PLGA Operational Conference focuses on the global market

The gravure market, whose growth has slowed in North America, is enjoying significant growth in eastern Europe and India. Gravure printing in the Asia/Pacific market is by far the largest market in the world for gravure. Additionally, China is building and installing hundreds of gravure printing presses per year, which according to John Melotik, Cerutti Corp., North America, is unheard of in the U.S. According to Giovanni Osstachhini, of ACOM, ssrl, these machines produce finished products that are good, but not up to western standards. These machines are finding their way into the Middle East, so gravure press manufacturers are seeing increased competition from China in that region.