Fast cost take-out keeps full-year EBIT margin well within target range – 2-year savings program expanded to $3 billion
“Printers should not sell printing”, says Prof Frank Romano ahead of an Ipex 2010 Great Debate exploring how printers should be selling print. Instead, printers should sell solutions to their customers promotion and marketing problems. “Print is a commodity because all printers have great quality and great service, so the major differentiator is price. Solutions are a profit opportunity because they emphasise value-added services, like database, creative, and fulfilment.”
Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, has developed a system called MouldXpress Advanced, which strikingly downsizes the change-over time for moulds in the Contiform, thus improving still further the availability levels of the stretch blow-moulding machine. The semi-automatic system integrated into the blowing wheel shortens the change-over time from about 3.5 minutes to less than one minute per blow-moulding station.
CPI has today announced a significant programme of capital investment – beginning with Cox and Wyman, its Reading-based paperback manufacturer.
Appoints James Mellor as Regional Sales Development Manager
At Ipex 2010 in May, PrintCity Alliance members Leonhard Kurz, manroland, MEGTEC, Merck, Océ, Sappi, Tolerans, UPM and Weilburger Graphics are focusing on three leading industry hot topics to drive discussions on business growth opportunities with visitors.
3 Sigma Corporation, a leading supplier of specialty custom adhesive and top-coated materials for the pressure-sensitive label industry, has named Mark Dallmeier as Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer.
