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PLGA Meeting Honors Gravure and Its Printers

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... Vegas to a commodity product. Subcategory: Technical Achievement Winner: Arlin Mfg. Product: Promotional message tear tape Details: Three colors (white, yellow, black); adhesive lamination, ...

The Discovery, Development of Glitter

(Roll Handling)

December 12, 2021, ... commodity product with boundless applications.  Over 20,000 varieties are manufactured by multiple firms worldwide in different colors, sizes, and materials. One estimate suggests that 10 million pounds ...

The Discovery, Development of Glitter

(News | New Products)

November 28, 2021, ... commodity product with boundless applications.  Over 20,000 varieties are manufactured by multiple firms worldwide in different colors, sizes, and materials. One estimate suggests that 10 million pounds ...

Dare to be Different!

(News | New Products)

July 09, 2019, ... with offset printing fleets, small and large format digital printers (e.g. Onlineprinters, Pixartprinting) will remain and will further grow, having conquered the various sectors of commodity printing. ...

Westkey Graphics Invests in an SEI Labelmaster

(News | New Products)

October 08, 2018, ... as everyone else, we are competing as a commodity. Now, we can produce different labels for our customers—something no one else can offer. “Digital finishing has been huge for us. With many major investments, ...

Market Research | Emerging Technologies for Packaging Innovation

(Trends/Management)

November 24, 2014, ... to leverage packaging as a part of the marketing mix. They also overwhelmingly see their relationship with CPG customers as price focused, reinforcing the perception they provide a commodity. The conversation ...

Release Liner | Annual AWA Seminar Paints Picture of Today’s Market

(Label/Tape)

November 16, 2014, ... for the best overall solution, matching overall quality, customer and technical support, and price” was his advice for all but real commodity applications. “Test, test, and retest over time” on both pilot ...

HP Video Looks at Packaging Innovation

(News | New Products)

July 25, 2012, PFFC continues its look at the HP/Mike Ferrari video series, with #6 covering what innovation in packaging can do for digital printers   CINCINNATI, OH | “Packaging Innovation” is the subject of ...

Printed Electronics, Automation Highlight drupa's Innovation Par

(News | New Products)

March 26, 2012, ... logistics industry in particular benefits greatly from the use of RFID chips, which store and pass on information via contactless reading devices to a central system, thereby helping to monitor the commodity ...

Printing Proofs-Color Control: Spot On!

(Print)

April 30, 2011, ... also includes three Sanjo rotary letterpresses for commodity labeling and two Comco presses used for shrink sleeve film, carton board, and flexible packaging films. A nine-unit Gallus EM 280 UV flexo label ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

September 17, 2006, ...  660 3.3 2.7 ©2006 by The Freedonia Group Overall price advances will be restrained by the commodity nature of most products and moderating raw material costs, which will recover from the high ...

Under Pressure

(Archive)

January 30, 2006, ... for about 29% and 25% of the total usage respectively. Monomeric calendered vinyl film is the most widely used face material in North America—a commodity product with limited margin opportunities—followed ...

Linerless: The Compromise for VDP Labels?

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... could hasten the demise of conventional linered self-adhesive labels in the VDP market, which mainly has reached commodity status and is no longer a major margin-earner in the release liner business.  ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ...  3,255 3,700 4,300 2.6 3.1 Resin Commodity Plastics 2,755 3,100 3,560 2.4 2.8 Engineered Plastics 500 600 740 3.7 4.3 Market Medical Packaging 1,673 1,907 2,145 2.6 2.4 ...

Technology - The Great Equalizer

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... are facing severe pressures from customers to reduce pricing yet maintain high quality standards. Larger volume printers and converters are more vulnerable to global pricing pressures on commodity items; ...

Labelexpo Europe 2003 Was 'Best-Attended Yet

(News | New Products)

October 01, 2003, ... and in-mold labels (IML), with roll-fed carton printing also figuring largely. "In addition," states Tarsus, "the show reflected a general move from commodity markets into higher-margin alternatives by established ...

Labelexpo Europe: Unparalled Access to Latest Label Trends

(News | New Products)

August 07, 2003, ... the need to move from commodity products to such things as multi-layer labels, small cartons, or film-based packaging products, for example. Multi-substrate production has encouraged the wider adoption ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... as a way to differentiate products that are primarily commodity in nature. The best opportunities, says the report, are expected in the consumer market where an emphasis on eye-appealing and informative ...

The Third Wave: An Iron Tale about the Business of Print, Vol. 8

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... shows these products are going commodity, just as fast, if not faster, than many converting products. Indirect spend is when print is non-core to the customer’s supply chain and tends to be purchased ...

Our Newest Rivals

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... by equipment manufacturers. Short-term gains drive longer term, and inevitable, pain for the entire industry. Commercial printing is going commodity…and fast. Price elasticity basically has gone out ...