Can glue really help to make your production line more profitable? Yes, of course. And we're not just saying that because we're glue fanatics!

At LD Davis, we make it a priority to help our customers run their business as efficiently, and profitably, as possible. To assist with that, our Technical team offers free glue audits to our customers. We recommend these audits on a regular basis (semi-annually or annually) to ensure that you are running your glue and gluing equipment at its fullest potential.

While Crathern and Smith is no longer manufacturing new rigid box machines, many of their machines are used and sold in the packaging industry.

Thinking Inside the Box with Wood Forms

In the last decade, rigid boxes (or rigid setup boxes) have taken the manufacturing world by storm, and it’s easy to understand why. Rigid boxes are more durable than traditional cardboard packaging, and they look amazing!

If you make rigid boxes, chances are you're pretty familiar with protein glue (animal glue). Have you ever run into a situation where the glue film becomes brittle and shatters? Today we dive into why this happens.