Packaging Digest

Printing solution saves money for World Kitchen 
When an 850,000 sq-ft factory is printing 500,000 bar-code labels per month, there is always room to improve production. For World Kitchen, a manufacturer of bakeware, dinnerware and related kitchen and household items based in Reston, VA, a new solution increased production and profitability. The company was experiencing chargebacks from its retailers due to unreadable labels, so World Kitchen...

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