Steve Katz, Editor02.01.19
2571 S. Hemlock Rd.
Green Bay, WI 54229 USA
www.wspackaging.com
WS Packaging Group, Inc. is a major player within the label printing landscape in North America and beyond. The company has a coast-to-coast presence, and is highly involved in advancing and contributing to the overall health of the industry. In particular, at its Algoma, WI facility, WS Packaging Group is taking a proactive approach toward addressing what has come to be known as the label industry’s “workforce crisis.”
For decades, flexography has been the go-to technology when it comes to pressure sensitive label manufacturing. The process itself evolved over the years, and flexo press operators became thought of as skilled craftsman – artisans – and not merely seen as manufacturing workers.
The “workforce crisis,” as it’s been called, involves the relationship between the retiring workforce of qualified, highly trained flexo press operators and the difficulty converters are having in finding suitable replacements to take their place. The Millennial generation and even those younger in age, such a
Green Bay, WI 54229 USA
www.wspackaging.com
WS Packaging Group, Inc. is a major player within the label printing landscape in North America and beyond. The company has a coast-to-coast presence, and is highly involved in advancing and contributing to the overall health of the industry. In particular, at its Algoma, WI facility, WS Packaging Group is taking a proactive approach toward addressing what has come to be known as the label industry’s “workforce crisis.”
For decades, flexography has been the go-to technology when it comes to pressure sensitive label manufacturing. The process itself evolved over the years, and flexo press operators became thought of as skilled craftsman – artisans – and not merely seen as manufacturing workers.
The “workforce crisis,” as it’s been called, involves the relationship between the retiring workforce of qualified, highly trained flexo press operators and the difficulty converters are having in finding suitable replacements to take their place. The Millennial generation and even those younger in age, such a
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