Forum 2016 Showcases New, Disruptive Technologies in Flexo Game Changers Session

Forum_INFOFLEXBOHEMIA, NY – Jan. 19, 2016 – Over the past few years, the breakneck speed of advancement in flexographic innovations has enabled printers to increase production, lower costs, minimize waste and maintain quality results. Day two of Flexographic Technical Association’s (FTA) 2016 Annual Forum will kickoff with a session dubbed “Flexo Game Changers” that will address the revolutionary technologies that have led to these process improvements. The session, chaired by Nicole Ross, Kodak and Joel Engelberth, Esko, will take place Monday, March 7 and will host a group of prominent printers and premedia service providers specializing in the wide web, narrow web and corrugated printing market segments.

“We are very excited to have assembled experts from multiple market segments to be a part of this session,” said Joel Engelberth. “Our goal from the start was to make sure that we are addressing every segment represented in the crowd and I think we have done a very good job at it. This will be a session truly for each and every attendee.”

The Flexo Gamer Changers session will feature the following speakers and their presentations:

  • Paul Lancelle, Kodak, “From Pretender to Contender…How Constant Evolution Has Changed the Game”
  • Bart Wright, InterFlex, “Game Changers”
  • Kevin McLaughlin, Flexo Concepts, “What’s Next for Corrugated Printing?”
  • John Crammer, Best Label Co., “LED Curing & Today’s Narrow Web Flexo Quick Change Presses: What’s New?”
  • David Smith, Cyber Graphics, “Game Changing Technologies in Plate Making & Media”

FTA’s 2016 Forum “Power of the Past, Force of the Future” is slated for March 6-9 at the Omni Fort Worth in Fort Worth, TX. Co-located with the event is the INFO*FLEX Exhibition, staged March 7 and 8 at the Fort Worth Convention Center, where nearly 250 of the industry’s leading suppliers will be on hand to showcase their latest and most revolutionary products and services. Each Forum registration includes entrance into the INFO*FLEX Exhibition.

Learn more about Forum’s sessions here. To register for FTA’s 2016 Annual Forum, visit the FTA Store. Early-bird rates offer savings up to $350 and are valid through January 29, 2016. Special discounts for printer/converter registrants are available, as well as a “Buy two, get the third free” promotion. Consumer Product Companies are entitled to complimentary registrations.

Platinum Plus and Platinum sponsors of the 2016 Forum & INFO*FLEX Exhibition include: Esko; Kodak; 3M; Anderson & Vreeland, Inc.; DuPont Packaging Graphics; MacDermid Printing Solutions; Sun Chemical Corp., Vianord Engineering and X-Rite.

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About FTA: Flexographic Technical Association (FTA), chartered in 1958, is a professional society dedicated to bringing all members of the flexographic printing community—printers, suppliers, consumer product companies, institutions, prepress houses and others–together by providing opportunities for the free exchange of technical ideas and discussion of mutual concerns. It is a proponent of maintaining and advancing quality standards and includes 1,650 member sites that represent more than 1,400 companies and 60,000 individuals. Foundation of FTA, founded in 1974, is the educational arm of FTA and is dedicated to supporting and advancing the flexographic printing industry.