I’ve long since lost count of how many shows and conferences I’ve been to over the past 20 years, but there has been one constant across them all. It is the value that comes with networking, gaining new knowledge, coming up with new ideas, and seeing first-hand how equipment and software can deliver new productivity and profitability.
GRAPH EXPO 15 will be joined by CPP EXPO, PROCESS EXPO, InterBev Process and the International Dairy Show this September in Chicago's McCormick Place.
What makes the annual TLMI Converter of the Year award so special? There's a seemingly endless reservoir of people who could merit this recognition. Jeff Dunphy, president/CEO of Design Label Manufacturing—steps in easily to this long line of top industry leaders.While Dunphy virtually grew up in his father's print shop, he also had some early positive exposure to TLMI. Design Label has been a member of TLMI for about as long as the Dunphy's have owned the company.
Rocky Rahija, owner, president, and CEO of Flextec Corp., counts his lucky blessings that his home and his printing business were spared from the Waldo Canyon Fire, that teared through Colorado Springs, Colo, last June. Even with his business curtailed for three days, Rahija says that Flextec did not miss any customer orders.
NCL Graphic Specialties habit of capital investment, coupled with its diverse capabilities, strong product offerings, and tradition of innovation, have positioned it uniquely well to grow and thrive as the recovery takes hold.
TLMI's 2012 Label Awards contest showcased the industry's finest, with Napa, Calif.-based Collotype Labels USA taking the ultimate award as Best of Show with its offset-printed Le Pich, 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon wine label. The North American Innovator Award went to Whitlam Label Company for its flexo-printed Evidence Bag entry; and the The Innovator Award in the International category went to Germany-based Schreiner Group for its Pharma-Comb Void Label.
While dedication to customer service can be a superficial cliché in the corporate mouths of companies merely content to pursue business as usual, Consolidated Label's commitment to the customer is the bedrock and driving principle of its corporate universe and operating philosophy.
At the annual Global Food Safety Conference last February, packagePRINTING caught up with Robert Prevendar, director of supply chain food safety for NSF International's Global Food Safety Division, to get his perspective on the impact of food safety standards for package printers and converters.
Joining a trade exchange offers printers the ability to subsidize both fixed and variable operational costs, attract and maintain cash business, and raise capital. Exchanges are seeing strong growth each year and new exchanges are being launched every day. Companies are starting to see their trade exchange as another necessary business tool. If you're not already an exchange member, it may be a business opportunity worth pursuing.
With sales revenue in the $10 to 20 million range, Sherburne, N.Y.-based Mid-York Press considers itself a market leader among short-run package printers. Mid-York's goal is to increase its business by 50 percent, while retaining 50 percent available capacity.
