By David Savastano, Editor03.29.16
3535 SW 56th St.
Des Moines, IA 50321
Phone: (515) 471-2100
or (800) 728-8200
Fax: (515) 471-2202
www.siegwerk.com
Total CUSA Sales: $200 million.
Major Products: Solvent-based, water-based, energy curable and specialty liquid inks and coatings and related point-of-use services for the flexible packaging, label, sheetfed, tobacco, liquid food packaging and paper and board industries using flexo, rotogravure and offset printing.
Key Personnel: Dave Hiserodt, president CUSA region; Chris Booher, president, narrow web CUSA; Terry Davis, VP sales, flexible packaging CUSA; Lothar Schaeffeler, VP technology Americas; Dean Radford, VP technology narrow web CUSA.
Number of Employees: 600 (CUSA).
Operating Facilities: Des Moines, IA – CUSA (Canada and U.S.) headquarters and two manufacturing locations; Morganton, NC – Siegwerk Narrow Web headquarters; Spartanburg, SC; Drums, PA; Vacaville, CA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Ontario, CA; Brampton, Ontario, Canada; Laval, Quebec, Canada.
Comments: Packaging ink remains a strong segment for ink manufacturers. Siegwerk CUSA (Canada and U.S.) is ideally positioned in this market, with a strong presence in the flexible packaging and narrow web fields. Dave Hiserodt, president of Siegwerk CUSA, reported that Siegwerk CUSA had a successful 2015.
“Both the flexible packaging and narrow web divisions showed overall growth as compared to a relatively stagnant market, thus enforcing Siegwerk’s value-added approach to the printing and converting industry of providing world-class guidance and support, leading-edge ink performance and reliable product safety,” Hiserodt noted.
Siegwerk CUSA is investing heavily in its manufacturing capabilities. In 2015, Siegwerk CUSA finished Phase 1 of its Project Proteus, creating Centers of Excellence in manufacturing on a regional level.
“This project began in Morganton, NC headquarters to Siegwerk’s Narrow Web division,” Hiserodt said. “Investments in automation and increased capacity within the manufacturing of water-based and energy curable products have helped to provide a more consistent quality and timelier response to the growing narrow web market share.
“Phase 2 of this project will involve investments in the solvent-based manufacturing headquarters in Des Moines, IA,” he added. “These investments will help to provide consistent product quality and efficiencies allowing for a better response to its customer base as well as new opportunities.”
From a technology perspective, a major highlight for Siegwerk’s Flexible Packaging business unit was the success of its ink technologies for high-speed flexo presses.
“As the industry evolves and more printers add new higher speed assets to their capabilities, Siegwerk has worked to provide customized solutions for these presses while still maintaining clean print quality and end-user properties required for the surface or reverse printed applications,” Hiserodt said.
A pilot extrusion laminator has been added Siegwerk CUSA’s Center of Printing Excellence, in conjunction with a pilot press to provide a closer correlation between lab development and what the customer will see on laminated structures. Extrusion lamination is difficult to duplicate on a lab basis, and this provides a way for Siegwerk to test ink solutions without taking time on a customer press.
In another important highlight, Siegwerk Environmental Ink received ISO 9001:2008 certification at the end of 2015 for manufacturing water-based and energy curable printing inks and coatings.
Printers are always looking for ways to become more efficient, and improved color matching is one way that ink manufacturers can help their customers.
“One area that is a growing trend among all printers and converters is the elimination of waste or improved efficiencies throughout the printing process,” said Hiserodt. “One way in which waste can be eliminated in the ink room is through the minimization of color match downtime. Siegwerk’s proprietary FastMatch – Color on Demand are calibration sets which work with X-Rite equipment to improve the accuracy of ink color matching to press. FastMatch helps to reduce downtime, which leads to less waste and quicker turnover time between jobs.
“In addition, Siegwerk CUSA has continued to expand on its efforts in On-Site Consulting (OSC),” he added. “OSC takes a deeper look at the full printing process from pre-print to printed package. While ink is our expertise, OSC is a more holistic approach to value-add guidance and support to printers. In 2015 additional resources were added to the team bringing know-how and expertise. By fully understanding its customer’s business, Siegwerk can help to optimize the total cost of ownership. By realizing that value can be provided in other ways than just the price per pound, Siegwerk partners with its customers to maintain a balance between packaging and printing efficiency and functionality.”
In addition to offering consulting services, Siegwerk also provides advice on safety for printers.
“Globally, Siegwerk is a leader in providing product safety in its products and in know-how,” Hiserodt noted. “In 2015, Siegwerk CUSA worked to build a team dedicated solely to product safety in regards to both regulatory compliance and brand owner requirements. This team is working closely with the global team to ensure that Siegwerk products are uniformly safe for the applications in which they are intended as well as ensuring they are safe for customers and employees to work around. There are also tools that Siegwerk has created to assist customers in risk assessment.”
Hiserodt sees great opportunities for Siegwerk in 2016 and beyond.
“Siegwerk CUSA is heading into 2016 with ambitious goals to continue outgrowing market,” Hiserodt concluded. “January has already started 11% ahead of 2015, continuing the growth trend across all businesses from last year. By providing not only a consistent, quality product but by also leading the way in providing experienced guidance and support in terms of ink room management, ink performance, color matching and product safety, we have great expectations for 2016 and beyond.”
