KOLBUS America, a leader in manufacturing innovative solutions for the bookbinding and paperboard packaging industry, is pleased to announce the addition of Reid Crawley as its new sales manager. Reid joins with over a century of family tradition dating back to 1880 with 6 generations in the industry.
Glen Arm, Maryland (July 13, 2026) — SUN Automation Group and KOLBUS America are
aligning aftermarket support responsibilities for KOLBUS and Hycorr equipment, with all parts
and service support transitioning directly to KOLBUS America
Kolbus Packaging Machine with award-winning innovation that is ideal for the automatic production of cardboard boxes with innovative turn-in technology. The BLW 200 provides box gluing with new wrapping technology and allows for model changeover without changing the forming tools.
Kolbus Casemakers continue to gain strong market traction, with record sales achieved. We are pleased to confirm the sale of multiple DA 370 digital casemakers to a leading organization specializing in printing and publishing.
We’re excited to highlight a powerful new feature on the KOLBUS DA 160 that is changing the way short-run and repeat jobs are handled. With the new integrated barcode scanner, setup has never been easier. Simply scan a barcode, the machine instantly recalls the job from its stored library.
RPI is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photo books and associated products, such as personalized postcards.
Founded in 1979 in Seattle, the company grew rapidly – also through a series of acquisitions. Among them was the Dutch printer Paro in Eindhoven, which had already established itself successfully in the print-on-demand sector.
