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Independent Packaging: the "restart" of something grea

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March 31, 1996, ... at the job prospects offered by other companies, we decided to start our own," Romanski explains. This new company would encompass the sum total of their manufacturing experience. They figured it would ...

In-house sheeting promotes growth and quality

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February 29, 1996, ... changes," says Ray. "We can respond to rush orders faster. If any shortage problems occur when a job is on press, they can be resolved immediately. By keeping inventory on hand to a minimum, we can contain ...

Economic Forecast: More of the Same, Unless...

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December 31, 1995, ... of 1994. "There's no big lack of consumer confidence right now," Fry agrees. "The confidence level tends to react very strongly to employment and unemployment. So, as long as people have jobs, they tend to ...

Viscosity system saves ink and improves print quality

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December 31, 1995, ... Works Well Considering the important job it performs, the Norcross system is actually quite simple. The system, Herbst reports, is not in-line but in-tank, with a design that offers ease of cleaning ...

Die-cutting developments continue unabated.

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September 30, 1995, ... where it does its specific job very well. The woodbacked steel rule die has been with us for a long time, for good reason. There are certain applications, such as cutting corrugated materials and thick ...

Training is the key to success in '90s corporate climb.

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August 31, 1995, ... and setting goals together. Once the employees realize the company is serious about change, the process accelerates. When reluctant supervisors, managers and executives begin to lose their jobs because ...

Building quality into the web printing process

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April 30, 1995, ... already been produced. Take color for example: Do you have color standards established for each color on each job? How is on-press color measured and compared against those standards, and how often ...

Quick changeovers, quality top bagmaking demands.

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March 31, 1995, ... data, for setting up different jobs as well as for keeping control of the production. The increasing use of servo-controlled machines, whether necessary or not, also requires more sophisticated PC equipment." ...

Computerized dispensing provides ink management

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March 31, 1995, ... inventory of colors left over from previous jobs. "That inventory was growing," Fellows said. After each run, about 18 lb. of ink remains in press sumps. It isn't economical to discard the leftover colors, ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ...  care, 17 weeks of maternity leave plus another 16 without pay with a guarantee of getting your job back, no replacement workers during strikes, all the things everyone was worried about, we already have, ...

Slower growth, continued expansion seen in 1995

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January 31, 1995, ... jobs and income. Therefore, the level of slowdown depends on how much inventories are built now and how much of a correction in production will be necessitated by the slowdown and by demand." At the ...

Traditions fall as prepress moves into electronic age

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December 31, 1994, ... smaller job runs, less waste and "I need it now" apply as equally to the conversion to electronic prepress as they do to other parts of the business. Minton Brooks, president of Minton Brooks Associates, ...