In Conversation with Chris Heusch, Founder of ARCH
Inside Print in a Corrugated Box
Inside Print in a Corrugated Box Inside Print is not a single, homogenous market. One differentiator is box style. In a Regular Slotted Container, the consumer will not see the complete inside of the box, but much rather only the flaps. In a C-Series, or...
ARCH Inc. continuing education and training classes for customers online
We have reinstated our studio for online classes. Clients choose from about a dozen lectures related to Graphics on Corrugated, Flexo Print, Digital Direct Print, and Rotary Die Cutting. Classes are available for production personnel, as well as front office and Sales...
The Good News
THE GOOD NEWS March 14th, 2020 Pardon me, but while we are all adjusting to some new realities during this virus pandemic, I would like to try and look beyond that. The Corona Virus has uncovered, for everybody to see and experience, further significant shortcomings...
Heusch completes ‘digital world tour’ at Digital Xperience
The recent AICC sponsored ‘Digital Xperience’ (Feb. 26 – Mar. 1, Charlotte, North Carolina) was the culmination of a three week ‘Digital Knowledge Quest’ for Chris Heusch, president of ARCH Inc. “We, as an industry, are still on the learning front of the digital print...
HELPING BOXMAKERS MAXIMIZE QUALITY, EFFICIENCY AND PROFITS
For over two decades ARCH Inc. principal Chris Heusch has helped innovative Independent Converters around the world enhance quality, productivity and efficiency, perfect their processes, gain market share, discover new markets and increase profitability. Born in Bonn,...
Eighty Twenty, Again
A teaser. Digital Inkjet direct print on combined corrugated board is replacing litho label applications and high end flexo direct print in growing numbers. Flexo direct print of lower quality, when multiple colors are involved and runs are rather short, is...
MATERIAL FLOW AND HANDLING CONSIDERATIONS INTEGRATING DIGITAL INKJET DIRECT PRINT INTO THE CORRUGATED BOX PLANT
With single-pass digital inkjet printing on combined corrugated board going mainstream, it is time to expand considerations of how to integrate such a production tool into the corrugated box plant. Careful analysis of the business to be realized on this...
Digital Inkjet on Combined Corrugated Board – Yes, it’s about the ink!
These comments are directed to sheet-fed, digital inkjet printing applications on combined corrugated board, though some facts might apply to other inkjet applications and even other (digital) printing processes. The development of technology around...