Author: Scott

The ability to adapt to marketplace conditions can often give a company the edge it needs over its competition. In today’s folding carton industry, fast, consistent, and dependable service with an emphasis on quality is the key to success. Disc Graphics, based in Hauppauge, NY, is one such company that has made uncompromising dedication to […]

All profitable businesses start with a good idea. A few years ago, James E. Hammer, President & CEO of Rochester, NY-based Hammer Lithograph, recognized the need for a paper converting operation that would sheet and warehouse paper for Hammer Lithograph and, at the same time, develop an independent regional customer base of its own. The […]

Worcester Envelope Co., an Auburn, Mass., firm, reduced sheeting costs while improving inventory control and efficiency with the purchase of a 49-in. Maxson MSH precision sheeter. Other bonuses have been better accuracy and quality control. The company, which had previously purchased the bulk of its paper already sheeted from the paper mills, today boasts an […]

Setting up an in-house sheeting operation to better control quality and turnaround time has worked out well for Salwen Paper, Edison, NJ. The company has enjoyed an 80% increase in solid bleached sulphate board sales since the company installed its first sheeter in 1983. That unit, along with another purchased in 1985, has enabled 79-year-old […]

For more than 55 years, Brenner Paper has been a family owned and operated envelope manufacturer. Located Glendale, NY, the company serves as a trade converter with a customer base concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Quality product and prompt, personal service are two reasons why Brenner Paper can compete with other envelope manufacturers. The company’s […]

Additional equipment coupled with an increased sales effort has allowed a North Carolina paper converter and distributor to expand its converting customer base while obtaining a greater market share in the lithographic industry. In turn, the new equipment improved production methods and speeds and allowed the firm to produce the quality products demanded by its […]

After the decision was made to convert its Landmark paper in-house, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Warwick, NY, has purchased a sheeter from Maxson Automatic Machinery Co., Westerly, RI, in an effort to achieve improved profitability and better quality control. An in-depth study of the company’s needs recommended that the mill acquire an in-house sheeter. The Warwick operation […]

With annual sales in excess of $65 million, Perez Trading is one of the leading U. S. exporters of paper, paperboard, equipment and supplies to Central and South America and the Caribbean basin. Serving the graphic arts industry, Perez currently exports all types of paper and paperboard, in rolls and sheets, to printers, cartons mfrs., […]

In today’s competitive marketplace, service and quality can be the keys to a company’s success. Gleason Industries, a Hawthorne California based trade converter, is one company who has made these principles a priority. The result is an organization with an eye to the future and an enviable growth rate. Since 1949, Gleason Industries has provided […]

C.A. Hubbard, a division of the Kapaco Group, Inc., is a contract sheeter and paper wholesaler that deals nationwide. Located in Kalamazoo, Mich., the company successfully converts a variety of materials. However, it found itself in the position of being unable to effectively compete with other custom converters in solid bleached sulfate (SBS) board market. […]