll Memorial Scholarship is now under the Foundation’s stewardship as well. Plans are in the final stages for an exciting Foundation for Packaging Education fundraising event in the second half of 2022. Watch for an announcement soon. Those interested in learning more or becoming a donor can visit PackagingEd.org or contact AICC Director of Ed- ucation & Training Taryn Pyle at (703) 535-1391 or tpyle@ aiccbox.org, or AICC President Mike D’Angelo at (703) 535-1386 or mdangelo@aiccbox.org. Save The Date For Amtech User Conference 2022 In Orlando, FL Fort Washington, Pennsylvania based Amtech Software announced that its 2022 User Conference will take place October 23-27, 2022, in person, at the beautiful Wyndham Bonnett Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida. The company is planning exciting networking events, including an evening at Epcot Center with an exclusive fireworks viewing. Its customers will be able to take ad- vantage of over 80 training sessions, functional education- al tracks and post-conference virtual one-on-one training sessions. Registration will be opening soon and training spots will be limited. Visit www.amtechsoftware.com or contact trowland@amtechsoftware.com to learn more.
• Adducco Communications, in memory of Michael Brun- ton • Buckeye Boxes, in honor of Robert B. Hoyt • NV Publications, in memory of Michael Brunton • Oklahoma Interpak, in honor of John A. Schilt The Foundation is close to reaching the $3,000,000 goal in pledges and donations set by the Foundation Board. You can still support the Foundation, your company, and the industry by donating or pledging at PackagingEd. org/Donate. Note that the IRS has increased to 25 percent of taxable income the amount of deductible charitable contributions that corporations can make this tax year. Several donors have also come together, led by Mi- chael Levin of The Paige Company, Mitch Klingher of Klingher Nadler LLP, and Freedom Corrugated, to create a scholarship within the Foundation to honor the memory of Steve Narva. Narva, an industry veteran, made his mark at multiple companies and touched the lives of many. The following companies have made pledges and donations to this Fund. • Paige Packaging
• Freedom Corrugated, LLC • Commonwealth Packaging
• Tyoga Container • Viking Industries The Steve Narva Memorial Scholarship is the second
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A New Competitive Edge: Mental Health Offerings BY CHASE KAMMERER
people departing from their jobs and searching for a more sustainable work-life balance. If you need a competitive edge to keep your employ- ees or bring in new ones, here’s a suggestion for you – bolster your mental health offerings. Mental health symptoms are not new to the workplace. In 2019, 59 percent of people surveyed for an HBR study reported at least one mental health condition. That num- ber edged up to 66 percent in 2021. Younger employees, especially millennials and Gen Zers, are demanding in- vestments in workplace mental health programs pushed by, among other things, the Covid-19 pandemic. There are many benefits to investing in mental health offerings. The HBR study found that workers who felt supported by their employer tended to be less likely to experience mental health symptoms and were less likely to underperform and miss work. They also had higher job satisfaction and intentions to stay at their company. Here are three ways you can increase mental health offerings at your plant(s):
A recent Gallup analysis found 48 percent of America’s working population is actively job searching or watching
for opportunities. Compound that with difficulty acquiring workers amid record-high job openings, and you can understand one of the big problems facing our indus- try right now: labor. In a 2021 Harvard Business Re- view (HBR) survey, 50 percent of respondents had left jobs due to
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1. Provide managers with the proper training to recognize symptoms of stress and depression. Stressed-out employees can underperform and underproduce while also losing engagement with work. Some companies are also monitoring the effect of supervisors on worker well-being. The lost productivity of disengaged employees is equal to 18 percent of their yearly salary. 2. Offer access to facts about men- tal health in town halls or workshops or through a mental illness awareness cam- paign. Employers could provide education- al or storytelling videos and brochures to employees about poor mental health and its signs and symptoms. Give employees anonymous surveys or other opportunities to participate in decisions about issues that affect stress at work. 3. Make available health insurance with no or low out-of-pocket costs for counsel- ing and medications. Accessible mental health treatments have the potential to re- tain some of those employees who decide to leave on their own. Replacing workers re- quires two times the team member’s annual salary, leaving you less competitive. This pandemic changed the way we work and view work. Many are reflecting on what a quality job looks and feels like, and roughly 50 percent are willing to quit to find one. Reversing the tide of resignations requires managers who engage and give workers a sense of purpose and motivation. Chase Kammerer is the Manager of Technical Services at FBA. Contact him at ckammerer@fibrebox.org.
