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Global competition

Foreign competition is the biggest issue for Amgraph in the markets in which it competes. It is not alone, and neither are gravure printers. Offshoring has affected all aspects of the package-printing industry, whether it be packaging produced overseas, knock-off presses that don’t produce the quality of the name-brand presses, or economic conditions in general. Reducing front-end costs associated with a print job at the converter level is one way to be more competitive in a global marketplace. Converters can’t do it alone, however. “To all the chemists and engineers out there, come up with a copperless, chromeless image carrier,” Fontaine concludes. pP