One-On-One With Valpak's David Fox

Q. What technology that you have recently incorporated into your workflow has had the greatest impact on productivity?

Probably the biggest one is auto-transfer; that's the functionality on the press that essentially allows us to produce product in run lengths of 10,000 and not shut the presses down between changeovers. In a traditional press environment, you would shut the press down for a 10 to 20 minute changeover and then start it back up. Here, where we have a run length of 10,000 impressions that lasts 15 minutes, we can't afford to shut the press down every 15 minutes for 15 minutes; but this technology allows us to keep the presses running, minimize waste and maximize utilization of the equipment.