Accuracy, Reliability and Speed Gained by Retrofitting Sheeters at Roberds

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Enhancing proven sheeting equipment with new technology can be a cost effective approach to maintaining a competitive edge in the market place. Roberds Converting, a trade converter based in Loveland OH, is an example of a company that realizes maximum advantage by investing in new converting equipment and upgrading existing machinery with retrofit packages. The […]

Trade Converter Invests in Quality and Service

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On January 1, 1991, Progressive Converting opened its doors as a full service trade converter. Located in Neenah, WI, this start-up operation was launched by the Reinhardt and Schreiber families, who between them have more than 20 years experience in the printing industry. Pro-Con’s customer base includes printers, converters and paper merchants. The company’s central […]

Sheeter Upgrade Sharpens Converter’s Competitive Edge

Seal Products, based in Naugatuck CT, has been a quality supplier of laminated film and paper products since 1936. Serving the sign and display industry, as well as framing shops and photo labs, the company’s product line is used with mounting and laminating presses, and in photographic framing. Equipped with two shaft type roll stands, […]

Trade Converter Trims lead Times On Short Runs

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Lakeland Paper Company, located in Sturgis, MI is one trade converter with a formula for success. Much of this success lies in the company’s commitment to service and quality. As Charles Schmidt, Lakeland Paper’s sales manager, explains, “During the paper shortage of the early 1970’s, many small folding carton companies needed a source for sheeted […]

This Converter Sharpens Operation with Upgrade

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In a move to market its product more competitively, a manufacturer of pressure-sensitive materials recently upgraded its sheeting operation with a precision sheeter and doubled the capacity of its sheeting operation while reducing labor requirements by more than 50%. General Formulations, Sparta, MI, has produced pressure-sensitive materials since 1950. The company caters to both short-and […]

This Converter Gets Quality, Savings in Sheeter Upgrade

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A Wisconsin converter of laminate systems has found investing in a new sheeter has brought major production benefits, including labor savings and improved quality. Since 1958 Allied Signal Laminate Systems, La Crosse, WI, has been a quality producer of prepreg and laminates for circuit-board industry. The firm’s product line is used for high-end military and […]

Sheeting Efficiency Gets Boost With New Equipment

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Quality and service have been instrumental in an Illinois converter’s growth from a small plastics distributor and converter to an extrusion specialist with state-of-the-art converting facilities. Lustro, Evanston, IL, supplies the offset-printing industry with sheeted film products and has a worldwide customer base. End-use applications included transparencies, overhead projections, book inserts, greeting-card over-lays, and point-of-sale […]

Sheeter Purchase Allows Converter to Cut Lead Time

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A Midwest converter’s commitment to service and quality through upgrading and improving operations has helped the firm achieve an average 60% annual growth rate during the past eight years. Universal Duramark, Minneapolis, MN, has supplied the graphic-arts industry with pressure-sensitive-film products since 1962. As demand for these products grew, so did the company’s operations. In […]

Sheeter Helps Converter Meet Orders, Hike Quality

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The purchase of high-speed precision sheeter has helped give an Illinois-based board converter greater flexibility while satisfying the growing demand for its product and opening up market opportunities. Jarvis Cutting Elk Grove Village, IL, was founded in 1981 to serve as the converting arm for its parent company, Andrews Paperboard. Today, the company employs 12. […]

Sheeter Cuts Plant’s Labor and Trimming

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With the purchase of a sheeter, one folding carton manufacturer more than doubled the production capability of its sheeting operation and reduced its labor requirements by more than 75%. Wynalda Litho, Rockford, MI, has manufactured folding cartons for the entertainment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries for more than 20 years. During that time the company has […]