FLEXO PLATE PRODUCTION IN TIMES OF CRISIS

[...]consumables for packaging printing are experiencing an extraordinary boom. [...]a number of manufacturers have introduced short-time work and are putting the brakes on costs. In addition to the time-delayed failure scenarios of the raw material manufacturers due to the delayed regional spread of the pandemic, logistics challenges suddenly emerge, which are caused by sudden reductions in global freight capacities as well as regional and local restrictions on movement due to border controls and curfews.