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relatively quickly, Rand-Whitney’s management team did its due diligence. They visited Lawrence Paper Company in Lawrence, Kansas, already running their third Engico before making the commitment with Haire Group on their own machine for Boylston. “The reputation of this group was enough validation for me to justify our investment in the Engico,” says Tominsky.
ing about three years ago through Haire Group’s Keith Umlauf. “Keith intrigued us very quickly with the machine, its capabilities and the successes other converters were hav- ing with it. It was only a few months before we made the
The Engico has dual cylinder capability, a ‘true’ 99-inches through the machine both for printing and die cutting.
“Now we have people from other plants reaching out to us wanting to see it in operation.” It wasn't until the machine was just about ready to be broken down and be shipped from Engico’s manufacturing facility in Lissone, Italy, near Milan, that Tominsky traveled to personally witness the performance testing and demos. CONTINUED ON PAGE 30
decision to buy one ourselves,” says Tominsky. “Since we had a greenfield site and the machine was a great com- plement to the rest of our plans, we decided to design the rest of the plant around it. We would be able to handle everything from small twin-box work all the way up to the biggest jumbo boxes.” While the decision to invest in the Engico was made
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