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Swiss packaging manufacturer Bourquin SA installed its first BOBST machine in 1972. This year it has completed testing of the new FG configuration. According to the plant’s production manager, productivity of the site has increased by up to 80%
“We signed the contract for the EXPERTFOLD in March 2021 and the line was installed in our plant at the end of 2021,” Luis Manuel Luis comments.
…Bourquin SA, based in Couvet, Switzerland, is a successful supplier of packaging solutions across the e-commerce, pharmaceutical and chemical, medtech, wine, brewing, industrial, watchmaking and graphic sectors.
The company already produces reusable boxes for the e-commerce market in two passes, on its MASTERFOLD 230 folder-gluer in line with the SPEEDPACK, and its ALPINA folder-gluer. A first pass to apply the opening strips and self-adhesive tapes, and a second pass to do the folding and gluing operations on the box.
However, faced with the increasing demand for e-commerce packaging, Bourquin was looking for a way to optimize the production of small and mid-sized boxes.
“We regularly discuss production challenges with BOBST, and we therefore approached them to find a solution for our need,” Luis Manuel Luis says.
Eager to rise to the challenge and respond to this new market requirement rapidly, the BOBST engineers integrated the POLYVACUUM and GYROBOX modules to the EXPERTFOLD 165 folder-gluer. The Bourquin production site in Couvet became a beta site for the new machine configuration.
After a period of tests in collaboration with BOBST, the new folder-gluer line is now fully integrated in the Bourquin machine portfolio.
“The new production line has significantly increased our productivity by up to 80%,” Mr. Luis says. “User-friendly, efficient and delivering first-class quality boxes – our expectations have been fully met.”
Recently, the EXPERTFOLD 165 e-commerce configuration has been officially introduced into the BOBST folder-gluer range.
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