packagePRINTING inBOX November 1, 2013
AGI-Shorewood Invests in Technologies for Growth
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.
Brands: How to Attract and Inform
Between consumer product labeling legislative requirements and growing consumer awareness of various hot-button topics, today's top brands need to provide an ever-increasing amount of information, including nutrition, ingredients, sustainability messaging, and various sourcing facts.
Featured Products - November 2013
Featured Products for the flexographic, narrow-web and package printing industries, including Meech Static Eliminators, Simco-Ion, Monroe Electronics, Doyle Systems
Generational Traits –Polischuk
TLMI held its Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, last month under the theme of "My Generation – Leading Strategies for Multigenerational Trends and Technologies." As the theme suggests, the focus of the session presentations was on generational tendencies and technology trends and leadership.
Hammer Packaging Sets Sail for a Second Century in Business
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.
Printer News - November 2013
News on printers in the packaging printing industry, including Ampac, Multi-Color Corp., WS Packaging, Mac Arthur Corp., Kendall Packaging Corp.
Report on AWA Seminar: Label Release Liner Issues, Opportunities
It was Europe's turn this year to host the AWA Label Release Liner Industry Seminar, and a healthy number of participants, from every level of the value chain, convened in Brussels in late September. Opening the seminar, AWA Alexander Watson Associates' President and CEO, Corey Reardon, confirmed that business in the roll-label sector "continues to be optimistic."
Supplier News - November 2013
News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including items from Mark Andy Inc, Heidelberg, Rollem International, Flint Group, Distinct Packabilities, ASL Print FX
UV LED Inks: The Future of Narrow-web Printing?
Narrow web printers are entrepreneurs who are always looking for the next, and the best, technologies to move them and the industry ahead. UV LED technologies will enable these savvy printers to move into new applications and experience better operational performance. UV LED will have a significant impact on our industry.
