Installations News
Ellis Packaging to Add 41-inch Komori in Guelph

Ellis Packaging West Inc., one of three primary facilities of The Ellis Group, one of Canada’s largest independent packaging manufacturers, has purchased a 41-inch, seven-colour Komori GLX press. This is the third new generation Komori press The Ellis Group has installed across its three Ontario plants over the past few years.

The newest machine, sold by Komcan, Komori’s press dealer for Canada, is scheduled to be installed in Ellis Packaging West’s Guelph, Ontario, facility in March 2017.

It represents the second Komori GLX technology purchased in Canada after an 8-colour Komori GLX was installed in The Ellis Group’s Pickering plant just over one year ago. (See PrintAction’s November 2015 cover story, Packaging Power, on Ellis Packaging’s first GLX installation).

“Witnessing the exceptional results achieved by our sister plant over the past year, including the reduction in makeready times, while reducing waste and maintaining very impressive run speeds, convinced us that we had to follow suit in Guelph,” said John Clarke, President of Ellis Packaging West. “[The new Komori GLX will] assure our customers that The Ellis Group will continue to provide the very best quality and value added product in the folding-carton market today.”

Ellis Packaging West’s GLX is equipped with Komori’s PQA-S inline inspection system and colour control, which scans each sheet for defects and automatically adjusts for ink consistency. The press will also feature a fully automatic feeder and delivery with logistics package, along with an integrated conveyor system, to enable continual operation at 18,000 sheets per hour.

The new seven-colour Komori GLX going into Guelph will also be equipped with low-energy Benford UV curing. Komori states its new line of G series are the first presses to be sold in North America running with food-grade lubricants rather than petroleum based products.