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“I know a lot of people are doing that come hook or come crook. They don’t necessarily have to, but it’s the way of the future.” Manufacturing heavy duty boxes brought with it a com- pletely new mix of equipment for JCB. Most prominent on the floor would be their investment in a 90-inch by 190- inch jumbo Bendazzoli Flexo rotary slotter with the ability to convert single, double, and triple wall board and pro- duce upwards of 10 boxes in just one minute. The heavy-duty press is specified to produce triple-wall boxes for everything from king-size mattresses and water- melons to commercial machinery and metal components and everything in between. The industry may refer to them as “Gaylord” boxes, but to Ockerlund, they’re simply Ox Boxes. Additionally, JCB Packaging operates a printer-slotter, semi-automatic stitch and glue finishing sections, vertical hydraulic Samco die-cutting presses, flat-bed die-cutting, and a 55-inch Compu-Size boxmaker for quick-turn, short- er run corrugated. Both company logos are emblazoned on the new fa- cility situated prominently on the Interstate 35 corridor. It’s a welcome sight to Ockerlund who is enjoying seeing his company name visible from the freeway. In Chicago, Ox Box is tucked away within an industrial park though it hasn’t hampered their longtime success.
“You couldn’t ask for a better location to drop an Ox Box in. That’s why we really put our shoulder into this be- cause we knew there is not a good service triple wall facil- ity in Texas and we knew if we could put a facility in here that was independently owned and really customer driven, we are going to do well,” Ockerlund said. “Once the word gets out that there is an independent manufacturer for triple wall in central Texas, they’re going to have their hands full.” The building was one of more than 20 that JCB Pack- aging looked at. Though it wasn’t in good repair, Keevy said the location was great and the open design, which RJE Rite-Size boxmaker with Compu-Size conversion for quick setup and single-color print section.
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