Westerville, Ohio based WestCamp announced that it has invested in a Koenig & Bauer Allpro 110 folder gluer. With more than 60 years of printing experience, WestCamp says it prides itself on producing the highest quality marketing materials for its customers and operating the latest technology by its team of expert craftsmen in two production facilities: Westerville (a suburb of Columbus, Ohio) and Cleveland, Ohio totaling more than 100,000 square feet.

As the firm has grown from its commercial printing leadership role to naturally expand into the fast-growing folding carton market, management says it has chosen cutting edge technology to enable high-speed turnaround and unfailing accuracy.  

“Traditional commercial print is good, steady work but other segments provide more growth, innovations, and creativity,” says Robert Morris, WestCamp’s President and CEO. “The packaging market provides increased opportunities and a natural expansion coupled with our existing capabilities. When our customers began to ask about folding carton production, we explored a move into adding packaging work to our mix. We found that we already had in place all the steps leading up to the folder gluer so the Allpro 110 was an easy addition.

The Allpro 110 allows users to exceed production requirements, maximize productivity and profitability, and produce endless carton box design possibilities including  straight line, double wall, crash lock and optional four- and six-corner with single finger servo fold for high-speed precision and inner partition, Z-fold, conical crash lock and CD boxes at a maximum belt speed of 400 m/min.

Morris said automation, flexibility, sustainability, quality, efficiency, and speed are all important features. “We are a production shop, so whatever folder gluer we chose needed to have excellent speed because that is expected in all of our areas. We’re also known for our high-quality, so our folding cartons need to match the rest of what we do.”

The Allpro 110’s automatic processes combined with its memory functions are helping WestCamp’s operators achieve the shortest possible makeready times. An intuitive, touchscreen-based operating concept provides folder gluer operators with exceptional ease of operation while high-precision processes reduce the amount of waste. 

“Whenever we invest in new equipment, we always research our possibilities, preferably looking at no less than three choices,” says Morris. “Since this was a new area for us, we looked at even more possibilities. We wanted a machine that could produce whatever we dreamt up to create. The Allpro 110 had more flexibility than any other we could find.” 

Not only was Morris pleased with the Allpro 110 but the backing and commitment of Koenig & Bauer. “Choosing this equipment from Koenig & Bauer was simple,” he says. “They have a great reputation and the Allpro delivers our type of high-quality product. The availability of Koenig & Bauer’s knowledgeable and caring staff made entering this new area a comfortable transition. Everyone at Koenig & Bauer has been great to work with and very supportive.”

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