Graphics, Structural Design, and Testing
Longview Fibre's Design Centers have a knowledgeable staff of graphics, structural designers and packaging engineers to review your packaging needs and provide creative solutions.
We believe the skills, training and experience of our designers are important assets to our customers. As working partners with our customers, we strengthen their position in the marketplace.
We use the latest computer technology to create our products; taking advantage of technology to build on successful ideas.
| Computer Aided Design | Used to create and save designs generated from an idea. |
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| Computer Generated Prototypes | We offer samples of your display or package, cut on our Kongsberg sample table, for your approval. |
| Multiple Test Samples | Prototypes produced on our robotic sample table can be run in multiple-out configurations. |
| Computer Aided Pallet Patterns | See a 3D view of your pallet configuration. |
| CAD Specification Drawings | Drawings can be customized in decimals or fractions. |
| Die Vinyls | Our robotic sample table is equipped with pens for drawing on mylar. |
| Lab Testing | Longview Fibre provides comprehensive services in Longview, Washington. Testing of paper, combined board and boxes is available. Our certified lab provides International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) testing. The Container Testing Laboratory includes both low- and high-humidity conditioning rooms, a transit simulator (4000 lb.), an incline-impact tester (4000 lb.), a drop tester (4000 lb.), and a compression tester with a capacity of 50,000 pounds. |
| Ink Blending Lab |
Longview's fully- automated and computer-controlled Ink Dispensing System provides high-speed, one-shot dispensing of fluid ink colors from a central station. The result is exact reproduction of ink formulas with no mistakes. An in-house Ink Blending Lab enables our presses to continue work and not worry about waiting for ink from an outside vendor. The Blending Lab also ensures that ink is mixed accurately and quickly. Thousands of ink formulas are stored in our system's memory for quick recall and can be shared between our plants. We also provide 'draw-downs' or ink swatches on the proper substrate for customer approval before press runs. |
