Cost-Saving Measures — Save a Buck, Save a Job

Also, Hopkins Printing has benefitted from the use of a baler and scrap removal system for its bindery. With vacuums at each folder, cutter and stitcher transporting paper leftovers to the baler, the company saves countless man hours that used to be spent pushing around Gaylord boxes.

“That scrap is then sold at a higher rate to the paper recycling companies because our machine has made it easier for them to haul away and process it,” Hopkins stresses. “The extra money goes straight to our bottom line, and we have a much cleaner shop as a result.”