Spot On - PCMC's Flexo Blog

Flexible packaging is on the rise as consumers and brands continue to drive the transition from rigid packaging formats to flexible. But as more pouches and bags reach store shelves, do you have what it takes to produce the high-quality graphics that can trigger a purchase?

Time is money. It’s a fact that all flexographic printers and converters understand. The faster a job can be set up, run to completion, and changed over to the next job, the more jobs a printer can run. Every minute that a press isn’t running is money lost.

While digital printing is creating quite a buzz throughout the packaging industry with its customizability, short run prowess and lack of plates, it is only responsible for a small fraction of printed packaging, whereas flexo remains the dominant technology and is poised to remain that way for the foreseeable future.

With the rise of the rage of digital printing, many are looking to abandon existing flexo printing processes. Not so fast! Flexo still has these advantages that result in stronger bottom line!

How can you use less labor and fewer materials and yet provide a world-class package with greater product protection? How can you impact the environment less? What are those game-changing innovations that help you lead the way?