Taiwan-based Paktek, a manufacturer of auto folder-gluers, auto flute laminators, and flattening and slicing machines was in full force at the All in Print China exhibition in Shanghai. Paktek has its Chinese plant near Shanghai, which was set up in 2003 and which primarily attends to the Chinese market. Only 20% of its production is exported. Its Taiwanese plant attends to only 5% of local demand and the rest 95% is exported to its various customers around the world.
At AIP, Paktek showed its auto folder-gluer inline with Easy Pack. The auto folder-gluer comes in various sizes ranging from 650 mm to 1100 mm. The machine, which was demonstrated at the stand, came with a maximum working width of 650 mm. Through this machine duplex boards as well as micro-flute boards can be used. Easy Pack, which is optional, can be opted by any customer. Once it is connected to the conveyor, it automatically arranges and compresses the cartons to collect diverse box shapes such as straight line, crash-lock bottom box and 4-corner box, thus saving time and energy for the printer.
At the IndiaCorr Expo, which was held in September in Mumbai, Paktek had displayed its one-piece and multiple-piece KS 1600M folder-gluer, which it also showed at Shanghai. The machine was well received by its customers, according to Amy Chan, managing director at Paktek. “Post drupa 2016, we have received a lot of interest in this machine. Our factories are busy with the deliveries of this machine,” she says.
The Indian market is important for Paktek, according to her. “The Indian market is very big and has a lot of potential for us. We have received very good response at all the exhibitions that we have participated in. TCPL is one of our biggest customers and they continue to support us. We have installed seven machines at TCPL, which includes flute-laminators and folder-gluers. Altogether, we have more than 60 installations in India so far,” Chan concludes.
