Coast to Coast - January 2012

"With the proliferation of SKUs and fast-changing market requirements, customers need a packaging vendor that can control cost without running up inventory," says Alan Parnell, Copac president. "The fast makereadies and efficiency of the Speedmaster XL 105 technology fits that bill perfectly."

Copac regards its digital and sheetfed presses as complementary technologies, says CEO Jerry Lux. "One of the limitations of digital is that it has a very small footprint. Beyond quantity, a lot of cartons just won't fit on our digital presses. Our base technology is sheetfed offset, and we complement that with flexo and digital. We certainly intend and expect to be using all three processes for many of our customers."