Kim Tanis

Narrow-web combination printing attracts a lot of high-end hoopla, but straightforward flexo continues to make market strides. by Jessica Millward, Associate Editor AMERICA IS HOOKED on the all-in-one solution, from superstores to shopping malls to everything advertised on infomercials. The packaging industry is no different—the current narrow-web combination craze certainly speaks to the single-source lover. Its rapid growth, however, may cloud non-combination narrow-web flexo's continuing progress. Though no one disputes the performance of, and market potential for, combination work in narrow-web, suppliers are quick to testify to the significance of straight flexo. Kim Tanis, VP/North American sales for Allied Gear/Gi Due USA,