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22 September 2017 - Susan Ellison, Commercial Director OPM Group Ltd FINAT Annual Conference and Membership
I recently returned from the FINAT Annual Conference in Berlin and thought I would share a brief snapshot of the event with this short video link. I find great value in attending, especially the positive networking opportunities, educational...
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30 August 2017 - Jules Lejeune, FINAT Some thoughts on labelling today and tomorrow...
In a world that is currently undergoing the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’, it is not surprising that our world of labelling is also experiencing major change – at all levels… Labels have never seemed more central to the overall packaging...
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22 August 2017 - Jules Lejeune, FINAT The 4th Industrial Revolution – Enabling the Smart Factory
In his book “The Fourth Industrial Revolution”, Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum describes the technological mega forces behind the fundamental changes that will impact (if not already) the way we live,...
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22 August 2017 - Filip Weymans, VP Global Marketing Xeikon Food label printing? Here’s everything you need to know
Not one label is the same – different applications require different digital technologies, which is precisely why printing is such an exciting business. Whether it is for pharma, wine & spirits, durables, health & beauty, industrial chemicals...
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11 August 2017 - John Bambery, BPIF Labels 55 years and still counting - a guest blog by John Bambery of BPIF Labels
At the end of 2016, BPIF Labels Chairman John Bambery announced his retirement, after many years of service to the British and European label community. His farewell took place on the occasion of the meeting of the National Associations Board...
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11 July 2017 - Jennifer Dochstader, LPC New FINAT survey: The changing landscape of the European Digital Label Printing industry
Earlier this year, FINAT announced that the association commissioned market research firm LPC, Inc. to research and compile the FINAT Digital Label Market Study. Due to be released in June, preliminary results were presented by LPC’s principals,...
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3 July 2017 - Andy Hobsbawm, Co-founder and CMO of EVRYTHNG How Label Companies Can Win in the Smart Products Revolution
At FINAT’s European Label Forum, I had the pleasure of participating in a panel discussion about the future of the label industry and how label companies can best participate in the emerging smart products revolution. If I had to pick one major...
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23 June 2017 - Jules Lejeune, FINAT FINAT's European Label Forum 2017 in Berlin: addressing challenges of change in an era of transformation
Having just returned from the 2017 edition of FINAT’s European Label Forum in Berlin, I share with you some thoughts which I already wrote down in my editorial of the association's Yearbook that has just been released. The thoughts and ideas...
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12 May 2017 - Niklas Olsson Shining a light on the future?
Few will have failed to see that UV LED (UltraViolet Light Emitting Diode) curing is being heralded as an alternative to Mercury curing. We wanted to see how the hype matched up to the reality.
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9 May 2017 - Thomas Hagmaier L9 Meeting in Beijing (meeting of the international associations)
From 26 - 28 April, the L9 associations accepted the invitation from the Chinese association PEIAC and travelled to Beijing. In attendance were delegations from USA/TLMI Michel Ritter, New Zealand/SALMA Mark Jackson, Australia/FPLMA Mark Easton,...
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