Bobst Puts New Vision Into Action: No Industry Trade Shows In 2021 The number of industry events and tradeshows has in- creased significantly over the last decade and at the same time, the communication technologies offer new ways to share content. To engage with its customers more ef- fectively, BOBST is set to evolve its current Competence Centers to the next level, providing all customers and prospects with new ways to access product and solution demonstrations. Over the last few years, the Competence Centers have been growing and the investments made are significant. They have become the preferred place to showcase live customer experiences and to validate in- vestments. This transformation will lead into new Smart Factories, which will encompass Technology Lounges, Partnerships and Application Experts to demonstrate complete end-to- end solutions where customers will be able to touch and see everything required to produce a label, pouch or box. From substrates processing, to job preparation, color man- agement, printing, tool preparation and converting, all with the option to test specific jobs from converters. “We have started to virtualize the customer experience with live streaming demonstrations – across all equipment in our existing Competence Centers, providing an engag- ing customer experience with less traveling constraints. There will be further information on these new ways of en- gagement soon,” says Jean-Pascal Bobst, CEO. “Bobst is reducing its presence at industry tradeshows and thereby dramatically reducing the environmental impact. As a re- sult, we have decided not to attend drupa and other indus- try trade shows in 2021, while maintaining a limited partici- pation in Asia. Bobst is at the start of a new journey, which will enable us to engage with our customers in a quicker, more effective and more personalized manner, reducing the environmental burden and shaping the future of the packaging world.”
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AF&PA Releases April 2020 Boxboard Report
AF&PA has released its April 2020 Boxboard Monthly re- port. Total Boxboard production in April decreased two percent compared to April 2019. It was down two per- cent when compared to the same four months of 2019. The boxboard operating rate was 96.6 percent, up 2.3 points from April 2019 and flat (-0.2 pts.) year-to-date. Sol- id Bleached Boxboard production in April decreased four percent compared to April 2019 and was down five per- cent when compared to the same four months of 2019. Recycled Boxboard production in April decreased one percent compared to April 2019. It was down one percent when compared to the same four months of 2019. The complete report can be purchased at afandpa.org .
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