Expanding the Sheetfed Operation?More Than the Metal

"Drying systems give you an edge in moving faster to the finishing phase, which gets the job out the door faster and to the customer—which, in this competitive business, can be the difference between success and failure," explains Mickey Hicks, president and general manager at Eagle Printing.

And the prospect of failure is all too real nowadays, particularly for independent sheetfed operations trying to staying afloat in an industry replete with acquisitions, mergers and market-driven pressures.