Customer Service and Responsiveness

The Comexi CL Laminator is an off-line operation. "The Decatur plant utilizes quick response and just-in-time support for our customers, which require quick changeovers and short runs that an in-line could not provide," he adds.

Meeting market challenges

Hood Packaging Corp., like all other package printers, is facing many challenges in the markets that it serves. Chief among these, reports Alvarez, are shorter lead times, the ability to hold or improve margins due to price erosion and higher material costs, and low-priced foreign competition.