To maintain its standing in its marketplace, Battlefield Press continues to offer its customers the highest quality, fast turnaround and competitive pricing.
“The market remains highly competitive and customer demands are only increasing,” says Jerry Theoret, President and CEO of Battlefield Press, a Burlington, Ontario-based printer. “We’re always looking to strengthen our strong position,” he says. While the company currently services the commercial print sector, folding carton sector (paper and plastic) and offers a complete fulfillment center, it was the consistent increased growth and success in the folding carton business that was the final influence to push the company to invest in a Koenig & Bauer Omega Allpro 70 folder gluer. The machine will arrive in the summer.
“We maintain the attitude of striving to be different within the market, allowing us to competitively produce products that are outside of the norm,” says Theoret. “By doing so we push our boundaries and deliver products that continue to impress and successfully achieve the needs of the customer. Packaging has been a growing part of our business and represents a larger segment than it did before. With this in mind we decided on the Omega Allpro 70 being the best solution for Battlefield based on our current needs.”
Left to right: Aleks Lajtman, (Koenig & Bauer regional sales manager Canada), Peter Aston (Executive Vice President), Matt Theoret (Vice President of manufacturing) and Jerry Theoret (President and CEO).
Battlefield’s management and operational team see a multitude of positive gains with the arrival of the new Omega Allpro 70. Theoret notes that the new folder gluer’s fast speed (both setup and run), will be a welcome addition to its efficiencies in gluing and the additional capacity will allow Battlefield to better schedule its mixed product range and better serve its customers.
Battlefield placed a high premium on its purchasing decision due to its strong on-going relationship with Koenig & Bauer. In May 2018, Battlefield Press installed a Koenig & Bauer Optima 106 die-cutter. The printer took service into consideration as an easier method of coordinating under the single umbrella of Koenig & Bauer rather than with separate companies.
“Having the positive experience with the existing installation of our Optima allowed us to understand how effectively we could be serviced by Koenig & Bauer,” says Theoret. “Operating multiple pieces of equipment from one supplier inevitably increases our value as a customer to them too. The Optima itself has proven to be a fantastic addition to our organization. In the last three years, the expected throughput and uptime allow us to predictably manage our costs and therefore maintain the margins we expect in its cost center.”
Once the new folder gluer arrives at its facility south of Toronto, Battlefield plans to distribute its workload among the best suited devices based on style and substrate at its facility. “There is no doubt that our intentions are to fully utilize the Omega with the largest portion of the folding carton work,” concludes Theoret.
