Business Management - Operations

GFI Innovations and the Oldham Group have expanded their dealer agreement to grow GFI’s dealer network.

Yazoo Mills, a manufacturer of paper tubes and cores, has been approved to expand its Manufacturing and Distribution Center.

We’ll discuss the difference between commercial printing & packaging printing, types of packaging, market forces, substrates and inks.

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.

With its enhanced information management system, extensive equipment list, experienced staff, and forward-thinking attitude, Deluxe Packages in Yuba City, Calif., now has the information, knowledge, and power to excel for its customers.

Clayton, N.C.-based 3C Packaging has logged a performance record worthy of the exclamation point that graces the company's logo. Specifically, the converting company, which also produces printed literature inserts and unit dose compliant packages, recently reported 20 percent growth during the 2010-2011 fiscal year.

The origins of what is now Menasha Packaging Company, with 1,800 employees and more than 20 facilities in North America, have nothing to do with printing.

Global Packaging, with facilities in Oaks, Pa. and Ambler, Pa., is a full-service, wide-web flexographic printer providing consumer products packaging to companies across North America.

American Packaging Corp., based in Rochester, N.Y., is a flexible packaging converter specializing in flexographic and rotogravure printing and multi-ply extrusion, co-extrusion, and adhesive laminations of film, paper, and foil.

HERLEV, Denmark—Gerhardt International A/S, a supplier of rotary converting tools, and RR Rotary A/S, a supplier of solid rotary dies mainly for the packaging, hygiene, and medical markets, have merged their European production facilities of solid rotary dies.