Supply Chain

2023: Will the Paper Chase Persist?
February 21, 2023 at 6:58 pm

As we look ahead at 2023 what does the paper supply chain look like, and what can commercial printers do to prepare for challenges?

Label Suppliers Move Forward After a Year of Ongoing Material Issues
January 31, 2023 at 8:44 pm

After two years in which printers juggled staff turnover, price increases and inventory depletion, 2022 was supposed to be a return to something like normal. But many issues from 2021 carried over, with paper and raw materials topping a list of concerns for label suppliers across the country — more specifically, where to find them...

Are You Using Alternate Paper Due to the Supply Chain Shortages? Watch Out!
August 30, 2022 at 5:52 pm

Unfortunately, we live in a time where supply chain issues are causing painful disruptions for the printing industry. Probably at the top of the list of raw materials affected by this is paper. Lead times continue to be inordinately long, and printers and their customers are often forced to use an alternate paper...