Perhaps anyone knows that printing is a complex industry, having many discrete segments which use unique technologies and have a distinctive customer base.
The core of the industry is the activities which are classified as ‘printing and service activities related to printing’. The category has, of course major sub-divisions such as ‘printing of newspapers’, ‘printing’, ‘bookbinding and finishing’, ‘composition and plate making’ and ‘other activities related to printing’.
Printing is used also in the packaging industry in the form of: labels attached to glass, metal, rigid plastic and other containers; direct printing onto sheets of carton board, paper, plastics and composite materials. Printed packaging or the flexographic industry has its own sub-divisions: Read on »
