FMN | September 28th, 2020

FMN | September 28th, 2020

Vol. 22 No. 20 An N.V. Publication Market News FLEX Serving The Flexographic Printing Industry For More Than Two Decades ®

September 28, 2020

Label Awards Celebrate Innovation

Virtual Label Summit Opens Soon Labelexpo’s first-ever Virtual Label Summit will take place online be- tween September 28-October 2. The event is designed around five themes. The opening day of the five-day event focuses on the global land- scape, starting with a look inside pressrooms around the world. Pro- viding insight into how the industry is adapting in these changing times, speakers include: Anuj Bhargava, Founder,Kumar Labels in India;Chris- tie Wong Barrett, CEO, and Thomas Barrett, President, both of MacArthur Corporation in the United States. Opportunity Awaits Day two, themed around converter business markets and opportunities, will open with a session led by Chris Ellison, Managing Director, OPM (La- bels and Packaging), covering the flexible packaging market from the converter perspective. This will lead into a global converter CEO panel dis- cussion on tips for post COVID-19 re- covery. Moderated by TLMI President Linnea Keen, panelists include: Char-

by Greg Kishbaugh

T his year’s Label Industry Global Awards, like all industry events in the current climate, were presented virtually. Now in its 17th year, the awards are said to recognize the most inno- vative work from the label and package printing industry across the globe in the last 12 months.

Rainer Schmitt, Business Development; and Jens Zehnder, Printing Engineer, accept the Award for Innovation for GMG ColorCard.

GMG Color, Lenze SE, Paper Machine Converting Company and Avery Dennison Brazil were among the category winners. The Award for Innovation (for companies with up to 300 em- ployees) went to GMG Color for its GMG ColorCard digital proof- ing system, which judges cited for its ability to enable printers to achieve significant time and cost savings. Proofs are reportedly col- or accurate first time,with very tight delta tolerances,and substrate changes can be quickly recalculated and printed.The award was accepted byAmyYoung,GMG’s Marketing Manager;Rainer Schmitt, Business Development; and Jens Zehnder, Printing Engineer.

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Tarsus Postpones Labelexpo/ Brand Print India 2020 Tarsus Group, organizer of Labelexpo India 2020 and Brand Print India 2020, has today confirmed that the upcoming editions of the co-located shows, due to take place at India Expo Centre, Greater Noi- da, Delhi NCR from December 2-5, have been post- poned in light of ongoing concerns over coronavi- rus/COVID-19. The new dates for the shows will be announced shortly.

• Evaluation, Optimization, Control: The Complete Plate Making Package: Building an approach to adopt ever-changing plating technologies when transition- ing legacy files, while maintaining process control • Moving Through Reality with Virtual Help: Shining a spotlight on people and companies who are success- fully conducting business despite the obstacles pre- sented by COVID-19 • File Preparation for Successful Print Production: Prepress techniques to match flexography and digital, and an examination of print samples made with both technologies • Color Management: The Methods & the Madness: Dissecting color experts’ recommendations on how to meet brand owner color expectations and evaluat- ing tools used in today’s color managed flexographic workflow • Print Quality Scoring: Friend or Foe?: An inside look at print quality scoring from a brand that re- quires it, agencies who monitor it, and printers who control it • Promoting Success at the Intersection of Technol- ogy & Emotion: How Haney bridges the gap between the aesthetic and technical components of package development, and how sustainability adds an emotion- al element with invisible benefits.

FTA Prepares Virtual Fall Conference 2020

FTA has announced the session details for Virtual Fall Conference 2020, its fully online, three-day tech- nical conference themed “Collaboration Achieves Perfect Vision.” Through six sessions and more than 20 technical presentations, speakers will explore how design, prepress best practices, color management, plates and pressroom technologies come together to de- liver the perfect package. Sessions are scheduled for October 5-7. The sessions and their descriptions are:

