No-dryer printing, $106 oil, carton lines at twice the speed — and 7 more | BPJ News
The ability to win packaging work is being split not just by print performance, but by downstream capacity and the lag in passing higher material costs through to prices.
In packaging printing, a series of cases shows that drying, plate-making, stripping and gluing can matter more to an investment decision than a press’s top speed. Oil near $106 and North American ink price rises are simultaneously shaking equipment operating conditions and material costs.
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In packaging printing, constraints before and after the press stood out more than printing speed. Higher oil prices have brought announced price-change dates for packaging inks in North America. AI investment and regulation are reaching manufacturers from both electronic-component logistics and cloud procurement.
No-dryer printing and 1,200 dpi appeared at the same show…
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