American Packaging Corporation keeps production running with Torus

American Packaging Corporation (APC) is a leading manufacturer of flexible packaging and labels, founded in 1902 and family-owned since 1986. The Cedar City lamination facility opened in 2023 to serve West Coast customers with just-in-time production, running laminators, oxidizers, and multi-motor presses — with planned expansion to 24/7 operations. Overlapping power draws from this equipment create steep demand peaks, and brownouts have cost APC tens of thousands of dollars in lost output per event. APC partnered with Torus to flatten those peaks, protect production lines from voltage events, and bring energy costs under control.

1. Printers and laminators drive heavy electrical loads, with oxidizers, chillers, and compressed air systems compounding demand — overlapping power draws create steep load peaks that significantly increase demand charges.
2. Brownouts trigger facility-wide shutdowns across presses and laminators, with restarts taking up to three hours of lost output per event.

1. Stored energy covers demand spikes from production runs and equipment start-ups, reducing average peak demand across all meters.
2. Torus corrects voltage events in real time, preventing the outages that shut down presses and laminators facility-wide.

APC's facility is expanding to 24/7 operations. Their Torus system was designed to accommodate that growth, adding capacity and demand management as new production lines come online.