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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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At Heritage Solutions an HP C500 press, above, sits perpen- dicular to a 7-color Göpfert Evolution rotary diecutter, below.
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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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