Closing the Loop

Recognizing the growing acceptance of sleeves, and seizing the opportunity to pare press downtimes even further, CI press manufacturer Windmoeller & Hoelscher introduced a cantilevered quick changeover press in 1993; according to Hans Deamer, W&H Corp. president, his company has sold more than 150 machines to date. Today, nearly every major CI press manufacturer offers a quick sleeve change system, and marketers estimate as much as 50 percent of presses sold into wider-web packaging applications are sleeve-dedicated with a cantilevered changeover feature.