Volk Packaging Corporation, Biddeford, Maine, a third-generation family owned and operated corrugated sheet plant, has taken two major steps to significantly improve its capacity and capabilities. CEO Derek Volk has purchased an Apstar HG2 Flexo Folder Gluer 47” x 100” with a Duel Servo Slotter, Die-Cut Station, Scrap Master and Dwell. In addition, Volk has purchased a 66” x 110” Apstar HG2 1628 5-color Rotary Die-Cutter with Dwells. It will have 3 bottom print sections and 2 top print sections which will allow Volk Packaging to run boxes with inside print in a single pass.
The Flexo Folder Gluer will be installed in the Fall of 2023. The Rotary Die-Cutter is set for an early winter 2024 installation. Haire Group’s Tim Wilson, director, National Accounts, said, “I worked along with Derek Volk and his exceptional team to collectively identify the best machinery solutions for Volk's rapidly growing business. Haire Group's Apstar line proved to be the best investment. As such, Volk Packaging is excited to announce that they will be installing two new, state-of-the-art Apstar machines at Volk Packaging in Biddeford, Maine.”
Wilson went on to say, “Haire Group and Volk Packaging have natural synergy through their shared focus on customer support. With the installation of the two new Apstars, Volk Packaging will be able to continue its nearly 60-year tradition of providing the best service in New England to its 1,000 plus customers.”
Added Wilson, "We are incredibly grateful for Volk's trust and partnership and are very excited that they have agreed to serve as Haire Group's Apstar showroom in the Northeast. We are looking forward to welcoming many terrific box owners and operators to Volk Packaging to see our machines in action."
In addition to the new flexo and die-cutter, Volk Packaging will be installing a high-speed, super-efficient production line utilizing equipment manufactured by WSA, Ringwood Ducker, AG Stacker, and Inspire Automation, that will include conveyors, transfer carts, robotics, bundlers, double-bundlers, unitizers, a bundle breaker, a stretch wrapper and much more. Derek Volk went on to say, “We purchased a new flexo in 2019 but never imagined our business would grow by almost 50% between 2019 and 2023.”
Volk Packaging Corporation services customers throughout the six New England states, as well as upstate New York and eastern Canada.
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