The Road Ahead

摘要

Productivity, performance, precision, process change, continuous improvement, speed, innovation, health, safety, sustainability, supply chain disruptions, new technologies, increased efficiencies…The printing and converting industry has arrived at these and other pivot points. While all apply to the press, most step beyond it as well. That's the message put forth by Mark Andy Print Products VP Sales Tom Alba, who recently assembled a team of industry executives to assess the state of the industry, its ever-changing requirements, future considerations and the practice of conducting pressroom health audits. The presentation, carried live on Zoom and recorded as part of a Mark Andy webinar series, was aptly titled, "The Road Ahead." Beyond Alba, participants included Alix Guyot, applications solutions engineer and Joel Rivera, key account manager at tesa tape Inc; James Kulhanek, senior technical service consultant at DuPont; Julian Fernandez, business development manager at Esko; and Cheryl Cole, MAPP technical sales. The six experts in flexographic operations espoused close collaboration in adopting new technologies and a strategic approach to develop products to complement digital efforts and foster that ever-elusive optimum productivity. Collectively, they called for consistent investment in research and development.