Winpak Control Group Defies Pandemic Delays with Help from Enercon

Winpak Control Group is an award-winning leader in the production of printed packaging components for the pharmaceutical and personal care product industries. As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on supply chains, Winpak was in a unique position to continue making timely deliveries to their customers. The company not only prints packaging, but also produces its own pouch materials creating a major advantage for their customers. However, when a corona treater went down on one of their printing lines, meeting customer deliveries was in jeopardy.

Without corona treating, inks will not adhere to the flexible packaging substrates. Production was stopped and the press was shut down. Jim Imburgia, Director of Innovation & Technology at Winpak, says, “Meeting our customer commitments is our number one priority. When the treater failed, we were in the middle of a project on a 10” press for one of our key customers. The old treater was from another manufacturer and we were not interested in supporting it. It was time to replace it and we immediately turned to Enercon.”

For over a decade, the operation has specified Enercon corona treaters on all of their new projects. Imburgia cites the reasons, “It’s pretty simple; we specify Enercon corona treaters because of their reliability, ease-of-use and quality.”

“It’s pretty simple; we specify Enercon corona treaters because of their reliability, ease-of-use and quality.”

Jim Imburgia, Winpak Control Group

When the company sent out an SOS to Enercon, the Enercon team jumped into action. Expediting manufacturing, testing and shipping, the new CoronaFlex™ treater arrived within a week’s time. The system is designed for simple installation and Winpak Control Group was back to printing in no time.

This event took place in the middle of the pandemic and has a happy outcome. “With the fast response from Enercon, we were able to finish the job and meet our customer delivery,” states Imburgia.