Jerry Lux

Packaging equipment, software and service purchases by U.S. packaging printers, featuring installations by Marshall & Bruce Printing, OMNI Systems, Copac Inc. and Bell Inc.

Concurrent with the recent installation of its second Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105, Copac, Inc., a global packaging firm headquartered in Spartanburg, S.C., is intently focused on growth. Founded in 1970, Copac was a small carton manufacturer and label producer with around 70 employees before CEO Jerry Lux took the reins in March 2009 and accelerated the pace of growth. Today, the company’s North American operation provides packaging services to domestic and global customers in the tobacco, healthcare, consumer products, home fragrance, and food and beverage markets, focusing on high-end folding cartons, labels, inserts and hang tags. Copac’s sheetfed offset

Thinking ‘inline the box’ in Charlotte Inline was the word of the day at the Gallus/BHS Folding Carton Technology Seminar in Charlotte, N.C, in November. About 50 attendees, including North and South American folding carton manufacturers and paperboard converters, learned “How to add value to the box while improving efficency.” Klaus Bachstein, CEO, Gallus Group, kicked off the afternoon with a presentation on the Gallus/BHS inline philosophy. He explained that creating finished diecut blanks with a web-based system in a single pass optimizes workflow, simplifies handling, saves time, and boosts cost-effectiveness. He said it also allows for improved effeciency and process flexibility. Speakers included

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Cadmus Whitehall Group, a Cenveo company, recently announced the installation of a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 UV at its Charlotte manufacturing facility. The new press is reported to be the first UV version of the Heidelberg 105 series to be placed in North America and only the second in the world. “We’ve seen tremendous productivity gains from our previous XL-105 installation,” said Jerry Lux, president of Cadmus Whitehall Group. “This technology will be two to three times more productive than the 10-year old Heidelberg UV press it replaced. As market demand for plastics, foils, and UV products continues to grow, we’re poised to

A new Gallus folding carton production system has helped Cadmus Whitehall Group focus on helping its customers face increasing competitive pressures. THE CADMUS WHITEHALL Group has roots dating back to 1902, close to one hundred years before it moved into its current flagship facility in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1997. This building covers more than 300,000 square feet with more than 300 associates, a big step from the business in the early 1900s. Jerry Lux, president, Whitehall Group, attributes this growth to the company's "commitment to customer service and a focus on each customer. It is innovation and technology that really separates our business

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