Case Studies

Company Overview Narrow web flexographic printing and packaging specialist, Apple Converting, has had an eye on being bigger, better, and more diversified since its inception 21 years ago as Apple Tape and Label. Apple Converting produces packaging for the food and beverage industry, cosmetics, confectionery, consumer products, pharmaceutical, and medical devices industries. Products include shrink sleeves, printed roll stock, wrappers, and laminations, among other packaging

Company Overview CBC Coatings, a division of Riverside Paper Corporation in Appleton, Wisconsin, coats paper and film substrates to produce tag and label, wall-coverings, and other coated products. CBC Coatings specializes in the development and application of water based coatings and is capable of coating both sides of a sheet in a single process operation. The Challenge Earlier this year, CBC was faced with the challenge of incorporating a corona treater into their existing

Company Overview Central States Products (CSP, Inc.), located in St. Louis, Missouri, focuses on plastics for printing and foils for stamping. From extruded sheets to complete products, Central States Products brings years of experiences to high quality finished products. The Challenge CSP’s excellence in the industry has been accompanied by an experienced treater from its first line, purchased in 1971, that was supplied with a Pillar Corona Treater – the OEM’s choice. As tec

Company Overview Topflight Corporation, formed in 1943 as a small World War II aircraft component manufacturer in Pennsylvania, originally developed systems for printing component part identifications on adhesive tape. Since its inception, Topflight has pioneered many innovations in high-speed processing of labels, nameplates, and data plates that include design and preparation for the Electronics industry, Pharmaceutical Diagnostic industry, and serve label customers in Home

The Challenge Preferred Systems Inc. (PSI), located in Hartford, Wisconsin, is a maker of coaters, laminators, unwinds, rewinds, dryers, and between color dryers. ​ PSI faced a problem when their customer application demanded user-friendly corona treaters with the flexibility to treat PE, PP, BOPP, OPP, PET, LLDPE, and Nylon, while operating at 1,100 fpm line speeds – achieving a consistent 44-dyne level. PSI’s customer also needed the “built-in” capability of expanding the

Company Overview Charter Films, located in Superior, Wisconsin, was formed by three entrepreneurs that have a combined over 45 years of experience within the film extrusion industry. Although Charter Films may be considered a new company in the field, their skills and know-how have made this company a major player in the world of plastic film suppliers. Charter specializes in mono and co-extruded films which are used for printing and laminating, banners, surface protection an

Company Overview Profile Industrial Products, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a manufacturer of custom polyethylene products. When Sam Swartz was hired by Profile as Plant Manager in May of 1998, his purpose was to purchase and install everything necessary to make a custom blown film extrusion plant. Owner Steve Ehmann, along with three other partners, gave Sam a budget, and the rest of the purchasing decisions were up to him. With a July start-up scheduled, there was n