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TAPPI Scholarships Support Next Generation Of Packaging Leaders Each year, TAPPI is proud to offer multiple scholarship opportunities to graduate and undergraduate students in corrugated and packaging related programs. There are several Technical Division scholarships totaling more than $50,000 available for academic year 2022-2023. Applica- tions are due February 15, 2022. TAPPI Corrugated Packaging Division scholarships in- clude: • $10,000 from the Terry S. Paulson Memorial Fund will provide two $5,000 scholarships for students pursuing careers in maintenance or engineering for the corru- gated industry. • $5,000 from the Joe Dieffenbacher Memorial Fund will grant one $5,000 scholarship to a student pursuing a career in engineering for the corrugated industry. • Additional $1,000 scholarships will also be present- ed and are sponsored by the Bobst Group, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and WestRock. In addition to Technical Division scholarships, TAP- PI offers the William L. Cullison Memorial Scholarship, in amounts of up to $4000, for undergraduate students ma- joring in pulp and paper science. The deadline to submit applications for academic year 2022-2023 is February 15, 2022.
TAPPI encourages students to apply for all of the schol- arships for which they may qualify. Scholarship application requirements vary by division and a general information form must also be completed. To access scholarship ap- plications and division specific guidelines visit tappi. org/scholarships or contact the Awards Department at awards@tappi.org. AF&PA Responds With ‘No’ To House Passage Of Build Back Better Act The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) Presi- dent and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Build Back Better Act framework: “AF&PA cannot support the corporate tax increases put forth in the Build Back Better Act. These tax increases would significantly impact U.S. manufacturing jobs and undermine our na- tion’s economic recovery. We urge policymakers to recog- nize that our country is struggling under the worst inflation seen in three decades. “Such short-sighted policies will have longer-term ef- fects on U.S. manufacturing jobs, which includes the more than 950,000 hard-working people in the forest products industry. AF&PA calls on the U.S. Senate to vote ‘no’ on this legislation.” Visit afandpa.org for more information.
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Members Of AICC Mexico Convene In Monterrey For 20th Anniversary
Members of AICC Mexico met in Monterrey, Mexico, November 17-19 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of AICC’s Mexico chap- ter. The group, numbering 170 members, suppliers and guests, was welcomed by past president Humberto Trevino of Washington Box in Monterrey and past president Pedro Aguirre of Technologia de Carton in Torreon. Trevino told members, “It is gratifying to see the support of
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so many AICC members at this meeting given the challenges of the past year posed by the pandemic and the state of the economy.” He said that membership in AICC Mexico had grown to nearly 100 member compa- nies and the interest in the activities of the Association, particularly the online training programs, was very high. AICC Ambassador Steve Young addressed the group on behalf of AICC President Mike D’Angelo. He thanked the members for their sup- port and encouraged them to participate in the services offered by the Association, especially the online training and learning resources. He re- ported that AICC had created the Foundation for Packaging Education, a charitable foun- dation specifically dedicated to supporting and sustaining the development of online ed- ucation and training programs, including their translation into Spanish. He remarked briefly on the financial performance of AICC in the past fiscal year, noting that the Association’s financial resources are very sound, and he also comment- ed on the AICC/TAPPI Super- CorrExpo, August 8-12 in Orlando, which saw attendance of nearly 3,000 people and 235 exhibiting suppliers. Speakers at the meeting included Patricia Inés Christensen of the Aso- ciacion Mexicana de Envase y Embalaje (AMEE), an expert in packaging, AICC Mexico Past President Humberto Trevino of Washington Box speaks to the general session at AICC Mexico’s 20th Anniversary Meeting. Veronica Reyes, Administrative Secretary for AICC Mexico, with Steve Young of AICC, left, and Sergio Menchaca of Eko Empaques, the newly elected President of AICC Mexico.
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perboard packaging, and that everyone has the ability – they just have to tap into it. Also on the program were Marina Faleiros, the Latin American editor for RISI/Fastmarkets, who gave an over- view of the containerboard and packaging markets in North and South America, and keynote presenter Benja- min Aleman of Instituto Panamericano de Alta Direccion de Empresa (IPADE), who spoke about the main challeng-
design and brand identity, who spoke on creating value through packaging design. Juan Jacobo Mondragón, In- dustrial Engineer, discussed total quality systems design in corrugated packaging operations, while Hiram Cruz, also of AMEE, presented ways to optimize paperboard materi- als and reduce waste in the production process.
Gerardo Rodriguez presents his dynamic workshop, “Shut Up and Sell!”, to a packed general session at AICC Mexico’s Annual Meeting in Monterrey, Mexico.
