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ers, and suppliers around the world to enhance the quality, productivity, and profitability of their operations. Jerry traveled to Kolbus’ headquarters in Rahden, Ger- many to see the machine for himself and was impressed by its exceptional run speed and print registration. In ad- dition, the delivery time, always a key factor in production planning, fit their schedule. There was no way a machine
switch at which point Jerry told her it was “now or never” if she was going to join the family business. “It’s not like you can come into the business when I’m retiring. You’ve got to learn from me, and you’ve got to learn who we are,” Lauren recalled him saying. “My dad just made me commit to three years here at Wasatch and now it’s been 10 years and I’ve never thought of leaving once.” Lauren’s brother Ryan, Vice President of Sales, has always been in the packaging world but not always at Wasatch. He worked in sales at Allpak/Trojan, a Seattle, Washington box company, before feeling the tug to return to Wasatch. New Equipment ‘Game Changers’ In 2020, Jerry was considering an investment in a new flexo rotary die cutter to reenergize his existing machine lineup and was looking at some of the top manufacturers on the market. Before plunging into a major investment, he consulted with industry professional Chris Heusch, Presi- dent of ARCH Inc., who introduced him to the German-built, 5-color Kolbus RD 115S, which had been launched in North America that year. Heusch, a native of Germany, came to the corrugat- ed industry during the inception of high-graphic and val- ue-added direct printing on corrugated, and today uses his expertise to help converters, equipment manufactur-
of that magnitude, however, would’ve fit into his existing plant, which was another driving factor leading Wasatch Container to more than triple the size of their plant space with the construction of a 120,000-square-foot state-of- the-art facility. Jerry Frisch traveled to Kolbus headquarters in Germany to see the Kolbus RD 115S and its performance for himself.
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