Lawrence Paper Box Paves Road To Success With Engico Machinery BY GREG KISHBAUGH Few companies in the corrugated industry are as venera- ble as Lawrence, Kansas based Lawrence Paper Box Com- pany. The company’s history mirrors that of the industry itself, its origins stretching back to 1882 when it was found- ed as a paper mill. In 1897, the company began producing boxes. In 2004, fourth-generation owner Justin Hill, Jr. as- sumed the position of President and has led the company ever since. In addition to the corrugated plant in Lawrence, the com- pany also operates Jayhawk Boxes, a 300,000-square- foot sheet in Fremont, Nebraska, and American Packag- ing Corporation, a 200,000-square-foot sheet plant, in Hutchinson, Kansas. By being focused on acquiring the best equipment the marketplace has to offer, Lawrence Paper Box can offer high-quality digital and flexographic printing capabilities; high-speed precision die-cutting, folding and gluing; in- house design and packaging consulting services; and complete fulfillment services. Nurturing this kind of success means building partner- ships within the industry. One such equipment relationship that Lawrence Paper Box has attributed to its growth is the CONTINUED ON PAGE 54
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in on an investment of this magnitude. We needed him to validate our decision and say, ‘Yes, this equipment is going to be very complementary to your overall business, yes, this will fill a niche in this market, and yes, you are on the right track.’” Says O’Brien, “In my four decades in the corrugated industry, I’ve never seen anything like what I saw in Italy. My expectations were exceeded. Yes, the machinery was complementary, Morrisette Packaging would indeed fill a niche in the market and yes, we were on the right track.” The team tasked with exploring this initiative at Mor- risette Packaging had high expectations and wanted to give Koenig & Bauer the opportunity to prove their claims with a press run on their ChromaCUT High Tech 8-color die cutter. “We really wanted to push them and push the machine, so we sent our own plates prior to our visit. We also asked them to use ink from a vendor we had selected. They ac- commodated all our requests,” explains Robbie Workman. “We also took a team member we were elevating to the position of print supervisor to Italy for the test. With help from Koenig & Bauer’s technicians, he brought the ma- chine up to color using our plates and ran at a speed of 10,000 sheets an hour in only 15 minutes! We were sold.” On its path of transformational and dynamic growth,
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