FORUM 2023 Preview: How to Find ‘em, Train ‘em and Keep ‘em
FORUM 2023 offers help to printers striving to better understand what works and what doesn’t in attracting a skilled workforce.
Printpack & Sirane Announce Strategic Partnership
Printpack, a US-based manufacturer of flexible and specialty rigid packaging, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Sirane, a UK-based leader in paper coating and paper-based packaging.
Niche Market No More: In-Mold Labels Strengthen Brand Recognition, Cut Waste
In-mold labeling (IML) shows promising growth over the course of the next five years.
Garrett Taylor Appointed to US and Canada Sales Director at SOMA
LANSKROUN, Czech Republic—SOMA, producer of flexographic printing presses, slitters/rewinders and laminators, has strengthened its presence in the US, announcing the appointment of Garrett Taylor as its US and Canada sales director. The addition of Garrett Taylor together with SOMA USA LLC establishment is an important part of SOMA’s concrete, long-term strategic plan to build the […]
FTA Emerging Leaders Committee Member Thomas Koester Talks Experiences as a Young Flexographer, Career Path, Advice for Millennials
Even as a young flexographer, Emerging Leaders Committee member Thomas Koester has a wealth of industry experience under his belt. A graduate of Clemson University, he received the 2017 FFTA Rossini North America Flexographic Research Scholarship for his research on varying repeat lengths. From there, he joined All Printing Resources Inc (APR), training for six […]
Flexographic M&A Drivers: Achieving Growth Through Consolidation
It seems that every week we are waking up to news of yet another merger or acquisition within the packaging industry. Over the course of 2018, we saw a wide variety of transactions ranging from the occasional blockbuster, such as Amcor’s long-rumored acquisition of Bemis, to the far more frequent product line tuck-in, such as […]
Security Through Variability: 2017 FFTA Rossini Scholarship Winner Researches Varying Repeat Lengths
The success of most security printing features lies in their difficulty to be reproduced. This can be accomplished by using novel and difficult-to-source materials like color-shifting inks, unique watermarks or holograms. Another approach is by employing designs and patterns that are difficult to reproduce, like guilloché patterns and microprint. In this, the final report on […]
Grafikontrol Celebrates Growth in 2016
MILAN, Italy—Grafikontrol has been a leader in the graphics sector for more than 40 years, always distinguishing itself by its commitment to the development of industrial control systems. All around the world in the publishing and converting markets, the company has seen a significant increase in turnover year over year, above all in the converting and packaging […]
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