On Wednesday 11th November, the case-making cell at Saica Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland achieved 191,300 feeds in an 8 hour shift on a Bobst 8.20 flexo folder gluer, beating the previous record set by a company in Victoria Australia by 1338 feeds. The maximum capacity of the machine in 8 hours is 192000 feeds.
The Bobst 8.20 then went on to break the previous 24 hour production record held by a company in Wisconsin, USA. The old record of 389,817 feeds was improved upon by an 143,415 feeds with a 24 hour total of 533,232 feeds.
