published on 16/04/10
Corrugated packaging specialist Rigid Containers has ordered a Göpfert rotary die-cutter as part of a £3.5m investment to enter the decorative graphics market.
Rigid said it had chosen the six-colour Göpfert flexo-rotary die-cutter for its exceptional print quality and it will be fitted near the Göpfert evolution that was installed by a group of mechanical engineers from a local engineering outsource provider at the firm's Selby site three years ago.
The group of Contract engineers sucessfully installed the Göpfert evolution within time and budget and will soon be installing the new die cutter. The group of engineers have between them over 20 years of experience and can augment existing teams, or assume complete responsilbility for the small business unit providing additional expertise and resources withing the following departments, - Projects, Maintenance, Installation and Service.
The aim of the £3.5 investment plan is to help Rigid enter the high-quality, decorative graphics market and comes a year after the firm completed a £3m expansion that increased capacity at its Selby facility by 40% to 140m sqm.
Rigid said it had specified a machine with inter-deck dryers for exceptional print quality on high hold-out white liners.
As part of the investment programme, the company has also bought SuperNova 2 folder-gluers for both its Selby and Desborough sites and an E-flute cassette for the corrugator at Desborough which will also be installed by the same contract engineers.
Rigid's owner VPK is a manufacturer of recycled papers and corrugated cases and has plants in six European countries.

Read the full article at Packaging News