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FLEXO PRINTING tJason Grossman at a press check for a laser-cut label produced on the Laserweb. them. Some of our competitors who only did offset and kept slamming flexo all have flexo presses now—and I still don’t have an offset press!” Timing Is Everything Two of Paragon’s biggest selling points over its offset competitors are cost and delivery times. Grossman says, “We are faster and less expensive than offset printing, except for tooling costs, which usually are cheaper for offset labels. When you get into embossing and foiling,” he admits, “that can get really expensive in-line, but that’s the only cost competition we get from offset.” Grossman says fast and reliable delivery times also have been critical to Paragon’s success and its ability to capture a growing share of the wine label market. He notes many smaller wineries, which comprise a significant percentage of the Northern California and national winemakers, don’t have their own bottling lines. Consequently they have to ship their finished product to another winery or rely on a “mobile” bottler that comes to their site to bottle the wine. “Then they’ve got a date they can’t move around,” explains Grossman, “so they’ve got to have the labels on that date or before, or there’s going to be a big consequence for the winery and for us as a printer. So service is huge.” Of course, service is irrelevant if the quality isn’t there, says Grossman. And the winemakers are finding both service and quality at Paragon Label. Contributing Editor Edward Boyle, based in Reading, PA, has covered the converting industry for more than 24 years. Contact him at EJB Communications; 610670-4680; ejbcomm@aol.com. uSupplier Infot uMark Andy Inc. | www.markandy.com PFFC-ASAP 305 uHP Indigo | www.hp.com PFFC-ASAP 306 uIwasaki | www.itk-iii.co.jp PFFC-ASAP 307 uRotoflex Intl. | www.rotoflex.com PFFC-ASAP 308 uP.I.C. Industries | www.picindustries.net PFFC-ASAP 309 uGallus | www.gallus.org PFFC-ASAP 310 uOLEC Corp. | www.olec.com PFFC-ASAP 311 uKelleigh USA | www.kelleighusa.com PFFC-ASAP 312 A Worldwide Leader in the Design & Manufacture of Enclosed Doctor Blade Systems. Why? • Less Waste • Split Cavity • Multi Color • Faster Clean-up • Less Downtime • Less Maintenance • Temperature Controlled Cavity up to 350º • Face Widths up to 220 inches • Retrofits for all Flexographic Printing and Gravure Coating Machines 3807 W. Mason St. • Oneida, WI 54155 USA T: 920-869-7775 • F: 920-869-3624 PFFC-ASAP 124 sales@printco-industries.com • www.printco-industries.com 32 | SEPTEMBER 2008 WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM http://www.markandy.com http://www.hp.com http://www.itk-iii.co.jp http://www.rotoflex.com http://www.picindustries.net http://www.gallus.org http://www.olec.com http://www.kelleighusa.com http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM

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PFFC - September 2008 Contents First Glance Calendar of Events From the Editor Web Lines Process Management News Clips Narrow Web & Label Reporter Flexo Printing Cover: Green Converting Green Printing Labelexpo New Product Digest Focus: Ink What’s New Products Services Directory Classified Marketplace Equipment Buyers & Sellers Advertisers Index Experience Speaks

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