The 13th seminar organized by the Japan Corrugated Case Association

The Japan Corrugated Case Association (JCCA) will be holding an annual seminar on October 13-14, 2017 in Aichi Prefecture on the main theme “Work style reform in the corrugated industry”. The association members share expertise in matters such as corrugated board productivity and quality improvement, maintenance of workplace health and safety, environmental protection and reduction of…

Event announcement “PRESS BALANCE SYSTEM”

Since August 2016 Japanese government has been promoting work style reforms. We should think seriously that work style reforms is equal to productivity improvement. Realizing less working hours could result in higher productivity. In this respect demands on shorter make-ready time in a flatbed die cutting operation is very high.  is the first product in the…

AN INTERVIEW WITH MASAKI NAKAYAMA Part 4

“Surviving manufacturers of cutting rules in Japan” We are proud of our sophisticated skills that make sure our cutting rules are precise in their specifications.  For example, we can work with as small an allowance of even ±20μm for width. The thickness of cutting rules varies depending on its intended use. The most used thickness…

AN INTERVIEW WITH MASAKI NAKAYAMA Part 3

“Surviving manufacturers of cutting rules in Japan” There are seventeen manufacturers of cutting rules in the world and two of them are in Japan. Nakayama Co., Ltd. has specialized in manufacturing cutting rules since the company was established in 1937. The cutting rules were originally used in cutting dies for paper and corrugated cardboard. However,…

AN INTERVIEW WITH MASAKI NAKAYAMA Part 2

Our policy is: Be flexible, adapt to customer’s requests, and put them into immediate practice. We focus on providing suitable blades for each customer with small lot production rather than making ordinary blades for mass production.  Raw materials used to make our cutting rules always meet Nakayama standards, which are far tougher than JIS (Japanese…