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Vol. 21 No. 13 FLEX Serving The Flexographic Printing Industry In Print and Online at www.nvpublications.com ® An N.V. Publication Market News

June 24, 2019

Nilpeter, Screen Host Open House

Labelexpo Europe Registration Open Registration for the 40th anniver- sary edition of Labelexpo Europe is now open. Set to take place once again at Brussels Expo in Brussels, Belgium, from September 24-27, the four-day event will feature hundreds of live demonstrations of the latest technology, three brand new show features, three expert-led master classes and a workshop. The key focus of the 2019 edition is Move your business forward , and the show is again strongly supported and endorsed by the trade bodies FINAT,EU- WID,Febelgra,SPPES,UNFEA andVskE. Spread across nine exhibitions halls, more than 600 confirmed exhibitors will be taking part. Between them, they will be demonstrating their latest innovations and technology including: digital and conventional printing presses; high tech label and packaging materials; finishing and converting systems; inspection, over- printing and label application equip- ment; inks and coatings; RFID and security solutions; and software and interactive technology.

by Greg Kishbaugh

O n June 13,Nilpeter hosted an open house at its NorthAmer- ican headquarters in Cincinatti, Ohio, to celebrate its new partnership with Screen Americas, whereby the companies will be introducing hybrid solutions to the packaging markets. Earlier in the year, the companies announced their coopera-

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Paul Teachout, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, explains Nilpeter’s clean-hand technology to attendees.

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tion in producing the Panorama digital label printing platform, in which Nilpeter’s flexo technology is integrated with Screen’s digital inkjet label print engine.The Panorama line is available in Hybrid Digital, Standalone and Full Converting configurations. “The fully integrated, purpose-designed, highly engineered

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Marvaco Hits Top Score For Flint FlexoExpert Program Marvaco is a pre-press house and biggest flexo plate producer in the Nordic countries with 90 employees in seven locations. Marvaco’s plate making unit in

“Marvaco got one of the highest scores a repro house can get as first time qualification”, said Friedrich von Rechteren, Global Commercial VP, Flint Group. The other Marvaco sites are following in the certi- fication process. During a six-month process consist- ing of three main steps — evaluation, implementation and training, and auditing — FlexoExpert provides the means by which plate makers can further optimize their workflow to make more reliable and consistent plates. Marvaco’s three plate making sites in the Nordic countries are going through the standardization pro- gram of the flexo platemaking process and plan to earn the FlexoExpert certification. CCL Industries has acquired the shares of Colle a Moi Inc. (CAM), a privately-owned company, based in Quebec City, Canada. Founded in 2015, CAM is a man- ufacturer of personalized kid’s labels. CAM’s forecast sales for the year ending July 31, 2019, are expected to be $1.3 million with an estimated 65 percent EBITDA margin.The debt free, all-cash purchase consideration is approximately $3.0 million. CCL Aquires Colle Shares

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Jim DeFife Honored With Label Achievement Award Jim DeFife,VP Pressure-Sensitive Materials, Multi-Col- or Corporation, has been chosen as the recipient of the R. Stanton Avery Global Achievement Award 2019. Judging for the annual Label Industry Global Awards, now in its 16th edition, took place on June 5 during

the FINAT European Label Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark. The panel of international judges considered en- tries for a total of six award categories and drew up a shortlist. Sponsored by Avery Dennison, the R. Stanton Avery Global Achievement Award recognizes an innovation or idea that has helped transform and progress the label industry across the

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world. Bestowed in memory of Stan Avery’s pioneering spirit and values, the award builds on the previously named R. Stanton Avery Pioneer Award to reflect the global nature of the industry and recognize the collec- tive contributions of the many as well as individuals. DeFife has been a driving force in the global label in- dustry for almost 40 years,with a focus throughout his career on the development of technical solutions that have revolutionized and grown the pressure-sensitive market — firstly withAvery Dennison and then, for the past 17 years, with Spear and Multi-Color. During his 20 years with Avery Dennison he led the company’s specialty films division, coming up with new filmic constructions.He subsequently led a global initiative for materials down-gauging at Spear, C-Flex and Multi-Color. DeFife has also been a long-term pioneer in thin film technology, adding wide-web coating into Spear’s fa- cilities, including major work with the entire supply chain incorporating all the film/paper, adhesive and coating suppliers. He also developed the first plastic bottle recyclable PS label recognized by the APR. A Long History Previous winners of this award include: Alex Knott, of Dow Chemical Company, Professor Tan of PEIAC, Tomas Rink of Ritrama, Helmut Schreiner of Schreiner Group, Suzanne Zaccone of GSI Technologies, and Neil McDonough of FlexCon. The confirmed finalists (listed in alphabetical order) for the five other categories include: The Award for Innovation (for companies with more than 300 employees) sponsored by Xeikon: Esko; Len- ze; Lintec Europe (UK) Ltd.; andWink Stanzwerkzeuge GmbH & Co. KG.

