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.
In April 2011, about a year after completing the consolidation, the in-plant installed a new eight-color 13˝ Mark Andy P5 flexographic web press, which replaced a 25-year-old six-color 10˝ Webtron.
"The upgrade in web width and technology allowed us to increase volume by 15 percent and reduced our waste significantly from about 10.5 percent to 8.5 percent," Gayer calculates. "We spend about $4 million to $5 million a year on label stock, so 2 percent of that is a pretty significant chunk of change."
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