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where we fit in. We do the things that no one else likes to do and we feel like we’ve built a neat little company by doing so.” Also “neat” is the fact that after decades, the working relationship with Deline Box in Denver continues to be both strong and complementary. “We do what they don’t want to do and vice versa,” says Davis. “It’s tough to be
grown to nearly 100,000-square-feet, after two previous moves from smaller locations, and is full (almost) of some of the industry’s finest corrugated converting machinery. Playing In The Niches “We started the company by ‘playing in the niches’ and
all things to all peo- ple but when you put the capabilities of both our plants together, we’ve got a ‘full wagon’ of products to sell. For example, De- line has a midline machine and a jum- bo but they don’t have a mini. We do.
They’ve got rotary die cutters and we’ve got flatbed die cutters. They’ve got a big specialty folder gluer and we’ve got a small specialty folder gluer. We’ve got a laminator and they’ve got a digital printer. Together, we’ve got all the bases covered.” Helping to “cover the bases” are a 122-inch Bahmuel- ler, a Baysek C190 Flat Bed Die Cutter, a 98-inch Gopfert SRE Maxi, a 55-inch by 77-inch Brausse Flat Bed Die Cut-
Matt Davis “inside” his 98-inch Gopfert SRE Maxi.
25 years later, we’re still playing in the niches,” says Matt Davis. “The integrateds are more interested in pumping out tonnage and they really don’t want to run small boxes, but we do, we love it. We feel there’s a lot of ‘rightsizing’ going on in the industry and we feel like there’s a niche for smaller boxes as not everyone likes to run them. That’s
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Do you need printed sheets? We have your answer.. Introducing Heartland’s ColorCorr. This is “flexo-printing in the round”. On our corrugator we can print up to 109” wide. The advantage is that we can print the equivalent of ½ roll at a time and not be required to keep several rolls of very expensive preprinted paper on the floor. Much less waste and risk. In continual print mode, we use either laser-engraved rubber rolls or solid rubber rolls to print a “flood coat” or a repeating pattern. If we are printing a repeating pattern, we can run a two-color design on the paper. Customers have found that running sheets we print can allow them to run a lighter-grade due to reduced caliper loss, and in some cases eliminate one or more machine passes.
For more information contact: Charlie Freeman | 816-500-8889 | cfreeman@heartlandsheets.com Tim Kramer | 816-841-8317 | color@heartlandsheets.com
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