FMN | February 18th, 2019

FMN | February 18th, 2019

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February 18, 2019

Vol. 21 No. 4

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GAP Grows With K&B-Flexotecnica Press II n today’s flexible packaging market, there are two main dri- vers influencing brands and their customers: a demand for both sustainability and more sophisticated colorful branding. Sustainability is a key trend especially for manufacturers of food and retail products. New mandates from government and major retailers are driving the demand for eco-friendly alterna- tives to non-recyclable multilayer stand-up pouches and films.

ICE USA Unveils Conference Program ICE USA, the International Con- verting Exhibition, taking place April 9-11 at the Kentucky International Convention Center (KICC) in down- town Louisville, Kentucky, has an- nounced its conference program. More than 50 training, technical and process sessions will take place dur- ing the three-day event. A Full Program The full program includes three components: AIMCAL Fundamen- tals, the ICE USA Technical Confer- ence and the Future of Converting Theater. AIMCAL Fundamentals take place on Tuesday before the show floor opens and are all-day training sessions targeted to newcomers to the converting industry. Attendees can choose between two sessions — Coating & Drying and Slitting & Rewinding. The ICE USA Technical Conference sessions are held all three days of the show from 8am-10am before the show floor opens. These 30-minute sessions are led by industry experts

Manufacturers are also being asked to produce recyclable multi-layer pouches and films with sophisticated colorful art- work in a cost-effective manner. It is in this environment that Great American Packaging (GAP), Los Angeles, California, a vertically-integrated manufac- turer of custom printed f lexible packaging, is being asked The Great American Packaging team — Marlene Gurewitz, Execu- tive; Greg Gurewitz, CEO; Bruce Carter, President; and Beth Smith, Marketing and Project Manager — chose the new Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica EVO-XD press for the new capabilities and increase in productivity it brings to GAP’s production environment.

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Bobst To Host Label, Packaging Open House

Bobst with its REVO Partners and Mouvent will host an open house event in Florence, Italy during the first week of April. During the open house, Bobst will unveil two “world premiere” end-to-end solu- tions and what it is calling three “world premiere” breakthroughs. Label Innovations Monday, April 1, is dedicated to brand owners and on April 2-4, the event is open to printers and con- verters. Visitors will discover innovations in labels and packaging production using digitalization, ac- cording to the company. “Brands need to adapt to the changes of a new business reality,” the company said in a statement. “Market granularity, clear brand identities and holis- tic sustainability are the new challenges for the fu- ture of the packaging industry. Bobst with its REVO Partners and Mouvent will showcase how to manage jobs from one single label to one million labels, from print to reprint, from production in one country to many countries, always with the best color consis- tency of any Pantone at the lowest possible costs.”

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TLMI Welcomes Record Attendance At Summit

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TLMI welcomed record attendance at the associa- tion’s Committee Summit that took place in Orlando, Florida, on February 4-5. More than 130 registered at- tendees representing five TLMI committees came to- gether for the event, where delegates mapped out each committee’s respective agenda for the coming year. The TLMI committees represented were Techni- cal, Government & Regulations, Marketing, Environ- mental andWorkforce Development. Among the Summit’s 135 delegates were 10 new as- sociation member companies in addition to 42 first- time attendees. Nearly 100 companies were represented by the overall attending group. A synopsis of each committee’s activities during their time spent together in Orlando included: • TLMI printTHINK : All committees evaluated po- tential topics, resulting in what will be the most dy- namic content TLMI has ever presented at the event. • Government & Regulations Committee : Re- viewed current industry issues, created a process to develop TLMI position statements, reviewed policy backgrounds and drafted four position statements for consideration. Discussed all TLMI’s packaging partnerships and DC-based trade association en- gagement. • Workforce Development Committee : Reviewed “Do it yourself recruiting kits” to be implemented l ater in the f i r s t quar ter. Di scussed middl e school/high school outreach, including a pilot pro- gram at a Chicago high school career day. Dis- cussed and f ine - tuned cur rent ly in-process workforce video. • Marketing Committee : Thorough discussion around TLMI brand initiative and the overhaul of TLMI’s Product and Services Guide. Developed framework to assist TLMI member companies in cre- ating omni-channel marketing strategies. • Technical Committee : Largest committee spent the entire two days successfully creating the blue- print for TLMI’s signature printTHINK Summit. Con- tent will fall into eight separate areas of concentration. For the first time ever the committee developed more content than they have the ability to share given the time limitations of the event. • Environmental Committee : Created a new sus- tainability goal and objectives that focus on holistic sustainability vs. landfill avoidance to be reviewed and approved by the TLMI Board in March. Broke into task forces centered on matrix and liner recy- cling: reviewed collective >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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