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June 10, 2019

Omet Americas Hosts Open House

Fortis Acquires Label Technology Fortis Solutions Group, a portfolio company of Main Post Partners, has acquired Label Technology Inc. Label Technology, based in Mer- ced, California, is a printer of flexible packaging, stand-up pouches, and pressure sensitive labels. Founded In 1986, Label Technology became 100 percent employee owned through an ESOP (Employee Stock Owner- ship Plan) in 2007. Label Technolo- gy serves a wide range of industries, including the food, natural products, nutraceutical, cosmetic and health and beauty end markets. Fortis employs more than 700 employees across 13 sites. TLMI Announces Sustainability Goals TLMI has announced that the asso- ciation’s Board of Directors has ap- proved a series of goals relevant to sustainability and leadership of both the association and its converter and supplier members. The purpose of the association’s sustainability goals

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T he Future of Flexo initiative continued with an Open House, May 22-23, at Omet Americas’ headquarters in Elk Grove Vil- lage, Illinois. Omet’s focus for the two days was to showcase the new technology using the XJet powered by Durst. Chris Baldwin, Director of Sales and Marketing, kicked off the

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event by introducing OMET and explaining the partnership be- tween OMET and Durst. Two live demos were running each day to display the perfor- mance of the XJet as well as exhibit the results. The first job demonstrated the ability to match a flexo printed Omet Americas hosted an Open House to demonstrate the new opportunities available with its partnership with Durst.

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Flex Pack Installs Flexo Wash Technology

ity and production efficiency, and as a bonus has been able to re-deploy the staff who previously were dedi- cated to cleaning plates and anilox rolls to more pro- ductive tasks. IoPP Announces 2019 AmeriStar Award Winners Twenty-seven winners have been selected as recipi- ents of a 2019 AmeriStar Award, a design award for the packaging industry, produced by IoPP,The Institute of Packaging Professionals. A roster of judges from various segments of the pack- aging industry evaluated this year’s entries in person, examining package innovation, product protection, economics, performance, marketing and environmen- tal impact. The top three AmeriStar awards include the Sustain- able Package Award, the Design Excellence Award and the Best of ShowAward. Best of Show Award went to Clinique iD by Estée Lauder Companies. Design Excellence Award was awarded to O-I: EX- PRESSIONS by O-I. Sustainable Packaging Award went to Krylon Indus- trial Quik-Tap Aerosol by Sherwin-Williams.

One of Colombia’s leading manufacturing suppli- ers of flexible packaging, Flex Pack SAS, has installed Flexo Wash technology at its plant in Bogota to help improve the quality of work being produced on its two flexo printing presses. Founded in 2001 and still owned and managed by Carlos Alberto González and his wife Maribel Jácome, the company is vertically in- tegrated offering a variety of services in-house from extrusion to rolling, printing, and valve inserting. Cur- rently around 90 percent of all output is printed, and then supplied to markets as diverse as food and bever- age, household goods, and medical supplies. It was with the advent of its second printing press in 2018 that Flex Pack realized the need to improve its overall production efficiency. Following a visit to Label- expo in Chicago, Illinois, and a meeting with the Flexo Wash team, the decision was made to invest in a PW- 82WR PlateWasher and an FW992XL AniloxWasher. According González, the machines have trans- formed Flex Pack’s capability to reduce cleaning times and brought a degree of automation to the production process. Since installation of the FlexoWash technology, Flex Pack has seen a noticeable improvement in print qual-

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AICC Mexico Gathers For Annual Meeting & Trade Fair The Grand Fiesta Americana Hotel in Queretaro, Mexico welcomed more than 175 AICC members to gather for the AICC Mexico Annual Meeting & Trade Fair, May 15-17. The Meeting began with the seminar Psychology and Great Package Design , led by Dr.Andrey Hurley,Profes- sor,Clemson University,Department of Food,Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences, which discussed how to mea- sure the efficiency of packaging design in retail markets and in electronic commerce. Andrew also explained the psychology of human factors.The session focused on the perceptions, cognitions, attractiveness and deci- sion making of buyers and consumers. Production Leadership , moderated by Scott Ellis, Ed.D, Principle, WorkingWell, LLC, helped attendees grow as leaders and analyze the tools and practices necessary to measure the production of machinery, create parameters, track improvements, and achieve success both on the production line and bottom line. Attendees learned process optimization tools and ex- panded their knowledge of various strategies to en- gage employees and encourage analytical reasoning. The reception andTrade Fair opening followed,with

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New Graphic Arts Coalition Formed

