FMN | December 9th, 2019

FMN | December 9th, 2019

Vol. 21 No. 25 FLEX Serving The Flexographic Printing Industry In Print and Online at www.nvpublications.com ® An N.V. Publication Market News

December 9, 2019

All American Label Acquires Label Art

FLAG Announces New 2020 Programs FLAG (Flexo LabelAdvantage Group LLC) is introducing two new pro- grams for 2020 and offering a special discount offer to end the year. Both of the new programs are based on in- put from current members on ways that FLAG can continue to meet their business requirements. Providing Healthcare The first program provides new healthcare insurance options from En- gage PEO (Professional Employer Or- ganization). Engage is a national PEO with full service HR and benefits of- ferings and a boutique level of service and flexibility. By utilizing Engage PEO, FLAGMembers will also experience re- lief from employment administration, gain access to Fortune 500 employee benefits andACA compliance guidance and a wide range of HR management solutions provided by a team of trained professionals, according to FLAG. The second program is an expan- sion of FLAG peer groups. In 2020, FLAG will offer multiple manufactur- er’s users groups and add at least two

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A ll American Label and Packaging, Dublin, California, has ac- quired Label Art of California, Oakland,California. All American Label and Packaging, launched in 1995, is a full-service label and packaging company headquartered in Dub- lin with a facility in Memphis,Tennessee.The company current- ly produces labels, shrink sleeves, folding cartons, and flexible packaging for the food, beverage, wine, spirits and cosmetics markets. The company offers a collaborative in-house team, which in- cludes art department, plate making, computer to plate technol- ogy, warehousing, fulfillment and JIT. Recognizing the impact that a packaging company can have

on the environment, in 2014, All American Label partnered with Cool Earth and performed a com- plete solar installation, reducing its carbon footprint significantly, creating cost benefits and mak- ing more efficient use of energy throughout the plant. In 2016, it began the migration of LED UV technology on its presses, which enhanced productivity, lowered energy usage and provided the

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company with a higher consistency in quality than ever before. The Label Art history began in an Oakland garage in 1965 and has been a long-running business by the Masri family.Today the company occupies a 26,000-square-foot facility in Oakland’s Lake Merritt area. While adhering to industrial, practical, sup- portive, and informative labels, to name a few,The Label Art has

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Label Summit Latin America Returns To Santiago Chile is set to host the forthcoming 17th edition of Label Summit Latin America in March 2020, for only the second time.The two-day annual event, which ro- tates between key locations in the region, is a leading educational event supporting the label and package printing industry in Latin America. Taking Aim At Decision Makers Taking place at Santiago’s Espacio Riesco Convention Center from March 10-11, located outside the city center, the Label Summit Latin America is aimed at senior deci- sion makers working within the industry. The event is supported by regional trade bodies CENEM, CONLATIN- GRAF and INGRAF.The two-day conference aims to equip delegates with in-depth label and package printing trade knowledge as well as strategic insights into how they can help advance the sector in the region.This is reflected in the themes running throughout the conference: the key focus for day one of the summit is business development in Chile as well as the wider region, while day two will focus on packaging, design and branding. Visitor registration is now open, with an early bird discount in place until February 21.

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Avery Dennison Acquires Smartrac’s RFID Business Smartrac Technology Group, RFID technology and IoT specialist, has reached a definitive agreement to sell its RFIDTransponder Division to Avery Dennison, which is seeking expansion of its intelligent label portfolio. Smartrac’s RFID inlay and tags business will com- plement Avery Dennison’s intelligent label platform, expand its existing product portfolio, enhance the company’s R&D,manufacturing and sales capacity and increase its RFID offerings for a variety of customer re- quirements and applications.The transaction will also provide the opportunity to expand market coverage and to accelerate RFID growth opportunities. Transponder Business As part of the transaction, Avery Dennison will ac- quire Smartrac’s Transponder business and associated assets, including all manufacturing, R&D, sales and ad- ministration facilities, and will take over all affected employees.The company will also assume all contrac- tual obligations to employees, customers and suppli- ers.The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

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also developed a particular specialty in labels for gour- met, boutique, and luxury products, especially wine labels.The company was the first label printer in Cali- fornia to use HP Indigo presses and reportedly one of Mark Andy’s first franchises back in the late 1960s. The Label Art has a sister company, Quadraflex Cor- poration, located in Cortland, New York, co-owned in partnership with the original family in Oakland and with a previous Oakland plant employee. Idealliance Introduces Global ECG Characterization Target Idealliance, the creator of print standards and spec- ifications such as GRACoL, SWOP, and G7, is releasing an Expanded Color Gamut (ECG) characterization tar- get for use in characterizing and calibrating multicolor print processes. The Expanded Color Gamut (ECG) Characterization Target was created by a subcommittee within the Ide- alliance Print Properties and Colorimetric Council as a part of the Idealliance Global ECG project.The Idealli- ance Global ECG is designed to make 7-color process printing as predictable and normal as current CMYK printing specifications such as GRACoL and SWOP. The characterization target will complement a com- prehensive Expanded Color Gamut (ECG) Project Kit, which contains guidelines, proofing control strips, and other tools for print users. The characterization Target is a 7-color test chart, which contains a scalable number of patches, ranging from a single page, up to 4 pages. Most users should be able to achieve acceptable results using the one- or two-page chart.The chart was designed with input from across the industry and is optimized for multi- ple printing processes.The team that has created the test chart included developers from: ColorLogic, Esko, GMG, and Kodak as well as other industry members. Team leaders Hanno Hoffstadt,Thorsten Braun, and William Li worked together and with others to create prototypes and test candidates for a period of two years. Creation of the chart also included flexo and litho test runs to capture >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16

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