We've all been there—sitting at the table listening to a sales pitch—both in our personal lives and in our business lives. Sales pitches are intended to “glow” and radiate nothing but goodness. However, you learn real early the importance of the old adage, “Let the buyer beware.”
Judgement Day for the Excellence Awards contest is a special day at the offices of packagePRINTING. This year's contest brought in a total of 82 awards, including 28 first-place awards and the Best of Show. packagePRINTING's 2009 Best of Show honors went to All Stick Label's (ASL, www.allsticklabel.com) "Panama Jack's French Vanilla Cream" entry.
This issue highlights the winning entries in packagePRINTING's 23rd annual Excellence Awards competition. The judging took place in June and as usual, it was one of my favorite days of the year.
When presented with a challenge, MPI Label Systems stepped up to the plate, impressing its customer, as well as the judges of this year’s packagePRINTING Excellence Awards.
Today’s printing and converting companies have to be distinctive. In some way, shape, or form, they have to be a valuable (and hopefully invaluable) resource to their customers. There are innumerable ways this can be accomplished and there’s obviously no cookie-cutter path to success.
Yes They Did!
When the judges of this year’s Excellence Awards began examining the more than 200 entries, it was like watching kids in a candy store. And, the judges were excited for good reason. packagePRINTING received a great collection of entries this year. But, the entry that took front and center was a wine label submitted by MPI Label Systems of California (MPI, Calif.). The label, produced for Lodi Vineyards’ Windmill Estates Chardonnay, part of the Michael-David Winery’s family of wines, impressed judges with its complexity, aesthetics, embossing, tight tolerances, and small type. “I think it’s a combination of technical difficulty and overall aesthetics,” said Joe
ROCKFORD Ill.—Gallus Stanz- und Druckmaschinen Gmbh, Weiden Germany, placed orders at drupa 2008 for non-stop splicing and automatic rewinding systems from Martin Automatic, Inc., Rockford, Ill., for two new Gallus press lines to be installed in North America and Asia. One project will feature a Martin model MBX automatic butt splicer for paper and paperboard, used in conjunction with a Martin model LRD automatic transfer rewind. The other project will incorporate a Martin model MCB automatic butt splicer. Both splicer models use Martin’s patented lift-and-load roll loading and butt splicing system. “We are very pleased to be able to announce this major order during
Not many businesses are going to be successful without an overall business plan that includes where they are, where they want to go, and how they want to get there. One critical component of a business plan is a capital financing strategy. After all, a package printer isn’t going to grow its printing business without upgrading or updating equipment over time. Not every capital financing plan is the same, and each will be built based on company preferences, such as leasing over buying or whether or not to finance large expenditures. Building your plan It is difficult to pin down every component of a
For many years, most of the general population of the United States has had a domestic focus and perspective. We are surprised, and to some extent hurt, when other nations do not go along with our view of the world. Whether our international policies are right or wrong is not the point of this column; it is the fact that we no more control global development than we control the Internet. Take money matters. Americans traditionally look at the U.S. dollar as the basis for all other currencies. The traditional media reinforces that perspective; when we watch the Today Show or even the
