As a 40" die cutter capable of cutting heavy plasticized board stock for under $40K I'd hardly call it an anchor. Old, hard to get parts for, and slow by new machinery standards, yes, but an anchor .... hardly

It's all a matter of perspective and cost effectiveness at gettin a certain job done.

Companies who can justify the expense of a 1/4 million dollar (and up) machine and have huge runs to make it worth the investment, make such an investment. Shops with short run work and specialized products have to look at things differently.

Try tellin a customer whose die cut work consists of runs typically less than 5000 sheets that he has to invest $250k or more on equipment and then spend 2+ hours setting up those kind of runs and tell me how many sales you make doing it that way.