15 Minutes
PP: What do you think is the most exciting, cutting-edge thing your company is doing right now? Why?
TF: The background for the question: We are living in the greatest graphics revolution seen on planet earth since Aloys Senefelder invented lithography in the late-1700s and Ottmar Mergenthaler invented the Linotype machine in the late-1800s. I attribute our latest invention to the personal computer and honor Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer. His real invention that impacted our industry was the Macintosh computer. The Mac gave us proportionally-spaced type for the first time in a computer, along with graphics and desktop publishing that the masses could afford in the mid 1980s. I think that was the real catalyst for what is going on today. The answer to the question: Personalizing just about anything you can think of—beverage and container labels and wraps; writing instrument wraps and labels; custom-created boxes; electronic device skins for MP3 players, cell phones and more.