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Workforce Oklahoma Interpak employs 40 people and 10 to 15 “temp-to-perm” employees at any given time. Eric said they look for people with a “can do” attitude who are will- ing to learn. While hiring has been difficult in the past few years, Eric said they have a solid group now. Julie said their longest working employee has been there 19 years, another employee started “as a kid” 15 years ago and is now a supervisor.

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.

Julie brings historical knowledge of the company to her ownership role. As a teenager, she cleaned the bathrooms and filled in for the office, but hated every minute of it, she said. It’s a different story today. The Elgin’s two chil- dren are teenagers, but they spent a lot of time at the plant when they were small, corralled by a Dutch door to the office of the financial controller, but mom to them. A 25-cell partition being assembled for the decorated glass industry.

Eric has been active with the AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, serving as Region 4 director twice and is now a board member at-large. He attends most meetings and participates in legislative issues of interest to the corrugated packaging industry. Growing & Expanding The last of their contract packaging business stopped in 2009 to make way for more and more partition ma- An operator bundles partitions per a customer’s palletization specifications.

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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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