FMN | April 13th, 2020

Global Flexo Innovation Awards To Return

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Miraclon, home of Kodak Flexcel products, has an- nounced the return of the Global Flexo Innovation Awards to honor companies that are at the forefront of the transformation of the flexo industry. Christo- pher Horton, former Senior Vice President of SGS, will chair the independent international judging panel that will comprise a selection of flexo industry influencers, technical experts and CPGs. The inaugural Global Flexo Innovation awards, launched in 2018, received more than 200 entries spanning 26 countries. Entries for the 2021 Global Flexo Innovation Awards will open in June 2020. Label Summit Latin America 2020 Concludes The 17th edition of Label Summit Latin America was held March 10-11 in Santiago,Chile.Taking place in the Chilean capital for only the second time, the two-day conference brought together 499 senior stakeholders from 21 countries. Opening the conference on day one was a presen- tation on climate change and its impact on the ex- port-driven Chilean economy, given by Mariana Soto Urzúa, General Manager, CENEM Chile. This led into the next session, from Javier Ibero Ari- many, LATAM Manager at Spanish printer EADEC Chile SA, on sustainability and the circular economy. The keynote presentation was given by Askold Zim- mermann, Business Development Manager for gold sponsor GlobalQuality.space, who focused on work- flow automation and transforming a converter’s oper- ational functions. The afternoon’s Southern Cone converter panel dis- cussion featured topics that included digital printing, recruiting press operators, and staying ahead of the competition. Day two of the conference featured Luis Arevalo, Packaging Engineering Director, Kellogg Company, fo- cusing on how big CPG brands can build an emotion- al connection with consumers through personalized design. Day two also included a session led by Hernán Braberman, Partner and Executive Design Director for Tridimage, whose “design playlist” presentation high- lighted visual elements appealing to each generation and how companies can take advantage of this. The conference closed with a second panel discus- sion focusing on wine label design, which highlighted sustainability and taking advantage of globalization as key to this.

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