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ing, retail packaging, signage, and POP Displays. Great Plains Packaging manufactures pressure-sensitive labels, spiral-wound paper tubes, cores, and edge guards. Ad- vanced Logistics and Fulfillment provides display assem- bly, packout, special packs, promotional packaging, and 3PL services. Vanguard employs more than 260 people, a number that can reach over 600 with its seasonal fulfill- ment business. The company also maintains its own fleet of trucks and local drivers. Vanguard currently runs two shifts on major equipment in certain parts of the company and runs seven days a week with a variety of flex shift options.
ADVANTZWARE www.advantzware.com
Advantzware provides a comprehensive system to address the business management needs of the independent box business, as well as the ERP requirements of full scale pack- aging plants and integrated companies. With modules for estimating, scheduling, production, inventory and account- ing, this scalable system supports companies that produce corrugated boxes, folding cartons, point of purchase dis- plays, assembled partitions, and paperboard products. AIR CONVEYING CORPORATION www.accfilter.com Air Conveying Corporation is a leader in the industry of Pneumatic Conveying Systems and has been in business since 1968. As an equipment manufacturer rather than sim- ply a sales organization, we have complete control over the quality of material and products which make up your pro- posed system. Our equipment is found in printing, folding carton and corrugated plants throughout the world. We've been designing, manufacturing and engineering pneumatic conveying systems since 1984. We partner with our customers to ensure they operate efficiently and guar- antee our systems meet or exceed their specifications. ASDI specializes in full pull-through systems trim separators, and NFPA compliant systems with full electronic controls. AMTECH SOFTWARE www.amtechsoftware.com AIR SYSTEMS DESIGN, INC. www.airsystemsdesign.com Amtech offers the industry’s most innovative and com- prehensive corrugated and packaging ERP, integrated scheduling software, and engineered automation technol- ogy. For over 30 years, Amtech has kept our customers competitive in an ever-changing economy with customer digital storefronts and workflows, business intelligence, automated scheduling for corrugators, converting and shipping, proactive roll stock and inventory management. APEX INTERNATIONAL www.apexinternational.com World’s largest Anilox and Glue & Metering roll manufac- turer, providing the widest selection of corrugated engrav- ings and complementary services. Anilox engraving options available from our North American manufacturing facility include elongated 75°, 60°, 45°, plus Apex’s patented GTT technology. Glue rolls are produced with Hardened Stain- less Steel and a max TIR of 10 µ for Single, Double Facers.
Vanguard Packaging houses three rotary diecutters, including a new 4-color Apstar, above, and SUN Latitude Flexo Folder Gluer, below.
As Vanguard expanded its presence in the corrugat- ed display industry, it also made significant improvements in flexographic printing, laminating, die-cutting, specialty gluing, and digital printing. When looking at the mix of business, Vanguard knew they needed similar technology with more capacity and faster speeds for not just small- er orders but the mid – larger sized orders. In 2012/2013, Vanguard purchased its first multi-pass machines, marking its entry into the digital printing space. Vanguard’s equip- ment list includes redundancy in almost every area, pro-
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL www.albint.com
Albany International has a corrugator belt for every appli- cation. Our reputation for durable performance is the trade- mark of the most dependable belts in service today.
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