On the topic of sales, Gerardo Rodriguez gave an en- ergetic, at times raucous, presentation titled, “Shut up and Sell!” A well-known motivational speaker, Rodriquez told his audience that knowing how to sell is crucial for success in business-to-business industries like corrugated and pa-
es and opportunities that arise in an uncertain economic environment. Members were treated to a cocktail reception and table-top trade fair hosted by the sponsors of the AICC
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Mexico meeting. Sponsors were: Policart; HP; Grupo Gon- di; BCM Inks; EAM Mosca; Kolbus; ICASA; PCM; Alliance Machine Systems; ARC; Fosber; Macarbox; ALHU Inter- national; Global Boxmachine; and Amtech. Approximately 35 Emerging Leaders of AICC Mexico also held a special event at a local top golf site. AICC Mexico celebrated its 20th anniversary with a re- ception and dinner, where Marco Ferrara of Carton Sulta- na was inducted into the AICC Mexico Hall of Fame. In the annual election of officers, Sergio Menchaca of Eko Empaques in Guanajuato was elected president of AICC Mexico. He told members that he looked forward to serving them in the coming year, saying it would be an- other year of growth for the Association and the industry in Mexico On the event’s closing day, Friday, November 19, the group was hosted by Eduardo Posada, CEO of Grupo Gon- di, at Papel y Empaques Gondi Monterrey, where members toured the recently constructed paper machine Number 7, which can produce 400,000 tons of recycled container- board annually. The completion of the mill in January of 2021, raised Grupo Gondi’s total containerboard capacity to 1.1 million tons per year. For more information about AICC Mexico, contact Ma- ria Frustaci at mfrustaci@aiccbox.org, or Veronica Reyes at vreyes@aiccbox.mx.
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FBA: Connecting With Consumers During The Holiday Via Social Media Fibre Box Association (FBA) prides itself on its connec- tions: to members, to retailers, to industry stakeholders and to consumers. We work hard to be the trusted voice for the corrugated packaging industry across all these au- diences, and it’s this last group that’s the focus today. FBA connects with consumers through our social me- dia platforms, promoting the extraordinary benefits of cor- rugated packaging. This is something we began actively doing in late 2018 and building upon every moment since. In 2020, our posts garnered 17.6 million impressions with a 79 percent follower growth rate which brought us up to 8,886 followers. We’re proud of the impact we’ve made and are excited to close out this year with even stronger numbers when it comes to our social media efforts. We are also excited to announce that long-time em- ployee Vicky Miksis will be stepping into a new role as Marketing and Research Specialist. Vicky will combine her research work that helps generate many of FBA’s current data reports with FBA’s social media efforts. She’ll work with the marketing team to continue to produce strong so- cial media content that engages consumers. This holiday season, that consumer engagement will center around boxes as the backbone of e-commerce. For November and December, we’re focusing on happy hol-
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cels at digital printing. “In my opinion where most compa- nies with digital fail is on the finishing side and that’s what creates the longer lead times. Our lead times are 10 to 15 work- ing days so two to three weeks. Without our finishing equipment, the flexo folder-gluers, the rotary and flatbed diecutters and the XP Kongsbergs, we’d be dead in the water. I can print sheets and finish them in-house or I can send them to any one of our companies. We have a ton of different finishing equipment on the West Coast.” The two plants combined are 250,000-square-feet and have four flexo folder-gluers, two rotary diecutters, two specialty gluers and two Bobst flatbed diecutters. They manufacture between 45- to 60-million-square-feet of board a month. Twenty percent of the business is digital. Since acquiring the companies, Golden West has in- vested heavily in capital equipment and workflow automa- tion. The equipment at Heritage was rearranged to make room for the HP C500 press, which sits perpendicular to a seven-color Göpfert Evolution rotary diecutter. Installed in 2016, the diecutter is testament to Golden West’s commit- ment to high quality printing. The 66-inch by 125-inch HBL Brian Fellows
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(high board line) machine is equipped with state-or-the- art components providing the ability to achieve flexo print quality comparable to litho, printing 150-175 line screen. The back end was recently automated with an automatic pallet inserter, dual bundle breakers, inverter and load for- mer from Ducker-Ringwood Automation. Ducker also add- ed new main line material handling components. Fellows says Golden West’s success is a direct result of the wide range of printing capabilities across all locations. For instance, the Fleetwood-Fiber Packaging & Graphic’s plant in City of Industry, California, also has a seven-col- or Göpfert as well as a Ward 4/1 inside/outside flexo fold- er-gluer from BW Papersystems that can print four colors
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outside and one inside in one pass. And Capital Corru- gated & Carton in Sacramento, California, has an Asitrade singleface laminator. He says digital printing complements the other print- ing capabilities, allowing the company to offer customers a complete menu of solutions. Why Digital The HP PageWide C500 press was installed almost two years ago to serve the wine and spirits and high graphics packaging markets. It runs two shifts producing average order sizes of 7000 to 8000. The highest single order to date was 200,000 wine boxes. Speed and flexibility are its differentiating factors, ac- cording to Fellows. The rated speed is 246 linear ft/min. “The old days of people saying, ‘Digital is for short runs, it’s not fast enough, it’s not true production,’ those days are over.” The press uses water-based ink and offers near offset print quality. “When you look at the image through a
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