Tag: Forum

Phoenix Challenge College Competition to Take Place May 4 in Baton Rouge, LA

CHARLOTTE, NC—The Phoenix Challenge Foundation announced this year’s Phoenix Challenge College Competition will be held May 4 in Baton Rouge, LA, leading into Forum 2019, May 5-8 in New Orleans. […]

FTA Member Yellowstone Plastics Identifies as Preferred Flexible Packaging Partner

Pursuing the dream: “Print anything we want, on any machine, with no inabilities to comply with what the customer asks for.” That’s the team-wide passion at Yellowstone Plastics in Idaho […]

Bringing the Year Together: FTA, Flexography & the Industry Continued to Grow in 2018

The phrase “Bringing It All Together” may have only applied to the four days of Forum 2018—after all, that was its official theme. But the idea extended both before and […]

Jay Luft of McDowell Label Passes Away at 59

Jay Luft, known to many for his involvement with FTA’s events, publications and inner workings, passed away on July 1 at the age of 59. “Jay was one of those […]

FTA Announces Forum 2019 Chair and Co-Chair

BOHEMIA, NY – July 11, 2018– Flexographic Technical Association (FTA), producers of the No. 1 educational conference for the package printing and converting industry—Forum 2019, announced the official chair and […]

Lon Robinson, as Reliable as the U.S. Mail, Joins the FTA Hall of Fame

An FTA fixture, tireless volunteer, industry stalwart, relentless learner, patient teacher and just about the nicest guy anyone knows. There are numerous synonyms for the word “nice”: enjoyable, agreeable, pleasant, […]

KBA-Flexotecnica Announces New Sales, Installations and Staffing

TAVAZZANO, Italy—KBA-Flexotecnica, a subsidiary of Koenig & Bauer AG, announces new key staff members, ongoing flexographic press installations and more updates. Jeffrey R. Dietz, vice president of the web and […]

Forum 2018 Spotlights Company Culture vs. Strategy

BOHEMIA, NY – Feb. 14, 2018 – How do you proactively develop a productive company culture that truly aligns with long-term strategy? Flexographic Technical Association’s (FTA) Forum 2018 seeks to […]

Forum 2018 to Kick Off with Industry Insight Through Research

BOHEMIA, NY – Feb. 6, 2018 – Flexographic Technical Association’s (FTA) Forum 2018, themed “Bringing It All Together: Synchronizing Processes, People and Potential,” will officially begin with a session from […]

A Look at FTA Printer Member Demographics & Prospects for 2018

Shorter runs, faster delivery times, expanded color gamuts, new materials, a wider array of applications, continuous calls for maximization of efficiencies, minimization of waste and consistent, predictable results—oh, to be […]