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Label Summit (Cont’d from Page 1) lie MacLean, President and CEO,ASL Print FX (Canada); Mark Glendenning, CEO, Inland (USA); Isidore Leiser, CEO, Stratus Packaging (France); Sachen Gudka, CEO, Skanem Interlabels (Kenya); and David Richards, Man- aging Director,Amberley Labels (UK). Day three explores futureproofing a business, begin- ning with a technology update led by Labelexpo’s Stra- tegic Director, Andy Thomas-Emans. Claudia St. John, President,Affinity HR, is speaker for the following ses- sion which will cover leading a team through a sea- son of crisis. Ending the day is a converter panel that will discuss alternatives to landfill and how converters have successfully navigated this. Sponsored and pro- duced by TLMI, and moderated by its Vice President of Sustainability, Rosalyn Bandy, panelists are: John Dul- tz, Process Improvement Manager, CCL; Mark Howard, Vice President, Graphic Services, Syracuse Label and Surround Printing; Brian Hurst, Vice President, Oper- ations,Yerecic Label; John Crosby, Vice President, Op- erations, Grand Rapids Label; and Jesse Hood, Director of Quality and Continuous Improvement, Hub Labels. Day four moves onto sales and marketing opportuni- ties, with the opening session led by Vicki Strull, Princi- pal,Vicki Strull Design. She will provide insight into ways of designing innovative and impactful products.This will lead into a presentation on omnichannel marketing.Mod- erated by KenTheriot, Executive Director,TheRiot Agen- cy, this session is led by Jesse Freitas,Marketing Director, StickerGiant, andAdam Peek, Business Development and Channel Partner Manager, Fortis Solutions Group. The final day of the conference is themed around branding and design from the customer perspective, and kicks off with a session taking delegates through a package design for Procter & Gamble — from research and development to commercialization to launch.Mod- erated by David Lukshus, President, Cog LLC, featured speakers are: Ken McGuire, Research Fellow, Procter & Gamble; Cedric D’Souza, Chief Technology Officer,Aer- oFlexx; and Ben Greengrass, Creative Director,Thought- Matter. Wrapping up the conference is a session led by Hernán Braberman, Partner and Executive Design Director,Tridimage, who will delve into how different generations choose one product over another. Running alongside the main conference will be op- portunities for attendees to interact with industry suppliers in the ‘Expo Hall’ in between the sessions and discover the label and package printing industry’s latest innovations. Sponsors on hand include: Avery Dennison, Baldwin Vision Systems/AMS Spectral UV, BOBST, Brotech, Domino, Flint, GEW, Hybrid Software, Label Academy, MacTac, MPS, Pantec, OMET, UPM Raf- latac, and Xeikon.

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Flexo Market Predicted To Hit $181 Billion In 2025 The global value of flexographic printing will rise from $167.7 billion in 2020 to $181.1 billion in 2025, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.6 percent at constant prices, according to a new report from Smith- ers.According to the report,the majority of extra demand will come from the dynamic packaging print sector, where new automation and hybrid press lines are giving flexo print service providers greater flexibility and the option to exploit higher-value print applications. The global Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 will have an impact on growth due to disruptions in the supply chain and consumer purchasing. A Stabilizing Economy As the global economy stabilizes, the greatest in- crease in demand for flexo print will come from Asia and Eastern Europe, the research found. New flexo press sales are projected to increase at 0.4 percent, to a value of $1.62 billion and a total volume of 1,362 units in 2025; in addition to thriving second-hand, re- furbishment, and press enhancement markets. Corrugated board will remain the largest value seg- ment, but the quickest growing applications are in labels and folding carton print. For corrugated sub- strates, there will be an increase in lower run rates and shelf-ready packaging work. Much of this will be high color work, with three or more colors. Additionally, there will be an increase in wide-web installations driven by the continued growth in corru- gated and carton production. The survey also found that flexo will remain the most cost-effective print process for mid- to long-runs, but continued developments in digital (inkjet and elec- trophotography) printing will increase market pres- sures on flexo, to address changing consumer demand. To respond to this — especially for more short run work — there will be a drive to increase automation of flexographic processes, incremental improvements in computer to plate (CtP) processing, better on-press colour checking and imaging, and use of digital work- flow tools, according to the report. In addition to that, flexo manufacturers will continue to introduce hybrid presses, the report identified.Typ- ically, the result of a collaboration with a digital print technology company allows the benefits of digital pro- cesses, such as variable >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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