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Insight > Carton & board
October 2015 converting Today | www.convertingtoday.co.uk
The corrugated box turned 120 years old this year, and to celebrate, Marco Siebel writes about the 2015
edition of Fefco’s technical seminar recently held in Barcelona. Macarbox’s Javier Iturriza Iceta gives
insight into the corrugated market and Henry Alzamora from LamiCan talks about paperboard-based
beverage-packaging products. Swedish company Billerud-Korsnäs’s director Mikael Strömbäck talks
about a waste-free cement sack, and French food and beverage packers Danone and Veuve Clicquot
reveal their cardboard-packaging solutions.
T
he theme of the technical seminar
was corrugated 4.0: smart factories
for flexibility and efficiency. The
programme focused on intelligent
machines and processes, advanced
analytics, resource efficiency, ergonomics
and how people at work can adapt to these
trends. It evaluated how new developments
are reshaping the industry, leading to
business processes becoming more flexible,
innovative, cost-efficient and safer.
Macarbox
European manufacturer Macarbox makes
machinery for the corrugated board
converting industry. It presented its
range of high-performance flexo-folder
gluers and rotary die cutters at Fefco’s
technical seminar.
Managing director Javier Iturriza Iceta
says: “We presented the flexo-folder
gluer (FFG) for in-line printing, die
cutting, gluing and folding, a rotary die
All on board
to Barcelona
cutter (RDC) for in-line printing and die
cutting, and a counter ejector. All
machines are produced in the EU from
high-quality materials. Depending on
customer requirements, we are able to
deliver a stand-alone machine, or equip
an entire converting hall with a turn-key
solution, including all of the necessary
peripheral equipment.”
Macarbox was founded in 2009 after
company owners purchased Tecasa’s
technology and goodwill. Tecasa, a
reputable Spanish manufacturer of
converting machines, was active on the
global market from 1989 to 2007, and
sold 200 machines worldwide.
The Macarbox team has communicated
with Tecasa’s customers to consider the
current needs of manufacturers of corrugated
boxes. The engineering team has developed
new technologies, such as a feeding system
that allows for exact production in skip-feed
and easy maintenance access, a single-blade
chamber without lateral seals and an upper-
counter ejector.
Iturriza Iceta says:“These changes resulted
in a technologically advanced, robust
machine with a good cost-to-performance
ratio. The best indicator that we are moving
in the right direction is that our customers
who have previously bought a Macarbox line
are placing orders for more machines.”
Historically, the principal market for
Macarbox has been Latin America. The
company recently reinforced its sales team
with area managers to showcase the
company’s product range at Drupa in
Düsseldorf, Germany, from 31 May to 10
June 2015, and at this year’s Fefco’s
technical seminar.
LamiCan
LamiCan is the largest alternative
suppliers of paperboard-based cans in
the Middle East and in Europe. With
headquarters in China, the company has
production facilities in Finland and
Denmark. It is the only company in the
world that produces paperboard-based
cans in-house. It also manufactures theMacarbox presented its flexo-folder gluer machine at the Fefco technical seminar in Barcelona.
The paperboard can is currently shaking up
the premium drink sector. A major selling point is
that it has the lowest carbon footprint when
compared with PET and aluminium packages.
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