WS Packaging grows its label and package printing busines through acquisition and lean manufacturing practices.

By Sue Busch

Print technology mix

Across the country, WS Packaging has presses on the production floor from equipment providers including Gallus and Mark Andy (flexo); Sanki, Rotopress, and Nilpeter (offset); and HP Indigo and EFI Jetrion (digital). Looking ahead on the company's technology footprint, Lane expects flexo printing to remain "part of the larger mix," and calls digital printing and digitally optimized facestocks "exciting advancements" that must wait for end-user comfort levels to fully "catch up" with their potential.