The Universe is Changing. Again (with Advent of Digital Packaging and Labels)

Set the time machine to 2000. Gas is cheap. We can actually take Swiss Army Knives and liquids on airliners. Heidelberg, KBA, Komori, manroland, and a couple others are the leaders of the offset print world. Mark Andy, Gallus, Markem and others are their counterparts in flexography.

Together, these companies dominate the process of putting ink on paper, plastic and fiberboard. Even though run lengths are dropping, revenues are strong, sales from drupa 2000 make vendors happy, and life is good.