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TLMI At the association’s recent Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Kathy Alaimo, Co-CEO of New York-based Syracuse Label & Surround Printing was named TLMI Converter or the Year.

The Converter of the Year Award honors and recognizes a member of the North American package print- ing industry who has made an ex- tensive contribution to the greater marketplace and who has addition- ally demonstrated an unwavering commitment to TLMI.

Kathy Alaimo

Alaimo served a term on the TLMI Board of Di- rectors and has also been a member of the TLMI Technical Committee, serving as the committee’s co-chair for years. During her time on the Technical Committee, Alai- mo was additionally a co-chair of the TLMI Techni- cal Conference, rebranded in recent years as print- THINK. During her tenure as CEO of Syracuse Label, Alai- mo guided the company’s transition to becoming an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) organi- zation. A business entity that is rare in the printed packaging industry, an ESOP gives employees own- ership interest in the company. A Culture Of Wellbeing As a leader, Alaimo is a fierce proponent of a com- pany culture that prioritizes the wellbeing and em- powering of its employees and with so few ESOPs in the industry, she knew she would have to find critical resources elsewhere to ensure employees realized the transition was in their best interest. Drawing upon her formal education as a journalist, Alaimo immersed herself in learning best practices from the Oakland, California-based National Center for Employee Ownership. Today, Syracuse label is an award-winning com- pany that is lauded throughout the industry for its flourishing organizational culture that attracts and retains top talent. Recently, Alaimo guided her company through another significant transition. In June, Syracuse Label & Surround Printing, Macaran Printed Prod- ucts, and W.N. Van Alstine announced their plans to merge. The merger brings together 165,000 square feet of manufacturing space, $65 million in annual sales and 175 employee-owners.

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14 November 7, 2022 Flexo Market News

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