FTA’s 2016 Fall Conference to Spotlight Session on “Envisioning Tomorrow’s Pressroom”

2016_fallcon-wtaglineBOHEMIA, NY – Sept. 12, 2016 – Recruit. Train. Retain!—You can count them among the most pressing challenges flexography’s printers and converters face in 2016. Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) has assembled a panel of experts who will be delving into the subject in a special Fall Conference session entitled, “Envisioning Tomorrow’s Pressroom.” The 90-minute strategy session is sure to prove insightful, engaging and inspiring. It is slated for Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 8:30 a.m., and it will kick off the third and final day of the program. FTA’s Fall Conference, “Improving Today…Envisioning Tomorrow,” is set for Oct. 10-12 at The Galt House, Louisville KY.

“This session will give insight on how to shape your existing workforce and attract the right employees to enhance your capabilities,” said conference co-chair, Sean Teufler. “Attendees will leave with an array of ideas to get employees trained, engaged and productive so basic skills are common, and extraordinary skills are developed. Attendees will also benefit in learning how to add employees with the right skills. Anyone with an eye on tomorrow’s workforce should consider this a must attend event!”

Presentations and speakers are:

  • Engaging Production Staff – Jason Roberts, Label Technology
  • A New Paradigm in Press Operator Training – Ted Biggs, AWT Labels & Packaging
  • GoGetter – James Stone, VinEquities, Inc.

In addition to this session and seven others, conference goers will have numerous opportunities to network and explore the sold-out exhibitor gallery consisting of 65 companies and their latest services and technologies designed to improve today’s print operations.

FTA’s Fall Conference, themed “Improving Today…Envisioning Tomorrow” will take place Oct. 10-12 at The Galt House Hotel in downtown Louisville, KY. Chairing the event are Eric Frank, KBA-Flexotecnica and Sean Teufler, Siegwerk. To learn more and to register visit the conference webpage.

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About FTA/FFTA: 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 1,300 member sites that represent more than 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.