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Solon, Ohio – Printer/Packaging manufacturer CardPak, Inc. (www.cardpak.com) has added a new
Bobst VISIONFOLD 110-A2 folder-gluer giving themselves greater capacity and versatility, while
further streamlining and enhancing the efficiency of their manufacturing operation. Specializing in
creating paperboard alternatives to plastic packaging, CardPak provides their customers with creative
packaging solutions that not only give them an advantage on the shelves, but help them meet their
goals, and demands of retailers such as Costco and Wal-Mart, of creating “greener” packaging and
reducing their carbon footprint.
“With products such as our ClubPak®, SustainPak®, and ShelfPak® providing sustainable alternatives
to plastic lamshells, we can typically reduce the plastic materials used by 85%. That makes a significant
environmental impact on the sustainability and packaging scorecards.” says CardPak President Tony
Petrelli.
In addition to seeking creative, environmentally friendly packaging solutions, CardPak’s customers,
like virtually everyone today, are concerned about turnaround times and price. “Efficiency is very
important to the sustainability of both our and our customers’ businesses. We put a great emphasis on
lean manufacturing in our continual quest to improve the efficiency of our operations,” says Petrelli. “I
like to say, ‘We want to do more with less until we are doing everything with nothing.’ While no one can
do everything with nothing, my point is that we are continually working to improve the efficiency of our
operation. When we think we’ve eliminated all the waste we can, we step back and start looking for
more ways to save without jeopardizing the quality of our services or the products we produce.”
The pursuit of optimum efficiency, the desire to offer brand owners additional marketing options and to
further diversify their own business were a few of the driving forces behind CardPak’s decision to add
the new Bobst VISIONFOLD. “Blister cards were about 90% of our business, now they’re only about
50%. Not because we’ve reduced that business sector, it continues to grow, but because we’ve expanded
and grown into other markets by adding capabilities and increasing our manufacturing capacity. Folding
carton is one of the areas we’ve expanded into. Adding the VISIONFOLD allowed us to eliminate a
bottleneck and allows us to perform more complex folding. The installation also gave us greater
versatility within the operation and allowed us to open 20-25% of additional capacity. In addition to
letting us put more through the plant, it gives us the ability to respond to our customers’ requests faster.”
As well as their environmental packaging products, CardPak provides a wide range of products to their
customers including blister cards, clamshell inserts, folding cartons, skin boards, specialty printing and
much more
Because efficiency and lean manufacturing are major focuses of CardPak, the VISIONFOLD’s fast and
easy setup and ability to fold a wide range on materials including carton or solid board, up to 8 point stock,
as well as mircoflute corrugated paperboard, and other materials, at speeds up to 1,150 ft/min made it
the perfect addition to CardPak’s finishing department.
CardPak’s VISIONFOLD is configured to fold a wide a range of products including straight-line and
crash-lock cartons, CD/DVD sleeves and much more. CardPak also performs other value-added services
with their VISIONFOLD such as the inline application of Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) devices
and insertion operations. “The more we can do in a single pass in any operation, whether it’s
manufacturing, material handling or even sales, the more efficient we become overall. Then we can
share this efficiency gain with our customers in the form of sustainable pricing and shorter time to
market which provides additional savings for customers by reducing products in stock and work in
process.”
The addition of the VISIONFOLD is part of a capital investment program which includes the addition
of a new state-of-the-art 40 inch, 10-color sheet fed press which will be installed later this year.
Source: Bobst Group Press Releases
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