A group of associations, educators and industry representatives has formed the Graphic Communica- tions Workforce Coalition. As stated in its organizing documents, “The purpose of the coalition will be to coordinate the efforts of all organizations represent- ing the broad scope of the graphic communications industry for creating awareness, recruitment of new people into the industry,providing a framework for ap- prenticeship and training programs, and the retention of the existing workforce. By combining the separate efforts, experiences and initiatives of various organi- zations, coordinating actions and the sharing of ideas and resources, it is expected that all will benefit.” This new initiative will address the number one issue that faces the industry today: recruitment, retention and training of its workforce. Numerous studies and surveys have documented that this is a major concern for nearly every company in the industry. Various as- sociations and individual companies have taken steps to address this issue, but there has never been an or- ganized joint effort. The Coalition will seek to bring together and focus efforts and energy. Membership will be open to interested parties representing a broad spectrum of the graphic com- munications industry.This will include associations, vendors to the industry, educational institutions and all areas of print and graphic communications service providers. The Coalition will be forming a board of directors and electing officers at the end of June.While some two dozen organizations are al- ready involved in the process, all interested parties are encouraged to join. For more information, visit https://app.donor- view.com/kwMW . New Corrugated Antitrust Training Video Available AICC,The Independent Packaging Association, Fibre Box Association (FBA), and the International Corrugat- ed Packaging Foundation (ICPF) have released a new antitrust training video. The video is a collaboration with Foley & Lardner, FBA’s legal counsel, to educate corrugated and paperboard industry employees about what antitrust laws require and how to make sure em- ployees and their companies are compliant. The video teaches what antitrust law is, along with basic principles and guidelines to follow to avoid cost- ly violations that could cause lasting and significant harm to corrugated employees, their companies, and the entire corrugated industry. The video can be ac- cessed at AICCbox.org/antitrustvideo .

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Omet Open House (Cont’d from Page 1)

image and a digital inkjet image using Bellissima DMS screening and the RSC technology. Guests attending the demos reportedly could not distinguish the differ- ences between the flexo printed images and the dig- ital printed images. The second demo showed a high percentage shrink sleeve job using the XJet Hybrid. Bob McJury of TLF Graphics provided a client testi- monial stating that,“New business found us”when his

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At its recent Open House, Omet ran demos to show- case its production capabilities.

company added the Durst Tau 330. Since the addition, TLF Graphics has reportedly been able to expand its qualified materials from 30 to 70 in just a few years. New Facility Omet maintains eight production plants and four subsidiaries across the globe, including the United States, Spain, Singapore and China. The company em- ploys 500 people across the globe. Baldwin made the announcement at the event that Omet would be building a new production site in Molteno, Italy. The 300,000-square foot facility will be ready by the end of 2019 and will include a new 100,000 square-foot demo room and R&D facility. The open house also featured partner companiesApex, Avery Dennison, Durst, Flexografix, GEW, Grafikontrol, Flexowash, Hamillroad, Kocher + Beck, Nazdar, Rossini, Rotometrics,Tesa,Tresu, andVetaphone.

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AICC Mexico (Cont’d from Page 4)

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Stora Enso To Convert Oulu Paper Mill

in Switzerland last year, the Digital Inspection Table in- corporates digital projection for the proofing of printed sheets and die-cut blanks,whilst providing real-time visu- al representations to match product with digital proofs.

Stora Enso will invest approximately EUR 350 mil- lion to convert the Oulu paper mill in Finland into packaging production. The investment will include a new world-class line for virgin-fibre based kraftliner (both brown and white-top) with an annual capacity of 450,000 tons, the modification of the pulp mill and drying machine for unbleached brown pulp, as well as investments to enhance the mill’s environmental per- formance.The project will start with ground work in the summer of 2019, and about 200 contractors will work at the Oulu Mill site during the project. Bobst Wins Award For Digital Inspection Table BOBST’s Digital Inspection Table was named winner in the Best Inspection System category at the 2019 Eu- ropean Digital Press Association (EDP) Awards. Now in its 13th year, the EDP Awards honor the best technological developments in the digital print world, with judging criteria including achievement, quality and costs. Bobst was presented with its award at a cer- emony held at the Messe Munich during FESPA Global Print Expo 2019. Launched at the company’s COMPETENCE 18 event

EFIA To Host Second Sustainability Meeting

The European Flexographic Industry Association (EFIA) is to shortly host its second sustainability fo- cused breakfast meeting, addressing the need for edu- cation both in the industry and for consumers to meet the challenges of the ‘Blue Planet Effect’. EFIA hosted a similar meeting in September 2018, where insights and discussions concluded that the flexographic printing community must collaborate, innovate, legislate and educate to ensure the industry continues to keep up with social and market trends in relation to sustainability. The next EFIA sustainability breakfast meeting on June 14 will focus on the education element of these findings. Topics to be covered include the education of customers and the unique challenges presented, as well as how the industry is educating and upskilling its own workforce to meet the needs of the future mar- ket environment.The event will be taking place at the Gary Speed Suite of Elland Road, Leeds.

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TLMI Sustainability (Cont’d from Page 1)

reads:“TLMI will quantify the commitment of its mem- bers to sustainability and reducing negative environ- mental and social impacts.” Moving forward, TLMI will quantify and report on ways the association’s member companies are com- mitted to environmental and social best practices.TL- MI’s goal is to aggregate and publish >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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