Forum 2016 Shows How to Enhance Digital Print with Flexography

FORT WORTH, TX—Forum 2016 tackled the topic of digital printing head on Tuesday morning, with the Enhancing Digital Print with Flexography session. Chaired by Andy Knapp, Flint Group Flexographic Products and John Hickey, Domino Printing Sciences, the session provided testimonials from two printers who have combined digital with their existing flexographic operations, seeing both formats … Continued

Forum 2016 Attendees Prepare for the Future with FQC Session

  FORT WORTH, TX—With one question—Are you ready for the future?—RR Donnelley’s Jean Engelke and 3M’s Pam Dorrough began the second Monday session at Forum 2016, with FQC: Preparing for the Future. Alexander James, Kodak’s indirect channel manager and Ann Michaud, 3M’s senior technical service specialist, took the stage first to give an update on … Continued

Forum 2016 Examines Movers & Shakers with Flexo Game Changers

FORT WORTH, TX—ATRAC, cassette tape, CD, MP3, streaming. In a handful of words, Forum 2016 co chair Paul Teachout charted the course of listening to music. He used that as a lead in to the first Monday session at Forum 2016: Flexo Game Changers, chaired by Nicole Ross, Kodak product solution manager and Joel Engelberth, … Continued

Forum 2016 Offers New Tools for Prepress Workflows

FORT WORTH, TX—Forum 2016 attendees may not have expected a presidential debate when they walked into the the Texas Ballroom at 3 p.m. Sunday, but that’s what they got in the New Tools for Your Prepress Workflows session. Moderated by Catherine Haynes, All Printing Resources and Brad Taylor, DuPont Packaging Graphics, three White House hopefuls … Continued

FTA Hall of Fame Members Share Advice, Lessons Learned at Forum 2016

FORT WORTH, TX—Who better to inform future generations of the secrets to success, paths to avoid and advice gleaned from dozens of years experience than FTA’s own Flexo Hall of Fame? That was the thinking behind Forum 2016’s Passing the Torch: Developing Next Generation Leaders session on Sunday. The discussion, chaired by Howie Vreeland of … Continued

Forum 2016 Kicks Off with Understanding the Customer <em>FIRST</em>

FORT WORTH, TX—After months of planning, Forum 2016 kicked off Sunday at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel in Fort Worth, TX. Proceedings began just after noon, with opening remarks from Platinum Plus sponsor Kodak’s Paul Lancelle, an FTA Flexo Hall of Fame member, who spoke to the theme of Forum 2016: Power of the Past, … Continued

Pitman Rebrands as Agfa Graphics at INFO*FLEX 2016

ELMWOOD PARK, NJ—The Pitman packaging portfolio was presented as Agfa Graphics at INFO*FLEX 2016. Agfa Graphics acquired The Pitman Company in 2010 and branded the packaging portfolio “Pitman, An Agfa Company” to connect the two brands under one umbrella. The dual brand strategy is concluding in 2016. “The time has come to brand Agfa Graphics in the … Continued

Nordmeccanica, Dow Chemical Announce Partnership

HORGEN, Switzerland—To further accelerate the development of packaging innovation, The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) announced a global innovation and business development agreement with Nordmeccanica S.p.A., a worldwide leader in coating, laminating and metallizing machinery. Both companies see enormous potential to advance solutions for the flexible packaging industry by combining adhesive development with machine pioneering that … Continued

MacDermid Printing Solutions Rebrands as MacDermid Graphics Solutions

ATLANTA, GA—MacDermid Printing Solutions launched a new brand image with a more contemporary look that reflects MacDermid Printing Solutions’ continued innovation in the packaging, screen printing and newspaper businesses. Platform Specialty Products Corp.’s acquisition of MacDermid, Inc. (“MacDermid”) in 2013 and subsequent acquisitions by Platform to date have created the need for a new organizational … Continued