German carton converter installs Bobst folder gluer

- Expertfold 110 was installed at the end of October, having been ordered at Drupa 2012

 

- Equipped with a number of modules that are not present in the basic version

 

Ernst Siemer Kartonagen, a carton converting company based in Laatzen near Hanover, Germany, has started working with a Bobst Expertfold 110 folder gluer to increase productivity and extend the services offered to its customers.

 

The Expertfold 110 was installed at the end of October, having been ordered at Drupa 2012, and has allowed the 100-plus-year-old company to increase its productivity and simultaneously extended its service offering to its customers.

 

The Expertfold 110 also guarantees that Siemer Kartonagen’s customers, most of whom are manufacturers of branded organic goods, will benefit from "flawless production".

 

The folder gluer installed at Siemer Kartonagen is equipped with a number of modules that are not present in the basic version.

 

For example, one of the additional options Siemer Kartonagen chose for its Expertfold 110 was Plasma Treater, which uses plasma technology to optimize the adherence of glue onto metalized, UV-coated, laminated and plastic-based packaging.

 

Consequently, this module reduces adhesive consumption while guaranteeing perfect glued results and makes it possible to use economically priced dispersion adhesives.

 

Bobst’s Expertfold 110 can process paper, cardboard and semi-rigid plastics with a grammage of up to 800g/sq m at speeds of up to 450m/min.

 

The installation of this machine forms part of a comprehensive investment strategy by means of which managing partners Laura and Maren Grondey (pictured, top) intend to upgrade large parts of their technical equipment and extend the range of market-oriented services they offer.

 

Maren Grondey, the managing partner at Siemer Kartonagen responsible for commercial operations, said: ‘We wanted to be able to deliver large runs faster and guarantee that our customers always receive perfect quality. In addition, the market is now demanding more folding box variants than ever before.

 

‘Bobst has been a specialist in the packaging market for decades,’ added Laura Grondey, Maren’s sister and the managing partner responsible for technical aspects of the company.

 

‘This can also be seen in the sophisticated design, the modular construction and the ease of operation of the Expertfold 110.

 

‘With the Expertfold 110, we boast a state-of-the-art production capacity and can pull out all the stops when manufacturing folding boxes for our customers.’

 

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