Board Converting News, January 16, 2023

Master Graphic Services To Install New Koenig & Bauer Allpro 110 Folder-Gluer

When Aamir Anwar is asked what sets his business apart from the com- petition, he quickly responds: “Being flexible enough to produce any job that comes through our door, from the simplest print finishing job to the extremely complex.” It’s been this ability to serve a variety of commercial printers and folding carton manufacturers in the Southeast that distin- guishes Master Graphic Services, a 40-year-old Atlanta firm, as it contin- ues to add additional expert post-press services.

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With this in mind, Anwar and his team decided it was prudent to add another folder gluer line to provide one-pass productivity and quali- ty control for the variety of customer jobs. Their choice? A new cus- tom-built Koenig & Bauer Allpro 110 folder gluer operating at 400 meters per minute, which will be delivered in the spring of 2023. Currently, a highly self-contained, climate-controlled, and extra clean room is being prepared for the upcoming installation to provide a special environment especially for the firm’s growing share of the health and beauty segment. “We are poised to handle very small jobs in the hundreds to very large jobs over a million,” says Anwar, the firm’s CEO. “Our goal is to be able to convert any style of cartons and to stay consistently and continuously aligned with our customers’ needs. Over the past four decades we have worked really hard to develop a legion of loyal customers. We’ve gained their confidence, and, in turn, they feel like we are an extension of their own business.” At its 50,000-square-foot complex, where Master Graphic Services displays its production flexibility, the upcoming installation of the Omega Allpro 110 will bolster Master’s capabilities in many ways. While the All- pro’s production speed is impressive with a maximum output of up to 400 m/min, its custom features make it an efficient stand-out, one-of-a-kind model. Fully automatic processes are combined with memory functions to achieve the shortest possible makeready times for Master’s workload. An intuitive, touchscreen-based operating concept will provide its opera- tors with exceptional ease of operation. While Master already has all of the necessary equipment to convert any carton, sometimes the job requires two or three passes. The Allpro will eliminate these extra pass processes and enhance the firm’s abil- From left, Paul Blake, Plant Manager at Master Graphic; Aamir Anwar, CEO; and Denis Grabowski, IT Manager, eagerly await their new cus- tom-built Koenig & Bauer Allpro 110 folder which will be delivered in the spring of 2023.

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