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The High End of EDP Labels

(Office Products)

June 30, 2002, ... Label. Do-It-Yourself Philosophy Traditionally, says Cochran, EDP labels have been produced in “commodity” fashion, with suppliers converting master rolls of pressure-sensitive material into die-cut ...

Presses Have Converter in Fine Form

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... has all but displaced forms in a number of commodity industries, such as credit card slips. “The forms business has been dropping,” notes O'Connor, president of Colorweb Inc., Dallas, TX. “It's been hit ...

The Third Wave: An Iron Tale about the Business of Print, Vol. 4

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... this, an interesting consensus has developed. The collective school of thought preaches that extended services outside of print will be the differentiators and, ultimately, will pay the bills. "The commodity ...

BRAND PROTECTION: The Converter's Rol

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... to your customers' needs, and you see an opportunity to add value to products that otherwise can be commodity items, but you don't know how to proceed. “Should I become a security printer? Do I need to ...

The Third Wave: An Iron Tail about the Business of Print, Vol. 2

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... of customer’s ability to produce in house. Release liner suppliers, particularly those supplying commodity grades, are more likely now than ever to see their business taken "in house" by key customers. ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... wars has done nothing but reduce the value of their products to a commodity item with a low price tag, ignoring quality altogether. Held in one of the most beautiful geographic regions in the world ...

Tension Control

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... cells for special praise. “We've never had a Montalvo load cell fail. Most people in this business think of load cells as a commodity, off-the-shelf item. But with Montalvo, it's more than that. We're buying ...

Think the Ink You're Using Is A No-Brainer? Think Again

(Materials)

December 31, 2000, ... the ink they use is not a commodity item, at least in this industry. "In my opinion," he notes, "ink in certain applications is a commodity product—for instance, ink used by newspaper printers. But on the ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... a turnaround from the decline in 1998, due primarily to the improving Asian market. Sales and captive use for the major commodity thermoplastic resins (including PE, PP, PS, and PVC) grew by 7.3% in ...

A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... you don't assume that risk, because you have a known commodity that's already integrated into your business. Q: Shouldn't downtime be a part of that criteria? A: Absolutely. The delivery cycle on a new ...

Release Papers: New Trends Are Driving the Market

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... with some converters successfully dropping from the commodity 2.5 liner to a 32#, 2.1 caliper. Electronic data processing-generated labels are one product category that seems to benefit quite a bit from ...

Core selection - the difference between success and failure.

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... notion of the core as a commodity item," says Pleune. "Failure of the core to perform properly during winding, transportation, or unwinding can jeopardize thousands of dollars worth of product. This may ...

Quality, waste get action from suppliers of sheeters.

(Magazine)

January 31, 1995, ... of the time," Abderholden said. "Board is a commodity item, and when its gets to be more competitive, the people that differentiate themselves will service." In-line sheeting is also being considered ...