packagePRINTING September 2013 Edition
Ahead of the Pack –Polischuk
There is no doubt that competition is fierce in the folding carton market. Associations such as the Paperboard Packaging Council's (PPC) can provide invaluable resources to help companies stay ahead of the pack.
Colbert Packaging Expands Capabilities
Colbert Packaging has found sustainable business in the pharmaceutical arena through a strong track record of earning certified supplier status with multiple Fortune 500 companies. This achievement has opened doors for the converter to work with similar customers that perform rigorous compliance checks on service providers, adds Jennifer Gross, manager, marketing and sales support.
Featured Products - September 2013
Featured Products for the flexographic, narrow-web and package printing industries, including Flexo Wash, Eaglewood Technologies/Sani-Blast, Anderson & Vreeland, ARC International, PPCTS, Harper Corporation of America and Pamarco Global Graphics.
Good Anilox Roll Care Can Improve the Bottom Line
When aniloxes are prepared and cared for properly, you get the exact results the prepress, operator, and ink technician would expect. Having the correct tools and the knowledge to use them allows your employees to perform their jobs efficiently. We advise every printer to reject the status quo of day-to-day operations by making frequent reviews of how processes could improve to create the desired anilox process efficiencies.
Laser Diecutting: A New Approach
Laser diecutting is rapidly changing the way products are manufactured throughout the world. Within the past seven years, laser diecutting has a growing number of supporters due to cut quality improvements; increased throughput speeds; and savings in tooling costs, waste material, and job changeover. The companies that have invested in laser cutting technology are reaping the benefits of their early adaptation behaviors.
Printer News - September 2013
News on printers in the packaging printing industry, including Ampac, Imagine! Print Solutions, Consolidated Label Company, Bemis Performance Packaging, MeadWestvaco Corp., Packaging Graphics, Thoro Packaging, Huston Patterson Corp. and Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing
Printing for Corrugated Packaging: What's Ahead for Color Digital Printing?
This month in packagePRINTING, we look at the color printing of corrugated packaging. What is the role of color digital printing there? What is the outlook for color digital printers? To find out, packagePRINTING and InfoTrends partnered recently to survey senior managers at 30 companies that print corrugated packages in the United States.
State of the Folding Carton Industry
The folding carton printers interviewed for this story face mostly the same agenda of business issues as the managers of other kinds of printing businesses. Two items of special interest in their segment—competition from offshore packaging manufacturers, and paperboard supply—came up in the conversations.
Supplier News - September 2013
News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including items Luminer Converting Group, Walter G. Anderson, Inc., Harper Corporation of America, Boutwell, Owens & Co., Bobst, Heidelberg, Altana, Henkel, Gallus, Inc, DuPont Packaging Graphics, The Provident Group and Pamarco Technologies LLC.
