Last week, many printing companies in the Southeast needed to brace themselves for Hurricane Matthew, the nastiest storm to hit the Caribbean in the past decade.
Erik Cagle
The trend toward cross-training needs to continue not only at the more highly-evolved facilities, but everywhere.
The merger talks between Xerox Corp. and RR Donnelley (RRD) are not going to come to fruition, at least not in the short term, after Xerox privately rejected an offer from the nation's largest printer, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Bloomberg is reporting that Xerox Corp. is in the early phase of negotiations to obtain Windy City printing giant RR Donnelley (RRD).
As product SKUs and more ambitious design/paper usage continues to grow, Chicago will respond in kind.
Migrating from the commercial world to packaging is hardly a laughing matter; the investment in equipment, education, and training required to make the leap ain't no joke. And, if commercial printers believe their market is oversaturated with competitors, they will soon find that many packaging segments are tough nuts to crack, overflowing with suppliers.
One of the keys to long-lasting success in any manufacturing business is the ability to recognize the changing needs of the market early enough to acquire the shop-floor equipment to address the needs of clients, and one might say that "evolve or perish" theme is the unofficial mantra adhered to by Printed Specialties Inc.
