Bankrollers

The base issue for anilox suppliers continues to be whether to bet the farm on ceramic/laser engraving's success or take the middle ground by offering newer ceramic and older chrome roll technologies.

"Chrome rolls are not extinct, but laser probably has 80 percent of the market," says Brian Jacob, executive vice president, sales and marketing, at Pamarco, a company that just invested $2 million in a chrome plating system in 1999.