Clayton, N.C.-based 3C Packaging has logged a performance record worthy of the exclamation point that graces the company's logo. Specifically, the converting company, which also produces printed literature inserts and unit dose compliant packages, recently reported 20 percent growth during the 2010-2011 fiscal year.
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,
WILLISTON, Vt.—KBA North America, a global press manufacturer is reporting double-digit sales growth at Colonial Carton Company, a leading pharmaceutical folding carton manufacturer located in Clayton, N.C., thanks to the printer’s use of two KBA Rapida 105 41-inch sheetfed presses: a four-color and a seven-color press both equipped with the unique KBA Qualitronic II inline sheet inspection system that takes pictures of each sheet for full copy control and produces 18,000 sheets per hour. “Our duo of KBA presses is helping us bring in a host of new customers who give us value-added jobs with specialized coatings,” says Joe Elphick, president and CEO of
