Carton die-cutting: about 30 million sheets processed in a year
Head-office outsourcing at a lean company and a corporate publication sold to readers also raise questions about how printers allocate spending to equipment, people and editing.
A BOBST customer case study reports that an existing die-cutter processed about 30 million sheets in 2025. What follows is an editorial draft held from publication pending checks of the original source texts and terms of use; it excludes unverified business-climate index figures and counts of information leaks.
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Cardbox Packaging's equipment case study highlighted not a machine's maximum speed, but the annual number of sheets processed on existing equipment. HENNGE's new company will have no employees, with headquarters taking on sales and some administrative work. SEMBA's paid publication project also offers a way to examine who pays for editing, alongside print…
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