Before the Box
"We must make sure, because we can't read braille. We need to have a visual inspection," Skinner says. "So there's a camera that takes a picture of it to make sure every dot is where it should be and also reads it to make sure it's exactly the same as intended."
Custom Converting
As technology has advanced, there are nearly endless shapes a carton can take and the combination of finishing options can be essential to a product being chosen over its competition on the shelf.
Cory Francer is an Analyst with NAPCO Research, where he leads the team’s coverage of the dynamic and growing packaging market. Cory also is the former editor-in-chief of Packaging Impressions and is still an active contributor to its print magazines, blogs, and events. With a decade of experience as a professional journalist and editor, Cory brings an eye for storytelling to his packaging research, providing compelling insight into the industry's most pressing business issues. He is an active participant in many of the industry's associations and has played an essential role in the development of the annual Digital Packaging Summit. Cory can be reached at cfrancer@napco.com