Forum 2016 Kicks Off with Understanding the Customer <em>FIRST</em>

FORT WORTH, TX—After months of planning, Forum 2016 kicked off Sunday at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel in Fort Worth, TX. Proceedings began just after noon, with opening remarks from Platinum Plus sponsor Kodak’s Paul Lancelle, an FTA Flexo Hall of Fame member, who spoke to the theme of Forum 2016: Power of the Past, … Continued

FQC/SWG Updates: Upcoming at Forum & Ongoing Around the World

Sessions are scheduled. Hotels are booked. Bags are packed. It’s time for Forum! This year’s iteration is ready to go, with the Flexo Quality Consortium (FQC) participating in two events: The first is the very popular preconference session. Dr. Sam Ingram, Jean Jackson and Steve Smiley are putting together a hands on program that is … Continued

Forum 2016 to Highlight Flexo & Digital Printing Technologies Working Together

BOHEMIA, NY – Jan. 28, 2016 – How are rapid advances in digital printing technologies driving the flexographic industry into a new frontier? Flexographic Technical Association’s (FTA) upcoming 2016 Forum seeks to answer this question and numerous others, in an insightful technical session titled “Enhancing Digital Print with Flexography.” The pair of presentations have been … Continued

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

BOHEMIA, 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 … Continued

Forum 2016 Session Spotlights Direct Engraving: Benefits, Advancements, and Future

BOHEMIA, NY – Jan. 5, 2016 – Direct engraving, with the attention of large, global technology suppliers who have backgrounds in materials, imaging and color reproduction, is a rapidly accelerating innovation in the package printing and converting industry. Increasing environmental pressures, combined with the advent of greater numbers of high speed press implementations, is building … Continued

Forum 2016 to Kickoff with Insights from Top Brands, General Mills and Snyder’s-Lance

BOHEMIA, NY – Dec. 15, 2015 – Flexographic Technical Association’s (FTA) 2016 Annual Forum, themed “Power of the Past, Force of the Future,” will officially kickoff with discussions from representatives of two powerhouse brands, General Mills, Inc. and Snyder’s Lance Inc. The one hour and fifteen-minute session titled, “Understanding the Customer FIRST” will help printers … Continued

Registrations Open for FTA’s 2016 Annual Forum & INFO*FLEX Exhibition

BOHEMIA, NY – Nov. 19, 2015 – Flexographic Technical Association (FTA), producers of the package printing and converting industry’s most notable events, today announced that registration for its Forum & INFO*FLEX Exhibition is officially open at www.ftastore.com. Forum 2016, themed “Power of the Past, Force of the Future” will take place March 6-9 at the … Continued

FTA Announces Forum 2016 Theme, Venue, Chairs

BOHEMIA, NY – September 10, 2015 – Flexographic Technical Association (FTA), producers of the flexographic package printing and converting industry’s main event—FTA’s Annual Forum— today announced that the “Power of the Past, Force of the Future” is the official theme of the 2016 conference. More than 2,000 thought-leaders representing every segment of the flexographic supply … Continued