Before the Box
Short run solutions
As with much of the packaging industry, short runs are leading to changes in how customers and suppliers approach their business. And for one equipment provider, creating short run solutions has become an integral part of its mission.
Marcus Tralau, CEO of KAMA, a Dresden, Germany-based designer and manufacturer of automatic diecutters, hot foil stamping products, and folder-gluers, says his company makes a point to not compete at all in the long-run sector. In fact, many of KAMA's flat-bed systems are placed with digital print engines from HP and other press makers that are staking out territory in the short-run folding carton space.
Cory Francer is an analyst at NAPCO Research. He formerly served as editor-in-chief of Packaging Impressions.