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solution represented by the PANORAMA True Hybrid lineup stands in sharp contrast to aggregated, add- on component options that truly cannot achieve the seamless production needed in today’s converting environment,” said Paul Teachout, Nilpeter USA’s Vice President Sales & Marketing. The companies have worked with one another for several years now, but this was the first opportunity the two manufacturers had to share an open house event.The companies have formed a true partnership, one in which Nilpeter’s and Screen’s sales people trav- el and work cooperatively side by side. Long Histories Both companies had the opportunity to share their distinguished histories with open house attendees. Ken Ingram, President of Screen Americas, dis- cussed his company’s experience of servicing the graphic arts industries for more than 150 years, with more than 1,500 Screen-manufactured contin- uous-feed inkjet engines in service worldwide to- day. The company believes in, “technology crossing boundaries,” Ingram said. All the company’s various divisions leverage advances in shared R&D, engi- neering and material science, which is then adapted to the specific market purpose. Nilpeter is celebrating its 100th anniversary in busi- ness this year, and the company remains 100% private- ly owned. “With innovative technology, creative solutions, and excellent customer support, we strive to be the most attractive business partner and supplier of printing presses in the global narrow-web market for self-adhe- sive labels and flexible packaging,” said Lenny DeGirol- mo, President/Managing Director of Nilpeter USA. “Our machines produce the full spectrum of labels and packaging from all types of materials,” DeGirolmo said.“We are committed to solving complex challenges for our customers.” Diane Ewanko, Business Development Manager at Avery Dennison, provided an overview of the compa- ny, which specializes in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. The company currently has operations in more than 50 countries worldwide. Ewanko shared survey results from FINAT in which 45 percent of converters sur- veyed said they plan to buy a digital press in the next 18 months.The same survey also showed that by 2023, digital will make enormous market gains but that flexo will still hold a commanding market share. Mark Geeves, Color-Logic Director of Sales and Mar-

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Label Achievement (Cont’d from Page 4)

The Award for Innovation (for companies with up to 300 employees) sponsored by Flint Group: GEW (EC) Ltd.; GMG GmbH & Co. KG; HYBRID Software Inc.; Lake Image Systems Ltd.; and Synia / Wizzcom. The Rising Star Award sponsored by the Label Acad- emy and Avery Dennison, and new for 2019: Katie Da- vis, Bostik, Inc.; Jesse Freitas, StickerGiant;Ahmed Lotfi Mansour, Bayan for Printing & Packaging; Robert Rae, GEW (EC) Ltd.; and Pawandeep Sahni, Weldon Cel- loplast Ltd. The Environmental & Sustainability Award: Avery Dennison; Sleever International; and Valmet. The finalists of the European Converter of the Year Award will be announced in July. All winners and official presentations of the prizes will be announced during the first evening of Label- expo Europe 2019, September 24, at a 1,000 capacity gala event hosted at Brussels Expo. The event will also celebrate the 40th anniversary edition of Labelexpo. Blue Whale Expo 2019 Held In Shanghai Blue Whale Expo 2019, a conference highlighting la- bels, flexible packaging and films,was held in Shanghai, China,on June 14,as a warm-up event for the upcoming show in July.The event attracted individuals from sup- porting partners, such as trade associations, profession- al media, exhibitors, research institutes and more. Zhou Jianbao, Chairman of the flexographic printing branch of China PrintingTechnologyAssociation,deliv- ered an opening speech as a special guest of the con- ference. From Suzhou Flexo Printing Forum in 2017 to the upcoming cooperation in the Shanghai New Inter- national Expo Center in 2019, the China PrintingTech- nology Association’s flexo printing branch has been supporting BlueWhale Expo as its partner. After analyzing the status quo of China’s label and flexible packaging industry, Cathy Song, Project Direc- tor at Shanghai Lanjing Exhibition Company, the or- ganizer of Blue Whale Expo, introduced the trends of label and flexible packaging market through several sets of >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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