Sticking to It
By focusing on short-run label manufacturing and working cooperatively, Tyson Printing Services is playing an integral role in the success of Tyson Foods, Inc.
"Acquisitions such as those of Holly Farms and IBP widened the scope of label applications we needed to produce," he recalls. "We went through a learning curve mastering scale labels for tray-pack poultry, and again when we began producing labels for hams and private-label lunch meat products."
Gayer is grateful for the industry tools, resources, and advances that continue to fuel that evolution. When he joined the in-plant in 1986, the shop "had about 12 employees producing a lot of cut-sheet labels on a sheetfed press and one little 7˝ flexo press," he reminisces. "Thank the Good Lord for technology."
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