Multi-Market Appeal

Board beginnings

In the case of flexographic wide-web converter Plastic Packaging, Inc. (PPI), headquartered in Hickory, NC, the company's desire to enter the lightweight board business led to its first experiment with the mid-web format.

PPI Operations Manager Dan Chamley reports in looking for an entry point into that market, management realized it would be beneficial to employ a press that could run both new jobs in light board as well as bread-and-butter film work.