Exploring Middle Ground

Dick Chesnut, President, W.R. Chesnut Engineering, Fairfield, NJ

Historically, the most successful mid-web presses have been employed in the carton market, where they generally produce larger format products than will be suitable for production on a narrow-web press, and wide-web presses would not be economically feasible. Typical examples include liquid carton packages and cigarette boxes which do not lend themselves to sheet-fed production.