BOHEMIA, NY – Oct. 27, 2016 – Flexographic Technical Association (FTA), producers of the largest annual gathering for the package printing and converting industry—FTA’s Annual Forum— today announced “Trending Now” as the official theme of the 2017 event. More than 2,000 trend-setters, representing every segment of the supply chain, will attend the April 30-May 3 event, held at the Sheraton Grand Phoenix Hotel in downtown Phoenix, AZ.
Forum’s agenda embraces today’s hottest topics and trends. Content will span the gamut on the critical business intelligence that’s trending now—that’s everything from tackling legal and regulatory issues to meeting the challenge of finding qualified press operators; up to and including ample analysis of disruptive technologies. Flexo’s essentials—inks, anilox rolls, substrates, plates and prepress practices, plus statistical process control–will also receive critical attention throughout the technical program.
The sessions are:
- Flexo: Legals, Markets and Logistics
- The “Press Crew” Crisis: Now Who’s Going to Run My Press?
- Disruptive Technologies: Embrace the Possibilities
- It’s All About Ink!
- Let’s All Get RIPed: Practical Prepress
- Pressroom Pressures
- Corrugated
- Not Only How to Use, But How to Choose: Flexo Consumables 101
- Surveying Production Performance: Flexography 102
In addition, the program agenda will offer a complimentary pre-conference session, hosted by the Flexo Quality Consortium (FQC), dubbed #Research!
Program development is being led by Forum Chairs, Paul Teachout, Nilpeter, and Bob Coomes, Plastic Packaging Technologies. Abstract review, speaker selection and session format determination is underway. The ultimate objective: build a stellar educational agenda of what’s trending now for launch in April 2017.
Coinciding with Forum 2017 is the INFO*FLEX Exhibition which celebrates its 35 anniversary in 2017. The event takes place May 1-2 at the Phoenix Convention Center. Attendees can anticipate a bustling convention hall occupied by more than 300 of the industry’s top suppliers and their solutions, providing for two days of intensive networking activity and side-by-side comparisons of the latest technologies. Over 85% of the total 310 booths have already been sold. Call Jay Kaible, FTA director of business development, at (631)737-6020 to reserve now!
View the webpages for more information about FTA’s 2017 Annual Forum or its INFO*FLEX Exhibition or contact Eileen Cosma, FTA marketing manager at 631-737-6020 ext. 30.
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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 35,000 individuals. Foundation of FTA, founded in 1974, is the educational arm of FTA and is dedicated to supporting and advancing the flexographic printing industry.