Nowadays small and medium sized companies in Japan and Europe are affiliated with big group companies in the matured folding carton and corrugated industry. This movement has been active for more than 20 years in central Europe. Now, I would like to share the current status of medium and small sized companies there. After the…
In recent years, not only just in Europe and North America but also in Asia, the use of digital printing machines has spread steadily in the commercial printing market and corrugated paper industry. To search its real state of affairs, I visited Tianjin in China to visit our business partner who has a lot of…
In a clean workplace, operators can comfortably engage in production activities. Being that it is autumn labor safety week, I will introduce a long awaited “shock-absorbing barrier” that will protect both of those hitting and being hit. A lot of factories install metal poles or guardrails in order to prevent forklifts from unintentionally hitting and…
This is the third and final story of the heated battle in the supermarkets of Beijing. This time, I will discuss the alcohol floor. It is said that the first alcohol in China was brewed more than 5,000 to 6,000 years ago. The supermarket certainly had a variety of good alcohol and I wondered how…
Last time I made a report from a big supermarket in. There are a tremendous amount of local brands in China, far exceeding the number in Japan. In the previous report I introduced a heated sales battle among these brands with a labor-intensive method. Today I will focus on another marketing strategy, “brand appeal in…
China now has the largest production volume of folding cartons and corrugated boxes. Over the last 20 years it has overtaken Japan and the US, and finally has become the biggest player in the world. Food sampling in Beijing there, I flew to Beijing and dropped by a large supermarket. Expectedly, there were a variety…
Germany is famous as an environmentally advanced country. The ecological lifestyle permeates every part of civic life and company activity. I want to look at an actual case from a mid-sized tape and label printing company that I visited in Neumarkt, Bayern, Germany. As I entered the facility, I noticed that wooden pallets were piled…
I visited a manufacturer in Vienna, well known as the city of music. Here they produce aesthetically appealing shipping cartons using high-end 4 color process flexography printing machines. As I walked around the factory, blue colored lights caught my attention. Light bulbs were attached to the back of the forklifts. They were shining light on…
Rotary Die Board Storage A Spanish company “Serra” offers various solutions to make corrugated factories safer and easier places to work. They also have a technology with regards to the storage of rotary die boards. Rotary die cutters enable multifaceted die-cutting to double the productivity with their double running speed and larger diameter compared to…
Rotary Die Board Storage A Spanish company “Serra” offers various solutions to make corrugated factories safer and easier places to work. They also have a new technology with regards to the storage of rotary die boards. Rotary die cutters enable multifaceted die-cutting to double the productivity with their double running speed and larger diameter compared…