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The machine in question was a dual-size manufacturing marvel with 66-inch/99-inch cutting dies and print heads. It was essentially two machines in one. “The ability to cut and print from 66-inches to 99-inches, basically from the smallest box to the biggest, is huge,” says Goldberg. “The integrated stitch heads can stitch jumbo boxes on the fly at normal speed, skip feed and double skip feed. You can even run end slots and trays and tubes.” (PCG ultimate- ly purchased a customized model with three print heads; two are 66-inches and the third is 99-inches). “Engico has been around for decades. In the 90s and into the early 2000s they built a slotting section that is unique and retrofittable in other OEM machines. It’s no se- cret the key to a square box is directly linked to the slot- ting section. Engico’s is unlike anything you’ve seen on any other machine,” adds Haire’s Umlauf. “The integration of quick set up capability on the print units slotting section and die cut section, launched Engico into a league of their own. They’re doing with a jumbo machine what others are doing on a mini, including having the ability to set up while running.” Miracle Machine So where has Engico’s “miracle machine” been all our lives? The technology had its roots in the early 1990s, which was the advent of Just In Time (JIT) delivery. “We wanted to improve the flexibility and speed for converters running boxes on large machines,” said Engico’s Benzoni.
Goldberg performed his requisite “due diligence,” which he does before making any PCG machinery pur- chase. He did research, he asked questions and for “intel” on the Engico he “poked around” Italy, where his industry connections run long and deep. “Everyone I spoke to in Italy had rave reviews not only about Engico as a compa-
ny and the way it did business, but they couldn’t speak more highly of Rinaldo Benzoni, the company’s founder and mastermind behind the technology,” says Goldberg. “That made our decision to purchase the new machine an easy one.” The Engico dual-sized 66/99-inch Jumbo Flexo Folder Gluer
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