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With the ability to perform heavy-duty die cutting, the G-Grafix line offers single pass outside and inside print with one or multiple print units. The G-Grafix RDC pairs seamlessly with ancillary products like the BW Papersys- tems Vacuum Overhead Stacker (VOS) to maximize pro- duction and offers an efficient cleaner section, automatic setup and full servo controls. The Twin Box Slitter doubles production of any flexo folder gluer making small boxes by running two-up that slit into symmetrically identical bun- dles. All G-Grafix machines can be upgraded with one or mul- tiple print units, to meet retailers’ demand for high-quality inside print. BW Papersystems also offers the set-up-while- running MaxPro Rotary Die Cutter for Maximum Productivi- ty, the versatile ServoPro Rotary Die Cutter, and Complete Corrugators. Visit www.bwpapersystems.com for more information.
You can create custom dashboards and reports within Clarity to suit your data analysis needs. You can also look at how well recipes perform. This can be done by linking input data to output data to see which parameters give the best results and identify where changes can be made. Smart SetPoint stores and suggests multiple process recipes for each board grade; these recipes can be com- pared so that the optimal recipe is used. Further analysis of the product can be linked to the recipe; board samples can be linked to machine settings, which are time-shifted to align data read at different locations on the machine to the end product. Visit www.epackagingsw.com for more information. BW Papersystems Helps Retailers Go Viral With G-Grafix Finishing Line The G-Grafix rotary die cutter and G-Grafix flexo folder glu- ers from BW Papersystems are workhorse machines built to support the growing demand for high-quality inside- the-box printing as ecommerce sales continue to surge. These heavy-duty corrugated converting machines can print both sides in a single pass and feature a user-friendly interface, sturdy die cutter design, with technical support for parts and service every day, all day long.
Mitsubishi Continues Growth, Expands Production Facilities BY DAVID HAYES
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems Ltd (MHI- MS) has seen strong business growth during the past two years in spite of the disruption the pandemic has creat- ed around the world. An unexpected 60 percent leap in paper packaging machinery sales in 2021 prompted the company to expand the unit assembly line and test area in its Mihara plant near Hiroshima in western Japan. “We received a lot of orders during the pandemic,” said Yasushi Kitahara, Senior Vice President and Head of Sales in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems Ltd’s Printing & Packaging Machinery Headquarters. “During the first half of 2020, as the pandemic began spreading, things were quiet as no one knew what was happening; but by summer 2020, vaccines became available, controls to prevent the spread of Covid had been introduced and our customers began planning their future strategy. Sud- denly, we had many orders for our corrugators and EVOL all at once, so we decided to expand our Mihara plant FFG unit assembly line and shop testing areas.” New Equipment In addition to expanding FFG production facilities, MHI- MS has introduced new corrugating and converting equip- ment technology in response to customer requests for higher performance machines and improved production efficiency. Among recent developments, MHI-MS has upgraded its corrugating machinery capability with the introduc- tion of the New Global Corrugator (NGC) in 2020, which is designed for high speed operation with gapless order change. The NGC was developed as a double knife corru- gator for the European market and the international mar- ket as an advanced Steady Stater series model.
In 2022, the U.S. Department of commerce put ecom- merce revenue over $1 trillion dollars for the first time ever, growing 7.7 percent year over year. As retailers demand higher-quality, more complex and visually pleasing boxes, the G-Grafix line delivers highest quality die cut and graph- ics with reliability, and productivity. The G-Grafix line delivers quality boxes that help retail- ers to create a branded message on the inside of a box to take the consumer experience to the next level whether to build their brand awareness, or maintain customer loy- alty, drive affiliate marketing, or create social media con- tent with the trendiest unboxing videos. The packaging is the first reflection of the quality of the brand, and retailers expect boxes that do more than deliver the product safe- ly to the consumer; they want them to be wowed by the experience.
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