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April, 2007
Drent Goebel

Flexibility holds the key in fragmented carton market ...


March 29, 2007
Drent Goebel

Migrating markets offer great opportunities ... "It is not about the problems, but rather the solutions you can offer"


March 26, 2007
Drent Goebel

Caraustar, one of the top ten U.S. folding carton producers, is investing in a Drent Goebel Variable Sleeve Offset Press (VSOP) for its Grand Rapids, Michigan, production facility.

One of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of converted recycled paperboard, it has developed a leadership position through diversification and integration from raw materials to finished products.

March 1, 2007
Folding Carton Industry

INNOVATION – The Muse of Automation

by Mike McGuinness, PacSys president – Reprinted with permission of Folding Carton Industry, Brunton Business Publications, United Kingdom

January, 2007
Drent Goebel (website article)

EB (electron beam) web printing – Don P. Duncan, Wickoff Color Corporation


January 23, 2007
A+F

Transcontinental-Interglobe orders A+F format-flexible book palletizer, high-efficiency book cartoner

PacSys, Inc., representing A+F Automation of IWKA Packaging in North America, announced today that Transcontinental - Interglobe, Beauceville, Quebec, - one of the largest book plants in North America - has ordered the new A+F book cartoner and format-flexible book palletizer system to increase material handling throughput and improve worker safety.

January 19, 2007
PAT

PacSys and PAT announce strategic alliance

Synergy to expand market presence of PAT's new digital coating process

May, 2006
Flexible Packaging

Gateway – This changes everything!
Three times as fast as flexography. Twice as fast as gravure ... (Reprint courtesy of Flexible Packaging magazine).

January, 2006
A+F


Anuga FoodTec 2006
in Cologne, Germany April 4-7

A+F cordially invites vistitors to the Anuga FoodTec 2006 exposition to visit their exhibit in Hall 6, aisles L40 and G49, to view their newest products

Summer, 2005
A+F


A+F Summer Newsletter

View the Summer, 2005, issue of the A+F newsletter. Available as a three-page pdf download. Topics include: High-speed palletizing, Micro-packer, Change overs, Videos, and Literature.

Spring, 2005
A+F


A+F Spring Newsletter

View the Spring, 2005, issue of the A+F newsletter. Topics include: Display Cases, Multi-Packs, Vision System, Palletizing, and Tray Erecting.

February, 2005
Drent Goebel


Paperboard Packaging –
Product of the Month:
Drent Goebel VSOP press


Variable Sleeve Offset Printing (VSOP) combines the advantages of both offset and flexo. The result is an extremely flexible printing press, allowing use of variable print lengths ….

February 2, 2005
Drent Goebel

Drent Goebel open house highlights VSOP 1120 press

For the first time ever the Dutch German company Drent Goebel demonstrated a VSOP with a web width of 1120 millimeters. The machne was constructed especially for printing thick cardboard and is the second machine of this type sold to the world's biggest manufacturer of liquid packaging.

June 30, 2004
Drent Goebel


PacSys named North American agent for Drent Goebel line of paperboard and packaging products


PacSys, Inc., Mystic, Connecticut-based specialists in package printing and converting systems, has announced an agreement with Drent Goebel, Darmstadt, Germany, to serve as exclusive agent for all Drent Goebel products for the paperboard and packaging industry in Norht America ....

June, 2004
Paperboard Packaging


Packaging Online –
Product of the Month:
Axium DP500 Robotic De-Stacker


The DP500 offers a range of de-stacking and sorting capabilities to the folding carton, corrugated packaging, and commercial printing industries ....

June 4, 2004
Meadwestvaco


Material Handling Automation Plays Important Role In Comprehensive MeadWestvaco Plant Safety Program

MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems LLC has a comprehensive and successful safety program – part of their Operational Excellence Initiative – that contains a number of innovative approaches ....

March/April, 2004
Folding Carton Industry


Material Handling Automation – Klaus Dietel, PacSys vice-president

An interview printed in the March-April, 2004, issue of Folding Carton Industry

December 4, 2003
Axium Inc.


PacSys demonstrates Axium’s DP500 Robotic De-Stacker to Folding Carton Industry

PacSys, Inc., Mystic, Connecticut-based specialists in material handling and automation systems, recently conducted a seminar and demonstration featuring the new Axium DP500 Robotic De-Stacker in Montreal for members of the folding carton industry. The attendees represented 10 companies operating a total of 58 folding carton plants.

October 10, 2003
Axium Inc.


PacSys Named Worldwide Agent for Axium’s DP500 Robotic Depalletizer

PacSys, Inc., the Mystic, Connecticut-based specialist in sales of material handling and automation systems for the graphic arts and packaging industries has been named exclusive worldwide representative for the DP500 Robot Depalletizer by the system’s manufacturer, Axium Inc., Montreal.

April 29, 2003
MeadWestvaco


A+F Automation’s New Automated Palletizing System Delivers Enhanced Ergonomics, Productivity and Flexibility for MeadWestvaco’s Ajax Facility

A new high-capacity A+F Automation automated palletizing system has enhanced ergonomics and provided improved productivity for MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems LP’s Ajax, Ontario, beverage carton facility. The system is described as “a totally new concept in folding carton material handling automation” by Mike McGuinness of PacSys, Inc., who represents A+F Automation of Germany which supplied the system.

December 3, 2002
Cascades Boxboard


Cascades Boxboard orders second A+F Automation robotic palletizer system at automated facility to maximize productivity


Cascades Boxboard US, Inc., has ordered a second A+F Automation robotic palletizer from A+F, Kirchlengern, Germany, for its automated Hebron, Kentucky production facility. The order is based on performance of a similar system installed at the Hebron plant in February 2002. A+F is represented in North America by PacSys, Mystic, Connecticut.

October 14, 2002
Riverwood International


Riverwood International Doubles Plant Throughput
Productivity surges with A+F Automation robotic palletizer

An A+F Automation robotic palletizer system has increased throughput and significantly raised the bar on productivity at Riverwood International Corporation's Cincinnati, Ohio, folding carton converting plant.

January /
February, 2002
Focus plant


Reprinted from Folding Carton Indusrtry magazine
(W .P. Jaspert)
Field Container Group's "focus plant"

Just over three years ago, in the autumn of 1998, Field Container Group entered into a five-year contract with the international food giant Kellogg to supply cartons to the Mexican plant in Queretaro. Field Container's "focus plant" was to be located immediately adjacent to the food factory so that printed folding cartons could be called up on demand.