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#33: Thoughts on GRACoL 7 and Standards in General

May 4, 2006 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday of this week I was in Louisville at the FFTA Annual Forum & INFO*FLEX exhibition.  It was my first time attending this event and I was impressed.  We even got to spend Tuesday evening at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom theme park in Louisville.  I must say … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, CGATS, conferences, flexography, GRACoL, guidelines, specification

On Standards, Dues, and Barriers to Entry

April 12, 2006 By Jim Raffel 22 Comments

I have been getting a good deal of pressure to post my position on GRACoL G7, and have been holding off for one very simple reason. My comments will "go against the grain" as one fellow blogger put it. As one who was not involved in the process I feel that it would be somewhat counterproductive to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, CGATS, GRACoL, guidelines, ISO Tagged With: anti-competitive behaviour, barriers to entry, imperfect competition, monopoly, npes, Printing Industry, standards, trade associations

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