Manufacturing
We manufacture custom, corrugated packaging for shipping cartons, boxes, and retail display. Our high-quality, multi-functional approach to providing packaging solutions is truly state-of-the-art -- in both equipment and expertise. Take a moment and see our equipment lineup, below.
Our manufacturing facility is located in a 450,000 square foot underground industrial facility in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Our corrugated production incorporates water-based inks, recycled raw material and 100% scrap recycle.
As an independent, privately-held company, we have the flexibility to purchase raw materials from the best-valued suppliers in the region. In contrast to most of our competitors who are part of the huge paper companies, our focus is NOT mill-driven or measured by the number of tons cut up. Instead, we embrace our competitive advantage by investing many millions of dollars in equipment that expands our capabilities to manufacture the best products possible at optimum efficiencies.
For example, we recently have purchased the state-of-the-art equipment for producing brand packaging that is retail-ready / shopper-ready / shelf-ready. This are the newest 'buzz' in retail packaging today, and it refers to packaging that converts from shipping carton into retail display.
We invested millions so we really can produce it better, faster, and cheaper than traditional equipment. So what did our investment buy? The Bahmuller Turbox + Topmatcher, which is the best in the business. This beauty efficiently and superbly folds, glues, and combines one-, two-, or three-piece packaging designs. It can glue complicated partitions or dividers. Plus, it easily accommodates different substrates, such as adding chipboard dividers to a corrugate box, or a folding carton attached to a shipper. Call us today to see how we can blend your concepts and requirements into our expertise to produce a truly unique packaging and display solution for your brand.
Browse our other equipment below:
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Our High Graphics, 7-Color Rotary Die Cutter is state-of-the-art equipment. With both an infrared drying system and an ultraviolet curing system, even your largest displays and signage (up to 129" in width) are printed brilliantly, consistently, and quickly. We have the only one in the Central Plains area of the country. A recent award-wining project produced on this machine is the 'enlyten' energy drink box, which won the 2010 Corrbie (the Best of Show) at the CorrPak Competition. See video about this high-graphics system. |
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The Martin 924 Midline 4-color Flexo Folder/Gluer with full in-line die cutting. Recent award winners produced on this machine are two Gold Awards for Process Printing on Combined Corrugated (clients: Liberty Fruit and Schlafly Beer). |
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The Martin 1228 Transline 4-color Flexo Folder/Gluer with full in-line die cutting. Recent awards from this machine include a Gold Award for Screen Printing on Combined Corrugated; a Silver Award for Graphic Design Direct Print on Corrugated; a Silver and Gold Award for Screen Printing on Combined Corrugated (client: Schlafly Beer). |
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The JUMBO, 86”x 196”, 2-color Flexo Folder/Gluer with full in-line die cutting is the largest size anywhere in the Midwest. |
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The Automatan EM Litho Label Laminator can easily handle labels up to 82"x65", and substrate up to 120"x80", for spot and full mount application. Known for high speed production, this labeler can run two out, side by side. |
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Young Shin Flatbed Die Cutter with Matrix Scoring and high-speed with in-line bundle-breaking capabilities. Matrix scores are available to help eliminate cracking on the scores, improve run speeds, and reduce jam-ups on case erecting equipment. |
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Hycorr Die-Cutter, 2-Color 'workhorse' with high-speed in-line bundle breaking capabilities. |
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The Allegra B-130 Specialty Folder/Gluer is one of the industry's finest. |
Our manufacturing capabilities are second to none. We have a wide and varied size range of multi-color flexo folder/gluers with in-line die cutting, stitchers, gluers, and automatic labelers. We also offer 'no-tooling-required' digital printing when applicable. Whether a client orders millions of corrugated boxes, or only a few hundred displays, we are well equipped to manufacture to their very exacting specifications. The result of our equipment investment is improved productivity and enhanced capabilities; in other words better, faster, and cheaper -- for our customers' benefit.
We recognize the inherent industry pressures and challenges of reducing time to market. Therefore, flexible timetables are purposely built into our production schedule. We maintain a minimum 10% open-manufacturing capacity so that we are always ready to handle short lead times.
As an added benefit to our customers, we make account information available online so it can be accessed anytime, day or night. Our customers find that it is a convenient way to place, track, change, and release current orders, as well as to review order and item history in detail. Useful reports can also be easily printed. In addition, we are able to accommodate customers who require full Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) capabilities. See a demo of our Customer Online Access Program.