Green Bay Packaging enhances core-cutting at five US sites

Green Bay Packaging will enhance core-cutting operations at five of its US production facilities with the purchase of six new automated core-cutting machines from Appleton Manufacturing Division (AMD).

Green Bay Packaging, a diversified manufacturer of paperboard packaging and pressure sensitive label stock, will employ the new AMD A301 core cutters at operations in Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Minneapolis, and Orlando. These facilities slit and distribute pressure sensitive label material as part of GPC’s one-day customer service program.

According to Green Bay Packaging slitting supervisor Jeff  Klima, the new core cutters will achieve several important quality goals in the production of pressure sensitive roll material. ‘AMD core cutters burnish core ends during cutting, eliminating unwanted core dust that can contaminate pressure sensitive stock during winding,’ Klima said. ‘The precision cut length of these units is outstanding – helping us produce a perfectly wound roll that runs flawlessly on our customer’s converting machinery. We anticipate reducing our core waste, too.’

At its facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Green Bay Packaging presently operates a fully automated Appleton Manufacturing P-510 core cutting system with autoloader that significantly enhances worker safety. Operators at this location never handle master cores; loading 3- and 6-inch diameter 10-foot cores into the autoloader hopper by forklift. With the P-510’s programming capabilities, the cores are automatically cut to precise length as needed. ‘We’ve reduced our core scrap just a tremendous amount with this unit,’ said Klima.