Open House 2018

We had an annual open house event last week.
170 customers visited　this year.

For those who missed it, I’d like to introduce our latest developments here.


We had 2 main themes this year.



One is “Soliution”.

It’s not a typo. “Soli” means warp in Japanese.

“Soliution” is our solution to warp, the long-held issue that the corrugating industry has been facing.

And it’s a combination of our latest model singlefacer “CF60” and a machine called “the WaterDeck” that makes the “Soliution” possible.

The WaterDeck is originally manufactured by Kohler Coating, Inc. headquartered in Ohio, U.S.

We became a partner with them almost 10 years ago, and have been exclusively selling their machines in Japan.

In the show, we demonstrated how easy fixing warp would be with CF60 & the WaterDeck.



When the speed of the corrugator goes up and down in a very short period of time, basically it’s the worst situation for warp.

(In the picture above, it went from 200mpm down to 70mpm and back up to 200mpm.)

But, with the right parameters control by CF60 and water content adjustment by the WaterDeck, things will not be the same.

This is the “Soliution” ISOWA offers.

We got many positive comments from the guests,

“Normally, water is the paper’s worst enemy. But with the WaterDeck, it’s the opposite.”

“The concept is very simple and logical. The WaterDeck is the most practical and reliable warp correction method I’ve ever seen.”

“I love how operator-friendly CF60 is. Its quick automatic cartridge change is excellent.”

“Bonding on heavy weight board is great.”



The other theme is “Evolved Edge-Opener”.

Edge-opener is ISOWA’s patented device to dramatically improve so-called “Fishtail” in the converting process.

Since its launch 2 years ago, it has taken the standard of the joint gap accuracy to a whole new level.

But, until recently, it was only available at the speed of up to 160pcs/min.

In response to growing demand for higher-speed capability, we redesigned it to be able to run at 200pcs/min.

That’s the box we ran for demonstration.

If you have worked in the industry, it’s obvious what a tough box this is to run.
To make things worse, it’s a heavy weight doublewall!

 　　　

When we asked a few customers at what speed they thought it could be run,

Most of them answered, “70pcs/min. 100 at most.”

That’s exactly how hard it is.



But with the Ibis, that’s a thing of the past. We showed them what the Ibis is capable of.

This folding accuracy at the speed of 200pcs/min!

Let me share with you some of the comments.

“Even freshmen could make fine boxes with this machine.”

“I just hope you don’t sell this to our competitions. The quality is too good to compete against.”




It was another successful open house.
ISOWA will try to keep bringing more surprises to you all.

For more information, please contact us anytime!