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Greg Collins Inducted Into FTA Hall Of Fame

FTA Announces (CONT’D FROM PAGE 30)

• In the Combined Corrugated Category, Great Northern Corp’s 3M Rock Your Workday Box

The Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) has an- nounced the newest member of the FTA Hall of Fame. Greg Collins, who gave his attention, his energy and his love to flexography, the industry that surrounds it and its

Association, is the 58th flexographer to join the illustrious group. The in- duction was announced during the Awards Presentation on April 22. An FTA supporter since the pre- miere edition of Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications & Tol- erances (FIRST), Greg’s well-known

Greg Collins

preparedness and engineering background were instru- mental in building out systems and processes the FTA continues to use. Chief among them: the inception of the FORUM Oversight Committee to successfully iterate on the annual event with each passing year. His composure and measured guidance were essential as a member of the FTA Board of Directors and FFTA Board of Trustees, and during his tenure as Board of Directors Chair. “He was the ‘right time, right place, right person’ to be sitting in the Chair position,” said FTA President Mark Cisternino. “Even today, we’re still reaping the benefits of some of the decisions Greg made 10 years ago.”

• In the Preprinted Linerboard Category, Atlantic Packag- ing’s Erie Meats Chicken Breasts Poitrines Poulet Box • In the Envelope Category, Encore Group’s Sky Cinema 2019 Animation Extravaganza Envelope. Great Northern Corp’s 3M box won Best of Show in the Combined Corrugated Category.

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