In the beginning, there were kraft and white boxes with flexographic printing. Then, in the 1980s, the growing influence of big-box retailers forever changed corrugated converting. Instead of hiring sales people, big-box retailers demanded that the corrugated box stand out with a sleek, high-quality graphic that attracted attention and provided sales information to customers. As a result, litho-laminated packaging emerged as a major player in the corrugated industry.
"Superior" litho print now an everyday commodity
Large-format Printing — Many Profit Paths
LARGE-FORMAT sheetfed offset printing means different things to different printers. But, whether it's the ability to be more competitive in package printing, outdoor signage, taking advantage of the larger sheet size, or finding new applications for uncommon substrates, there seems to be ample reasons for printers to acquire these mini monsters
Cartonmaker Superior Lithographics adds large-format KBA Rapida 162a press
Superior Graphic Packaging installs a fully-automated KBA Rapida 162a press at its Los Angeles facility. The 64-in., six-color sheetfed-offset press with UV coating (above) went online in December 2007. Superior Graphic Packaging prints and converts high-quality litho labels, top sheets and folding cartons.
