Near Miss

"Above all, plan for the unforeseen," read the beginning of a February 2008 packagePRINTING feature on offset printing. The subject of the article, Colonial Carton Company (now 3C Packaging, www.3cpackaging.com), had taken steps to ensure its customers would not see a disruption in service in the event of a catastrophe. The printer did have to put its plan into place when it almost lost its building and equipment to fire.Although the circumstances were different, M&M Printed Bag (Chino, Calif.) recently encountered a unique challenge not seen by many in the package-printing marketplace. The printer took delivery of an 8-color, 53˝ flexographic Onyx press from Uteco (www.uteco.com), and upon unwrapping the shipping carton, discovered water flowing from the press's central impression (CI) section.