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Still on a roll that began a decade ago, Orbytel Print and Packaging of Garfield Heights, OH, has been evolving from a print brokerage to a bona fide packaging manufacturer. "Orbytel has always been intent on growth," says company president Mark Uvlin indulging in something of an understatement, given that the company is a study in strategic differentiation.

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Heidelberg Anicolor technology combines the advantages of traditional offset printing with the advantages of digital printing.

There have been some notable developments in the digital production landscape for folding cartons, but overall the landscape has not changed significantly in the past year and a half.

Fujifilm Corp., together with Fujifilm Global Graphic Systems Co., Ltd. (Fujifilm), has entered a strategic partnership with Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) in the area of inkjet printing. This will allow Heidelberg to gain access to Fujifilm's inkjet technology, and Fujifilm will leverage Heidelberg's strengths in engineering and manufacturing.

You'd think a company that's been around since 1912, reports annual sales of more than $100 million, and regularly garners high praise for its core business practices and people-oriented culture, might be inclined to rest on its abundant laurels. You might think so, but in the case of Hammer Packaging you'd be dead wrong.

Excess capacity in the packaging market is driving margin compression, but the flip side of any challenge is opportunity. And ASG (AGI-Shorewood Group) is quietly deploying the products—bespoke color branding, large-format digital presses, plastics, a new stand-alone creative agency—and the strategy to leverage the company's positive sales momentum.

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