Lean Manufacturing in Package Printing Operations

By Tom Polischuk

packagePRINTING recently talked to two suppliers in the package-printing industry that have implemented Lean Manufacturing processes, and that have incorporated Lean thinking into their business cultures. Color Resolutions International (CRI, www.colorresolutions.com) supplies inks for a variety of packaging applications, while InteliCoat Technologies (www.intelicoat.com) is a supplier of coated paper, film, and specialty substrates for imaging technologies.