Lollicup USA, a beverage and disposable goods supplier and manufacturer for the food service industry, has chosen to support its growth by inking a contract for the newest generation Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica Evo XG press.
Image: Lollicup USA has signed contract for new generation Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica Evo XG press. Photo: courtesy of Koenig & Bauer AG
This elite manufacturer has quickly expanded to encompass five locations including its current headquarters in Chino, CA, and its new 660,000 sq ft production and manufacturing plant in Rockwall, TX, which is currently being built outside of Dallas. It is this new facility that will operate the new Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica Evo XG press.
Lollicup USA CEO Alan Yu said: “Our customer base here in the U.S. has quickly expanded in the past five years and we’re seeing special attention on orders for eco-friendly products.
“Since I have experience seeing the industry from different vantage points, it allows me to easily solve customer challenges. I like to personally work with customers on a daily basis and use my knowledge to help them grow and succeed in this competitive market.”
Having forged a deep trustworthy relationship with its customers, Lollicup USA has seen its growth soar. In fact, it has been on Inc. magazine’s 5000’s fastest growing companies list for the past five years in a row. To remain committed to its customers, Lollicup USA is seeking the finest equipment and technology to serve its needs.
Lollicup’s CFO Marvin Cheng said: “We’re definitely working on purchasing the best new technology to help better serve our customers.
“We want to stay ahead of market trends while quickly and efficiently serving our customers with better shipping and more manufacturing.
“This means finding new forms of innovative technology to help us with this demand. Our market is requiring changes to our printing services, asking up to be more accessible and, from our perspective, we need equipment that provides high quality, efficiency, fast turnaround, and is easy to maintain.”
It was that endeavor that led Lollicup management to decide to purchase its first in-house flexo press. After researching the available models in the market, management chose the newest generation Koenig & Bauer -Flexotecnica Evo XG press for its new Rockwall, TX facility. Developed for increased printing widths and higher printing speeds, the sleeve gearless Evo XG press provides greater efficiency and productivity.
Lollicup USA’s assistant plant manager Jason Lee said: “We had been thinking about purchasing our own printing press for a long period of time.
“We decided to move forward when we started building our new plant in Texas. We chose Koenig & Bauer-Flexotecnica due to its superb printing capabilities, which will provide our customers with the quality and turnaround that they demand.
“We also believe that it will be a great addition to help us fill custom print orders. We forecast a 60% increase in our printing capabilities. We were quite impressed with the service and support that we received from Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica and we’re pleased that its headquarters is local to our new plant.”
The new Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica Evo XG is equipped with numerous automated features that will improve efficiency and greatly reduce makeready times at Lollicup’s Rockwall facility. With the extraordinary demand of orders being placed, Lollicup feels that the Evo XG will reduce turnaround time printing its paper cups.
The Evo XG is built with many important engineering and design details, such as its heavy construction cast-iron closed-design frames to the high-precision solid print deck featuring anti-vibration mechanical elements, which will provide Lollicup with an extremely robust press with outstanding flexibility well suited to printing at high speeds on various substrates.
This prestigious model is designed to be user friendly with the highest level of automation. It will be ideal for Lollicup’s short, medium and long runs by reducing job changeover times while effectively minimizing down time and waste. In turn Lollicup will see increases in operation uptime and printing profitability.
Currently, Lollicup is seeing a trend in eco-friendly products, specifically straws. Multiple cities across the United States are starting to ban plastic straws. So the firm decided to offer eco-friendly straws to help customers avoid these bans.
The firm has also noticed that there has been a large demand for straws, which its production team is challenged to keep up with, so its team has developed two new lids that don’t require straws. This new product allows customers to easily comply with these bans and move towards a more eco-friendlier route.
Lollicup USA continues to innovate and grow, especially with many positive changes throughout 2018. The firm has launched 83 new products this year to keep up with market needs and customer requests. It has opened a new warehouse in New Jersey to better serve the East Coast quickly and efficiently.
Source: Company Press Release