Johnson says one of the jobs that has become much easier to produce on the new folder is a fitness schedule that the hospital's fitness center mails out. The schedule contains multiple folds, similar to a map fold, only smaller. Once the schedule is unfolded, it becomes the size of a poster.
"Our design department has started designing more stuff like this that can be opened up into a full poster, but yet be mailed at lower cost," Johnson says. "These folds are coming out of this new machine in half the time, and the setup's already there. We are not fighting the more difficult folds now. They have been simplified and we're probably running some of those difficult folds now at twice the speed."
Cory Francer is an Analyst with NAPCO Research, where he leads the team’s coverage of the dynamic and growing packaging market. Cory also is the former editor-in-chief of Packaging Impressions and is still an active contributor to its print magazines, blogs, and events. With a decade of experience as a professional journalist and editor, Cory brings an eye for storytelling to his packaging research, providing compelling insight into the industry's most pressing business issues. He is an active participant in many of the industry's associations and has played an essential role in the development of the annual Digital Packaging Summit. Cory can be reached at cfrancer@napco.com