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PCG will also continue its impressive streak of acquir- ing at least one new major piece of machinery every year for the past 11 years, according to Richard Goldberg, the company’s Vice President of Operations, who manages and monitors the super plant’s constant growth and con- tinuous improvement initiatives. Last year’s “investment” was that of an incredibly engineered Jumbo Flexo Folder Gluer by Engico, a small Italian manufacturer of converting machinery still relatively new to this continent. The story of how an Engico Jumbo came to be the latest piece of equipment now humming away on PCG’s production floor is almost as intriguing as the machine’s engineering itself. The story began during a late-night fishing expedition at AICC’s Northeast Region Meeting in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in August 2019. Goldberg started chatting with Keith Umlauf, Executive VP of Sales at Haire Group, which had recently begun representing Engico in North America. The conversation somehow got around to machinery – surprise! – when Goldberg mentioned that PCG was going to be replacing its flexo and jumbo. Umlauf told him about Engico’s machine and its too-good-to-be-true efficiencies. Goldberg was intrigued. He arranged a meeting with Um- lauf and Engico’s founder and engineer, Rinaldo Benzoni, and PCG’s owner, Larry Grossbard, who was impressed by what he heard. CONTINUED ON PAGE 32 PCG Continues (CONT’D FROM PAGE 1 )

tors in any location to match engravings produced in other locations, a great benefit as converters standardize pro- duction jobs in multiple locations.

Pamarco’s new facility in Batavia, Illinois.

At this moment in time, perhaps nothing is as important to customers — and consumers — as the protection of the environment, and sustainability. Pamarco has made cer- tain that those criteria have all been met at the new facility. “In addition to focusing on precision and quality we also focused on the en- vironment, this is a completely green facility,” said David Drozd, VP Man- ufacturing, Flexo Division. “We don’t produce hazardous waste, all biproducts of the manufac- turing process are recyclable.” David Drozd

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