Giovanni Bettini, Sales Director for MHI Europe, has confirmed the company has received an order for an EVOL 115 flexo folder gluer from LLC Pavlovo-Posadskiy Gofrokombinat (PP Gofrokombinat), a privately owned corrugated manufacturer based in Pavlovskiy Posad, near Moscow. The machine will be installed at the company’s new factory, which should be completed by May 2019.
PP Gofrokombinat, which was founded less than a decade ago, has grown considerably over the last few years and is now producing over 23 million sqm of board per month. “Our target is to reach 45 million sqm per month, once we open the new facility,” states Alexander Kushnir, Owner of the company. “The first stage of the development of the greenfield site will be completed in the spring of 2019, offering us 34,000 sqm of manufacturing space. We decided to choose the EVOL 115 because it is a reliable, high speed machine that produces excellent quality corrugated boxes. The EVOL has a great reputation and we are looking forward to commissioning the machine in 2019.”
“This will be the fourth EVOL running in Russia,” confirms Anna Salamandra, Business Development Director, MHI Russia LLC. “We are delighted to be working with LLC PP Gofrokombinat and look forward to building a strong relationship with them as they grow their business over the coming years.”
“We have been most satisfied with the way in which the Russian market has accepted the EVOL casemaker,” concludes Bettini. “Although this will be the fourth, this will be the first 115 model for the Russian market. We are happy to be working with LLC PP Gofrokombinat for the supply of this machine. The faith they have placed in us is testament to the quality and output of the machine. We have hired a new service engineer and created a store of critical parts in Russia, to build a service support system. We have also assigned a service engineer from our European headquarters in continuous effort to improve customer satisfaction.”
