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Forum 2018: “FIRST in Motion” Looks at a Wide Web Job, Start to Finish

Forum 2018 FIRST in Motion Mark Mazur

Demonstrating Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications & Tolerances (FIRST) in use on a real-world packaging job has been the guiding idea behind some of FTA’s most memorable individual presentations and even entire conferences. “I’ve been involved in a lot of these projects,” explained Mark Mazur, an FTA Hall of Fame member, “but they’ve always been on […]

Forum 2018: “FIRST in Motion” Looks at a Wide Web Job, Start to Finish

Forum 2018 FIRST in Motion Mark Mazur

Demonstrating Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications & Tolerances (FIRST) in use on a real-world packaging job has been the guiding idea behind some of FTA’s most memorable individual presentations and even entire conferences. “I’ve been involved in a lot of these projects,” explained Mark Mazur, an FTA Hall of Fame member, “but they’ve always been on […]

FTA at 60: A Handful of Flexographers Look at the Association’s Past, Present & Future

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On Nov. 13, 1958, the articles of incorporation were signed for a little thing called Flexographic Technical Association. Word had gotten out in the preceding months, and by September, outlets covering the nascent industry began reporting on the impending announcement. “Organization of the new Flexographic Technical Association now is being carried out…” read a news […]

The Year in Review: What 2017 Meant to FTA, FLEXO Magazine & the Flexographic Industry

Forum 2017 definitively answered a question on every flexographer’s mind: “What’s trending now?” Its four-day agenda focused on what’s en vogue in flexo and, by extension, enlightened attendees as to how they can shore up their present-day processes for the future. It was fitting, because for flexography at large, 2017 as a whole was a […]