Rigid meets growing demand for sustainable
corrugated packaging with continued
investment at its Wellington site
Following a £4 million investment Wellington, ensuring we had the latest and performance even with difficult box
programme at its Wellington site in the box making capability was the next logical styles.
South west of England, Rigid Containers step,” says Julian Freeman, Group Sales has now installed a new Bahmueller & Marketing Director. “With the focus TURBOX Folder Gluer to enable the increasingly on sustainable packaging company to continue deliver the highest solutions we have seen increasing quality corrugated box solutions for its demand for corrugated boxes. These customers. high-specification machines will ensure
The TURBOX BTX2300 with Mini fold
device is one of the most technically
we can respond quickly to customer and
market requirements.”
Process control is ensured through the
unique BOXFLOW® Control, a graphical
user interface (GUI) between the operator
and machine that enables all machine
adjustments and data access to be more
easily controlled. The GUI display allows
entry of key data for setup of variable
or special designs, and based on the
advanced folder gluer lines in Europe Advanced features including Diagonal data received, the system automatically
and joins the recently-installed Bobst Fold Supervision enable the TURBOX calculates the basic machine and glue
DRO six colour rotary die-cutter and BP to carry out supervision of the folding settings for each application.
Agnati Quantum corrugator to provide an process on the fly, the machine is also advanced state-of-the-art operation. fitted with the HHS glue detections
Designed to handle a complete range of
box sizes from just 225x125mm (lxw)
the TURBOX features a modular design
with short setup times and high running
speeds for maximum throughput.
“Having recently invested in both a
new corrugator and 6-colour printer at
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system which will automatically detect
any missed glued product on the run. All
detected boxes are removed from the
production by the patented Unique Eject.
Further the machine has the ability to
form crash-lock and 4-corner boxes
without the need for conventional folding
hooks. This provides optimal handling
“This latest investment ensures we can
deliver the reduction in lead-times and
quality of corrugated packaging that all
our customers are seeking,” concludes
Freeman.
Rigid
www.rigid.co.uk