Albert Espriu, Export Manager for Iberica says, “Graph Pak was selected strategically as we believe they will be a good partner, the company has shown incredible growth over the past four years. We are proud to be associated with them and their other high class suppliers from around the world. Graph Pak’s reputation was investigated thoroughly and found to be of high profile within the Australian and New Zealand marketplace. Their engineering support and customer service has experience with lots of heavy machinery. They are currently known as experts in automation and we are sure this has been the right move for Iberica”.
Founded in February 1940, Spain based Iberica started life as a mechanical engineering company, providing machinery and services to the graphic arts industry. Since those days, the company has focused on the design and manufacture of automatic cutting and creasing machines for the fibre based packaging industries. The first platen was produced in 1965 and since that time the company has concentrated solely on such equipment and now claims to be the second largest manufacturer of cutting and creasing equipment in the world. A family-owned business from its inception, none of the essential qualities of the company were sacrificed when the company was acquired by the Italian machinery producer Gruppo Cerutti in September 1999.
New additions to the machine range including the cutting and creasing machine Optima 105 which is fully automatic and equipped with the Varioplan System. Maximum sheet size 750 x 1050mm, minimum 350 x 400mm. This machine can diecut Cartonboard up to 1.5mm thick and corrugated board up to 3.0mm at speeds of 9000 impressions per hour.
For the large format printers Iberica has released the supercharged SRK-144 II, a fully automatic machine equipped with Varioplan and Variolever Systems. Max sheet size a whopping 1040 x 1440mm. This machine can diecut cartonboard up to 1.5mm and corrugated board up to 4.0mm at speeds of up to 7500 impressions per hour.
Tom Ralph, managing director of Graph Pak says, “We are excited to be chosen yet again by one of the world’s leading businesses for representation in this region. It is a true compliment to everyone associated with Graph Pak, these guys have got roughly 1500 fully automatic machines in operation around the world and a further 500 semi-automatic machines in production. In my mind I believe they offer an extremely secure platform and global network that our future customers will enjoy. Ralph adds, “This year has been extremely difficult for all businesses around the world but we can see confidence returned into our own market place and we are sure that next year Australian businesses will be looking to pick up some of the slack were they didn’t invest in 2009 and elevate their position to their investors and shareholders commercially.”
Since forming Graph-Pak in January 2006 to focus on the distribution of packaging, printing and converting products, the company has been building an enviable list of sales distributorships under the company banner. The most recent addition in the converting sector is the stable of Körber PaperLink (KPL) companies and brands ECH Will, SHM, Kugler-Womako, Pemco and Wrapmatic.
Among its agencies in the printing and packaging fields are Pamarco, which supplies anilox rollers for flexo, gravure and offset. In the bindery and post-press sector are such well-respected names as Busch, Vacuumatic; counting and batching equipment, Rima-System; conveying systems, rotary trimmers, compensating stackers, blocking units, log stackers and palletizing robots, and Inramik; the leading Spanish manufacturer for folding cartons. Autobond rounds out the agency list with an extensive range of laminating machinery. Graph Pak is also offering water recycling and refrigeration units, trim removal systems, waste conveyers, bailers and compactors all made in Australia. A partnership has also been formed to manufacture inking rollers suitable for all types of printing presses together with local support nationally.
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