The coach of “Team Flexo” Has Forever Enabled Others to Succeed & Brought Out the Best in His Players The bronzed bust of John Madden joined the sculpted facades of fellow NFL coaching greats Vince Lombardi, Don Shula, George Allen and 20 others enshrined in Canton, OH when he was inducted into the Pro Football … Continued
CHARLOTTE, NC—The Phoenix Challenge Foundation announced this year’s Phoenix Challenge College Competition will be held May 4 in Baton Rouge, LA, leading into Forum 2019, May 5-8 in New Orleans. The only annual college flexo competition, the Phoenix Challenge College Competition builds and breeds talent and interest in package and label printing industries. The popular … Continued
Pursuing the dream: “Print anything we want, on any machine, with no inabilities to comply with what the customer asks for.” That’s the team-wide passion at Yellowstone Plastics in Idaho Falls, ID, says Lou Figueria, print production manager. It’s been committed to the cause for going on 20 years, even longer if you dig into … 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
Jay Luft, known to many for his involvement with FTA’s events, publications and inner workings, passed away on July 1 at the age of 59. “Jay was one of those guys where I could go a couple years without seeing him, but it seemed like it was yesterday when we got together. Handshakes were never … Continued
BOHEMIA, NY – July 11, 2018– Flexographic Technical Association (FTA), producers of the No. 1 educational conference for the package printing and converting industry—Forum 2019, announced the official chair and co-chair of the event are Ann Michaud of 3M Co. and Hank Welter of TC Transcontinental Packaging. Forum 2019 is set to take place at … Continued
An FTA fixture, tireless volunteer, industry stalwart, relentless learner, patient teacher and just about the nicest guy anyone knows. There are numerous synonyms for the word “nice”: enjoyable, agreeable, pleasant, good, lovely, amusing, wonderful, kind, polite, generous, friendly, swell, charming, peachy, delightful, gracious, helpful, fine and dandy, and at least that many more. When you … Continued
TAVAZZANO, Italy—KBA-Flexotecnica, a subsidiary of Koenig & Bauer AG, announces new key staff members, ongoing flexographic press installations and more updates. Jeffrey R. Dietz, vice president of the web and specialty press division at KBA North America, which oversees flexible packaging in North America, says, “As I approach my first year in my capacity, I … Continued
BOHEMIA, NY – Feb. 14, 2018 – How do you proactively develop a productive company culture that truly aligns with long-term strategy? Flexographic Technical Association’s (FTA) Forum 2018 seeks to answer this question along with many others in an insightful technical session titled “Culture Eats Strategy: Strategic and Cultural Alignment.” Session chairs Dr. Nona Woolbright, … Continued
BOHEMIA, NY – Feb. 6, 2018 – Flexographic Technical Association’s (FTA) Forum 2018, themed “Bringing It All Together: Synchronizing Processes, People and Potential,” will officially begin with a session from the Flexo Quality Consortium (FQC) titled “Cultivating Our Future Through Research.” The dynamic session, chaired by Jean Engelke, RR Donnelley and James Stone, VinEquities, Inc. … Continued
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