Technology and connectivity continue to develop rapidly, with their implementation rates rising across all modern business. Likewise, in the printing industry integration and automation of both in-line and off-line processes are becoming a reality. Automated unwinds and rewinds, inspection processes, finishing operations from turret rewinding to slitting, varnishing and cold foiling. This trend extends to management information systems (MIS) developers, software companies and equipment manufacturers who collaborate to implement significant production improvements. Workflow automation increasingly integrates all processes and production stages, be it of management information, pre-press, or the press and other process stages. It is undoubtedly the direction the industry is going in terms of running tomorrow’s printing presses and converting plants.