AICC Roundtable (CONT’D FROM PAGE 24)
Board Converting NEWS INTERNET DIRECTORY
bringing your people up, and then assessing them. Wagner: As a smaller company, the hardest thing for us was creating the content. If you’re going to train peo- ple and cross-train people, we didn’t have the content. And how are we going to create this content? How are we going to take the time to do it? Who’s going to do it? Figuring all that out over the last five years has been really the secret sauce for us. We carry a lot of designers, graphics and structure. They’re not busy full-time every week, so we got them in- volved in creating the content and being able to integrate what they learn from the guys on the plant floor into the CAD drawings or into some specific setup drawings. We also invested in some meta glasses, and so we have that ability to capture what we’re trying to train very easily with technology. Those are a few things we’ve done as a small organization that doesn’t have unlimited resources to create this training content. Schaefer: Finding the resources to develop and build those programs is the challenge. But people absolutely respond to that. When you invest in them and they see that, they develop so much faster. Morelli: Do we have a labor problem or do we have an operator problem? Are we not training people well enough to keep the employees, or is there just not labor there to be had? Grossbard: There’s labor out there. I’m surprised how many people go to the temp-to-perm route versus coming in and just applying for a job. I always want to concentrate on what I can control, but I can’t control the labor market. What I can control, howev- er, is once they get into the door, what can we do to make them the best possible operator? The labor market being good or bad doesn’t make any difference. I find the best people I can find, and then we see what we can do to train them up. Tucker: I think the labor market is better than it was in COVID. In California, we’re suffering from DACA. People that were immigrants to the United States and have been for a while. Now there’s pressure on them. There’s pres- sure on people coming into an organization because they fear ICE is going to pick them up and send them away. There’s somewhat of a labor problem, but there is also a training problem in our industry. We need to spend more time doing it. Wagner: I don’t think there’s as much of a labor prob- lem as it is about what we own and what we do about it. I think we still control our own destiny and it’s how much we invest, how creative we are, that’ll allow you to be suc- cessful in keeping the labor that you want. Schaefer: We’ve developed a program where we’re building boxmen and journeymen and giving people a trade, knowing that if they outgrow us, they’re going someplace else. That’s the cost of doing business today.
CORRUGATED REPLACEMENTS, INC. www.corrugatedparts.com
Corrugated Replacements, Inc. is a production powerhouse that manufactures high quality machine parts and replace- ment parts for the corrugated and paperboard converting industries. CRI can redesign, engineer, and manufacture any part while providing a rapid turn-around rate, keeping machines running at their peak performance and limiting down time.
C.U.E., INC. www.AnvilCovers.com
Makers of single and dual-width Timesaver® Anvil Covers, the premier urethane anvil cover for corrugated die cutting. Timesaver® covers feature construction of solid steel back- ing and solid steel locking components to ensure a precise fit every time. C.U.E., Inc. also offers Dura-Latch and Cor- Lock anvil covers, and urethane Lead Edge Feed Wheels.
EMBA www.embausa.com
The EMBA group supports a complete line of corrugated converting machinery for the worldwide market. EMBA’s Quick Set technology enables the highest productivity across a broad range of converting equipment, from mini to super jumbo. EMBA also includes the McKinley jumbo line of flexo folder gluers and rotary die cutters as well as ser- vice, rebuilds and upgrades for both EMBA and McKinley.
EAGLEWOOD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC www.eaglewoodtech.com
Eaglewood Technologies offers trusted cleaning technolo- gies for the world’s best printers and converters. Solutions include the award winning Sitexco+ Anilox Laser System, the Nanovis Parts Washing System, the Sitexco L10 Label System, the innovative Sanilox™ System or Alphasonics solutions. We also offer Xpress™ mobile cleaning service at your facility or ours. ESKO www.esko.com ArtiosCAD and Kongsberg are the most trusted names in CAD/CAM solutions. Esko’s ArtiosCAD is the most widely used CAD software in the world. Esko’s Kongsberg series of tables brings you reliable, outstanding quality for sample- making and short run production.
DOMINO www.dominodigitalprinting.com
Domino is a leading manufacturer and distributor of digital printing and product identification solutions. Celebrating its 44th year, Domino is headquartered in the UK and North America headquarters are Illinois. Domino has 25 subsid- iaries, representation in over 120 countries, and over 2,900 employees worldwide.
26 May 4, 2026
www.boardconvertingnews.com
Made with FlippingBook flipbook maker