Lawrence Paper Company
Last week our class was able to visit Lawrence Paper Company's large facility. Since 1882 they have worked with companies of many different products to design, manufacture and deliver corrugated box and retail displays. Before we visited this manufacturer, I imagined it would be a fairly simple and boring tour since all they do is make boxes. I found out that there is a lot more to it than that and I was pretty surprised at all the work that goes in to making these boxes and displays. Some of the most impressive things on this tour were the rate at which they can create their boxes with a large assembly line and their insane amount of custom dies they make in-house to create the perfect box that is required. The company is also very resourceful and considers the environment with every process they go through. I liked that they created customizable boxes that can easily be altered when placed in a store in order to save paper, money and time. There was also a very impressive Engico machine that was extremely large and able to make a box from start to finish. This machine is 1 of 4 machines ever made and the only one to be located in the United States.
Products: Box packaging and displays, retail and market
Markets: Hallmark, Wishbone, over 15 thousands accounts
Materials: Corrugated Cardboard, paper and dye
Cutting Technologies: CNC router, rotary dye cutter
Forming Technologies: Flexor Folder/Gluer by Falcon
Finishing Technologies: Dye/ Tinting, rod coater for finsihing
Joining Technologies: Flexor by Falcon and cornstarch based adhesive
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