Des Moines, IA 50321
Phone: (515) 471-2100
or (800) 728-8200
Fax: (515) 471-2202
www.siegwerk.com
Total CUSA Sales: $200 million.
Major Products: Solvent-based, water-based, energy curable and specialty liquid inks and coatings and related point-of-use services for the flexible packaging, label, sheetfed, tobacco, liquid food packaging and paper and board industries using flexo, rotogravure and offset printing.
Key Personnel: Dave Hiserodt, president CUSA region; Chris Booher, president, narrow web CUSA; Terry Davis, VP sales, flexible packaging CUSA; Lothar Schaeffeler, VP technology Americas; Dean Radford, VP technology narrow web CUSA.
Number of Employees: 600 (CUSA).
Operating Facilities: Des Moines, IA – CUSA (Canada and U.S.) headquarters and two manufacturing locations; Morganton, NC – Siegwerk Narrow Web headquarters; Spartanburg, SC; Drums, PA; Vacaville, CA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Ontario, CA; Brampton, Ontario, Canada; Laval, Quebec, Canada.
Comments: Packaging ink remains a strong segment for ink manufacturers. Siegwerk CUSA (Canada and U.S.) is ideally positioned in this market, with a strong presence in the flexible packaging and narrow web fields. Dave Hiserodt, president of Siegwerk CUSA, reported that Siegwerk CUSA had a successful 2015.
“Both the flexible packaging and narrow web divisions showed overall growth as compared to a relatively stagnant market, thus enforcing Siegwerk’s value-added approach to the printing and converting industry of providing world-class guidance and support, leading-edge ink performance and reliable product safety,” Hiserodt noted.
Siegwerk CUSA is investing heavily in its manufacturing capabilities. In 2015, Siegwerk CUSA finished Phase 1 of its Project Proteus, creating Centers of Excellence in manufacturing on a regional level.
“This project began in Morganton, NC headquarters to Siegwerk’s Narrow Web division,” Hiserodt said. “Investments in automation and increased capacity within the manufacturing of water-based and energy curable products have helped to provide a more consistent quality and timelier response to the growing narrow web market share.
“Phase 2 of this project will involve investments in the solvent-based manufacturing headquarters in Des Moines, IA,” he added. “These investments will help to provide consistent product quality and efficiencies allowing for a better response to its customer base as well as new opportunities.”
From a technology perspective, a major highlight for Siegwerk’s Flexible Packaging business unit was the success of its ink technologies for high-speed flexo presses.
“As the industry evolves and more printers add new higher speed assets to their capabilities, Siegwerk has worked to provide customized solutions for these presses while still maintaining clean print quality and end-user properties required for the surface or reverse printed applications,” Hiserodt said.
A pilot extrusion laminator has been added Siegwerk CUSA’s Center of Printing Excellence, in conjunction with a pilot press to provide a closer correlation between lab development and what the customer will see on laminated structures. Extrusion lamination is difficult to duplicate on a lab basis, and this provides a way for Siegwerk to test ink solutions without taking time on a customer press.
In another important highlight, Siegwerk Environmental Ink received ISO 9001:2008 certification at the end of 2015 for manufacturing water-based and energy curable printing inks and coatings.
Printers are always looking for ways to become more efficient, and improved color matching is one way that ink manufacturers can help their customers.
“One area that is a growing trend among all printers and converters is the elimination of waste or improved efficiencies throughout the printing process,” said Hiserodt. “One way in which waste can be eliminated in the ink room is through the minimization of color match downtime. Siegwerk’s proprietary FastMatch – Color on Demand are calibration sets which work with X-Rite equipment to improve the accuracy of ink color matching to press. FastMatch helps to reduce downtime, which leads to less waste and quicker turnover time between jobs.
“In addition, Siegwerk CUSA has continued to expand on its efforts in On-Site Consulting (OSC),” he added. “OSC takes a deeper look at the full printing process from pre-print to printed package. While ink is our expertise, OSC is a more holistic approach to value-add guidance and support to printers. In 2015 additional resources were added to the team bringing know-how and expertise. By fully understanding its customer’s business, Siegwerk can help to optimize the total cost of ownership. By realizing that value can be provided in other ways than just the price per pound, Siegwerk partners with its customers to maintain a balance between packaging and printing efficiency and functionality.”
In addition to offering consulting services, Siegwerk also provides advice on safety for printers.
“Globally, Siegwerk is a leader in providing product safety in its products and in know-how,” Hiserodt noted. “In 2015, Siegwerk CUSA worked to build a team dedicated solely to product safety in regards to both regulatory compliance and brand owner requirements. This team is working closely with the global team to ensure that Siegwerk products are uniformly safe for the applications in which they are intended as well as ensuring they are safe for customers and employees to work around. There are also tools that Siegwerk has created to assist customers in risk assessment.”
Hiserodt sees great opportunities for Siegwerk in 2016 and beyond.
“Siegwerk CUSA is heading into 2016 with ambitious goals to continue outgrowing market,” Hiserodt concluded. “January has already started 11% ahead of 2015, continuing the growth trend across all businesses from last year. By providing not only a consistent, quality product but by also leading the way in providing experienced guidance and support in terms of ink room management, ink performance, color matching and product safety, we have great expectations for 2016 and beyond.”