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eral Manager of the Kentucky plant. For doublewall, the corrugator has been running B/E flute as a replacement for 40# and 44# C-flute. The new corrugator features many of Fosber’s latest generation machine units, including the Link M3 roll/stand splicers for quick and safe roll changes and a double lev- el divert knife for high-speed splice removal. A dedicat-
The temperature-controlled manufacturing area was designed for maximum efficiency. The plant is currently running two shifts with plans to add a third in May. When fully operational, it will employ 150 and produce 2.4 bil- lion square-feet a year of 100 percent recycled corrugated boxes. By the end of this year, it is projected the plant will have produced 1.4 billion square-feet. The product mix is largely packaging for the consumer goods markets, including food and beverage and e-com- merce. About 50 percent is pizza boxes. Lightweight, eco-friendly products are Kruger’s key value propositions to customers. Lafave said, “Our high strength to basis weight properties of the liner and me- dium we produce from 100 percent OCC and sorted resi- dential paper offers exceptional performance using light- er weight board combinations than anyone in the North American market and indeed from around the world.” Latest Generation Machine At the heart of the new facility is a state-of-the-art Fos- ber S/Line corrugator. The machine, which is a 2.8m (110- inch), 460 m/min (1500 fpm) model, can run single and doublewall board. It runs both virgin and recycled liners and medium without problem as well as lighter weight grades. “We don’t run anything higher than a 30# medium and we run mostly 20# and 26# liners,” said John Keith, Gen-
ed starch kitchen from Ringwood ensures correct starch mixture and allows for the minimum amount of glue to be carefully applied via the singlefacer. Kruger chose the Fosber corrugator for its ability to run lighter weight grades and for its safety features, especial- ly related to the roll handling system. “We don’t use any
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