Date
POSTPONED
Time
11:00 a.m EST
Location
Virtual Event
Price
Member: Free
Non-Member: $99.00
The Hybrid Plant
Flexo, digital, and offset each offer distinct strengths—whether in speed, cost efficiency, run length, or print quality. But what happens when those strengths are combined? This session dives into strategies for building a hybrid print environment that maximizes efficiency, expands service offerings, and delivers flexibility to brand owners.
Speakers
Tom Sanders
I started a career in flexible packaging printing in 2003 as a flexographic printing supervisor at Sealed Air. Over the years, I moved into various engineering and leadership roles within Sealed Air. Initially, my technical focus was on print process improvement through set-up time reduction and rate/yield improvement projects. In 2021, I moved into a role leading our Digital Print Development. This role encompasses continued development of our proprietary Digital print process to meet commercial needs for Sealed Air. Muiltiple presses and printing units have been installed throughout the Sealed Air network during this time. The primary focus of Digital Print at Sealed Air remains the commercialization of the Sealed Air 5540s - wide-web Digital presses capable of print at 400 fpm
Windell McGill
Windell McGill leads digital press strategy at BW Converting Solutions' PCMC Business Unit, bringing 27- years of packaging industry expertise with a specialized focus on digitally printed flexible packaging. Prior to BW Converting Solutions, Windell started and served as the Managing Partner of ePac Atlanta Flexibles. ePac is the first all digitally printed Flexible Packaging converter. His group held a 49% equity interest in Atlanta, which they sold in February of 2023. Prior to opening ePac Atlanta Flexibles he was the N. American Flexible Packaging Business Segment Manager for HP Indigo. His team was responsible for sales of the HP Indigo 20000 digital press. Prior to HP, he was President Americas, AVT Inc., an Israeli based Print Quality Inspection company servicing the Flexible Packaging, Labels and Web Fed Folding Carton market. Windell serves on the Chairman’s Advisory Board and FlexPac Committee of the Flexible Packaging Association. He also is on the FTA FLEXO Magazine Advisory Group.
Ted Samotis
Ted is a 30+ year packaging industry veteran and has spent the last 10 years as a leading innovator focused on (digitally) transforming how boxes and cartons are sold, purchased, manufactured, and delivered. Ted has worked at an executive level on the converter side of the business and with a major digital printer OEM. Ted is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY.
Jacob M. Resnick
Jacob Resnick leads flexible packaging innovation at Nosco, with a primary focus on digital print for flexible packaging and digital labels with HP Indigo technology. His experience spans global markets and includes automated packaging machinery and robotics for turnkey packaging systems. He leads team-driven efforts to advance digital printing technology in flexible packaging, delivering award winning results across a wide variety of markets and applications. Passionate about packaging in all its forms, Jacob is committed to advancing emerging packaging technologies including RFID and product authentication tools for retail and pharmaceutical applications. He brings a data-driven, customer-focused mindset to packaging development, with an emphasis on lean product management principles. Outside of work, Jacob enjoys playing sports, photography, audio engineering, traveling, spending quality time with family, and mentoring youth.
