FMN | May 24th, 2021

Vol. 23 No. 11 An N.V. Publication Market News FLEX Serving The Flexographic Printing Industry For More Than Two Decades ®

May 24, 2021

FTA Shines Light On Flexo

Manufacturers Hit By Shutdown Costs U.S.manufacturers on average incur losses of around $1,174,000 per year due to production line shutdowns caused by label printing problems, a global study of IT directors in manu- facturing organizations has revealed. This is slightly below the global av- erage, with many companies losing more than $1.31 million each year. The study of 300 IT directors glob- ally, including 100 from the United States, found that on average more than two-thirds of manufacturers (67 percent) were having to shut down their production line for more than an hour if there was a problem with label printing, with an additional 21 percent saying the line had to be shut down for more than 30 minutes. Re- covery time was slightly faster but still problematic for U.S. manufactur- ers, with just more than half (51 per- cent) experiencing downtimes of 60 minutes or longer. The study also revealed that man- ufacturers – both globally and in the US – were having to pause pro- duction lines just under six times a

reported by Greg Kishbaugh

T he Flexographic Technical Association has revealed the re- cipients of the 2021 FTA Excellence in Flexography Awards. The award-winning prints and printers were unveiled as part of FORUM 2021’s Awards Presentation, kicking off the Associa- tion’s two-week technical conference.

Wide Web — Best of Show

Recognizing the reality presented by the COVID-19 pandem- ic, the hundreds of print samples entered in the competition were judged remotely in FTA’s Virtual Conference Center. Using high-powered digital microscopes, judges observed each print magnified on their computer screen and debated their quality through more than a dozen scoring criteria. Six entries were awarded Best of Show: • The Eton Mess with Chargrilled Dates/Chargrilled Apricots Wrappers, printed by Sunshine FPC Inc (wide web category)

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• The Lerøy Torsk Lettsaltet Wrapper, entered by Mar- vaco on behalf of Westpak Oy AB (mid web category) •The Bioré Charcoal Anti-Blemish ScrubTube, printed by Berry Global (narrow web category)

Narrow Web — Best of Show

Hall of Fame FTA welcomed the newest inductee into the FTA Hall of Fame, as Jean Engelke becomes its 59th member. Engelke’s wide-ranging career in academia, market- ing, business development and print services was de- fined by the strong leadership, level-headed analytical mindset and unwavering drive she brought to every- thing in which she was involved. Engelke has served as a judge of the FTA Excellence in Flexography Awards; co-chaired, chaired and pre- sented at FORUM; served as a member and chair of the FTA Board of Directors and FFTA Board ofTrustees; participating on the Mentorship Leadership Team of

Mid Web — Best of Show

• The Member’s Mark Applesauce Tray, printed by Advance Packaging Corp (combined corrugated category) • The Roundup Multi-Purpose Sprayer Carton, printed byWestRock (preprinted linerboard category) • The M&S on the Bright Side Envelope, printed by Encore Group (envelope category)

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year on average due to such problems, with nearly three-quarters (77 percent globally and 69 percent in the US) saying their production line had to be paused four times or more in the past year as a consequence of labeling issues. Given the losses they are incurring due to shutdowns, it is unsurprising that 29 percent of the U.S. survey sample see ‘reducing costs’ and 22 percent see produc- tivity gains among the main benefits of modernizing/ automating their manufacturing processes, including labeling, with technology, while 31 percent reference ‘eliminating errors’ as a key driver. “Ultimately, the risks to production operations ex- tend well beyond full shutdowns,” Ken Moir, VP Mar- keting, NiceLabel.“Decentralized labeling for example, also adds risk to production operations.An ERP system is supposed to provide “a single source of truth” to business users. However, at many organizations there are as many versions of the truth as there are labeling locations.That is because in decentralized labeling op- erations, each facility may not be integrated with ERP and will be creating their own label formats and dupli- cated product and customer >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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