New Markets — Packaging’s Profit Potential

“It’s not as difficult as it looks, but it takes some key ingredients to make a good recipe,” Kornbau says. “You have to do it better, cheaper and faster. There are a lot of things internally that you can do to lower your costs, like sheeting and making your own dies.”

The Garvey Group, Niles, IL, ventured into large-format printing in the 2004-2005 time frame. From the beginning, President Ed Garvey brought in experienced package printing professionals with production and sales knowledge, but it wasn’t just to provide a smoother startup.