Andrew Weitz

DUNCANSVILLE Pa.—Anchor Printing, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., has added two Aquaflex ELS servo presses to add capacity for its growing flexible packaging business. General Manager Andrew Weitz, said, "We knew we wanted to move up to servo technology so we looked at all the press offerings before deciding on the Aquaflex ELS Servo."

The term “globalization” has become one of the package-printing industry’s favorite things to talk about. It’s important enough that the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) devoted an entire study on the effects of globalization on flexible packaging, and in 2007, PLGA Global made globalization the theme of its annual operational conference. Domestically, the economic impacts of globalization are sometimes negative. But, some experts and converters believe that there are new opportunities opening by globalizing their businesses. More importantly, there may be no choice in the matter. What does it mean to you? Globalization means different things to different people. Merriam-Webster defines globalization as “the act,