WOA 50th ANNIVERSARY -- Web's Balancing Act

Ken Field, president and CEO of Continental Web in Itasca, IL, expects the near term to bring an active period of mergers and consolidations.

"This just has to happen," he says. "In an effort to drive costs from our process, the press manufacturers have designed the most productive and versatile equipment ever. Running speeds have increased and makereadies have been reduced to minutes, not hours.