Bringing Flexo Into the Fold

Faust confirms the notion of flexo as a path to single-source servicing for Mebane and other folding carton printers. Labels can be run after making typical impression adjustments, without mechanical changeovers, he explains, and pressure-sensitive labels handle better on flexo than offset.

"Many narrow-web folding carton presses are sold to new carton converters who built their business in labels," counters Jim Coddington, technical sales center manager at Webtron, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He believes few folding carton printers are looking to labels, due to their strong sheetfed background and limited web experience.