For more than 15 years they had been operating an old Andrew and Suter Able gluer which continues to produce excellent quality products but is no longer fast enough in production speed.
The brief was for a machine which could increase the existing capacity and cope with some of the difficult configurations and panel sizes.
Jean Van Boeckel, General Manager at Lancashire Board, met with Kolbus Autobox and was convinced by the capabilities of the Autobox Multinova MN400 Multipoint gluer. Jean visited Houghton Regis to sign off on the machine, taking several of his most complicated jobs. Jean was suitably impressed, and delivery, installation and training were swiftly organised.
Within four days of commissioning and training by one of Kolbus UK’s Multipoint specialists Lancashire Board were running at a significantly higher run rate per hour.
Jean said: “we needed a machine to increase our output. The Multinova was the most logical step up from our old Able gluer. Not only does it take a similar time to set up, but it also runs so much quicker.
The installation process was well planned out by Kolbus UK. A few weeks before the installation the engineer even gave us a call to go through what was needed on site for the week. We are also pleased with the speed of installation by Kolbus UK and quality of build from Kolbus-Autobox.”
Arran Sethi, Kolbus UK Director of Sales, said: “The Multinova gluer is becoming equally as popular as our Autobox boxmakers. This is due to the requirement for a well-priced, compact machine that produces bespoke sizes, styles, and quantities quickly without the need for lengthy set ups or large space requirements. In Lancashire Board’s case, this was simply a requirement to increase output. In the last 12 months, we have installed close to ten Multinova machines in the UK & Ireland alone.”
