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Building a Stronger Partnership

Building a Stronger Partnership. Greg Collins V-P of Manufacturing C-P Flexible Packaging. Overview. Who is C-P Flexible Packaging? Pre-Press responsibilities Printer responsibilities Working together. C-P Flexible Packaging. Established in 1959 Privately owned

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Building a Stronger Partnership

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  1. Building a Stronger Partnership Greg Collins V-P of Manufacturing C-P Flexible Packaging

  2. Overview • Who is C-P Flexible Packaging? • Pre-Press responsibilities • Printer responsibilities • Working together

  3. C-P Flexible Packaging • Established in 1959 • Privately owned • State of the art facilities in York, PA • Stable, experienced non-union workforce

  4. Culture • Safety First • Customer/service focus • Technology driven • Quality systems • Continuous Process Improvement • Environmentally compliant

  5. Snacks Bakery Candy Trading Cards Shrink Lawn & Garden Nuts Markets

  6. Products • Multi-layer high barrier laminations • Stand-up pouches • Pre-applied zippered roll stock • Full body shrink sleeve labels • Roll-fed labels

  7. Facilities • 125M sq.ft facility • Multiple 8-color presses • All major laminating technologies • Dedicated shrink sleeve facility

  8. Printing Technology

  9. Graphic Design • In-house Graphic Designers • Design work from concept to electronic file • Macintosh platform • Provide thermals for design and approvals • High speed electronic file transfer • Virtual proofing and content management

  10. Printing • Fully digital workflow • Enhanced Printing Technologies • 150 lpi process printing • In-line ∆e measurement • Computerized ink system • Spectrophotometer color control

  11. Technology Advancements • 100% digital art (1988) • 1st CIELab press characterization (1992) • Digital photography (1993) • 1st N. American on-line ∆e (AVT) (2002) • Alpha-site Enhanced Plate Technology (Esko Graphics) (2002) • Flexo ISO Ink Set development for film (2005)

  12. Pre-Press/Printer Partnership

  13. MISSION STATEMENT TO UNDERSTAND OUR CUSTOMERS' GRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS FOR REPRODUCTION AND TRANSLATE THEIR AESTHETIC REQUIREMENTS INTO SPECIFICATIONS FOR EACH FACET OF THE FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PROCESS

  14. Successful Pre-Press/Printer Relationship • Supplier attributes • State of the Art technology • Proactive communication • Understanding and adjusting to customer’s needs • Printer attributes • Process control • Defined specifications • Interactive communication • Understanding and incorporating supplier’s needs

  15. Supplier Obligations • Add value to printer • Service • Competitive, tailored pricing programs • Exceptional graphics capabilities • Introduce new developments and technology • Open and timely communication • On-time delivery

  16. Go Above and Beyond… • Bring in 3rd party resources and expertise • Provide informational seminars and training • Focus on customer cost reductions • Provide contacts for new growth opportunities

  17. Printer Obligations • Pay your bills • Timely honest communication • Voice your concerns/needs • Ask what are pre-press house’s needs • Status of business • Control printing process

  18. Working Together for Common Goal

  19. Design Specifications • Develop documentation of design specs and plate specs • Used to communicate between prepress house, printer, CPC • FTA FIRST • Common language • Defines minimum standards

  20. Technical Responsibilities • Control of proofing/printing process • Predictability • Run to the numbers • Set standards • L.a.b. • Densities

  21. Monitoring Consistency • Press characterizations • Any process/material change • DE data from CIELab target (<2.0) • Density targets • Spectro measurements IT8.7/4:2005

  22. Bottomline • Proof Consistently • Print Consistently • Having the proof match the press is more important than absolute color

  23. Lab Lab Quantifying the Match calculate DE press proof

  24. Open Discussions • Regular on-site visits • Scheduled review meetings • involve all that have stake in process • Willingness to change to assist the other

  25. Gauge Performance • On-time delivery • Quality claims • Root cause & corrective action • Supplier ratings • Facility audits

  26. Open Industry Needs • Vignettes fade to zero • “Smaller dots” • Hybrid screens with no transition artifacts • Registration control • <0.004 traps • Cheap in the round sleeves • “PMS book” for flexo on film • Faster turnarounds

  27. Visuals still play a key role in design Lab = 45,0,0 Lab = 45,0,0

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