MINNEAPOLIS, MN—Kevan Kent recently joined AWT Labels & Packaging as a new sales executive. Kevan’s flexible packaging expertise further strengthens the AWT Labels & Packaging sales team, according to the company. Kevan’s office will be in Minneapolis and he will primarily focus on business development activities for the South Elgin flexible packaging facility. For more than 40 … Continued
The phrase “Bringing It All Together” may have only applied to the four days of Forum 2018—after all, that was its official theme. But the idea extended both before and after the early May event, with flexographers seeing it play out during the entire year. From Forum and INFOFLEX in May, to Labelexpo Americas in … Continued
In the 2018 FTA Excellence in Flexography Awards Competition, judges described the gold award winner in the college student category as having “good creative usage of gloss and tactile inks.” Printed by Flexographic Tech, the Happy Holidays Card abided by Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications & Tolerances (FIRST) methodology and was one of only a few … Continued
MINNEAPOLIS, MN—AWT Labels and Packaging has closed on the acquisition of Citation Clinical Labeling Systems, a global leader in clinical labeling since 1963 and based in Hauppauge, NY. The business will be owned by AWT and management and operate under the name of Citation Healthcare Labels LLC. Citation provides clinical trial labels for pharmaceutical and … Continued
MINNEAPOLIS, MN—Certified annually since 2008, 2018 marks AWT Labels & Packaging’s 10th anniversary of receiving the Printing Industry Midwest Great Printer Certification. Participation in the PIM Great Printer Environmental Initiative is a voluntary effort by printers to demonstrate their commitment to minimize their impact on human health and the environment while producing quality printed products. … Continued
MINNEAPOLIS, MN—Certified annually since 1996, AWT Labels & Packaging has received ISO 9001:2015 Certification. Over one million certified companies in the world take advantage of ISO 9001 as a tool for managing their organization and continually improving performance. At the time of AWT’s certification, only 20 percent of the current ISO 9001 companies had been … Continued
A special thank you to all of the presenters at the Flexo Quality Consortium’s (FQC) session at Forum 2018! It was well attended and received. Titled, “Cultivating Our Future Through Research,” it offered a look at promising initiatives, presentations from a pair of FTA scholarship recipients and more. As mentioned at Forum, two members have … Continued
MINNEAPOLIS, MN—AWT Labels & Packaging, a provider of high-quality labels and flexible packaging for a variety of market segments including food and beverage, medical, personal care, Industrial/OEM, household and specialty, welcomes Tom Nelson as the new executive vice president—flexible packaging, focusing on the company’s flexible packaging facility based in South Elgin, IL. Tom previously served as general … Continued
MINNEAPOLIS, MN—AWT Labels & Packaging welcomes John Casani to its flexible packaging sales team based in South Elgin, IL. John has more than 16 years of experience selling flexible packaging to the food, snack foods and coffee markets. During this time, he has acquired a wealth of product expertise, packaging experience and customer relationships, making … Continued
MINNEAPOLIS, MN—AWT Labels & Packaging completed installation of a new Mark Andy P5 Series 17-in press. The new 10-unit press is equipped for rotary screen, cold foil, film package, full chill system, LED curing and has a rail for the turn bar and unwind/rewind units. It also features a Quick Change Die Cut System, which … Continued
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