Strength and Flexibility Carries Package Printers Through 2020

摘要

Converters looking back at 2020 won't recall the pandemic year with much fondness - no packaging business was untouched by the disruption and pain it brought. But, as it almost always does, packaging proved to be considerably more resilient in a time of crisis than other segments of the print industry. For some converters, in fact, 2020 turned out to be a positive year despite all the odds that COVID-19 set against them. Their good outcomes, as represented by the stories of the quartet of companies profiled here, rested on three things: serving markets where demand essentially is pandemic-proof; ramping up as needed with people and equipment to meet new production requirements; and having best practices already in place that would serve their businesses well when the virus struck.