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AWA To Host Label Release Liner Seminar In September
Korozo Group Global packaging manufacturer Korozo Group has named James Diprose as its new Sales Director for the UK & Ire- land, Benelux and Scandinavia. Diprose brings to the role vast experience from across the print and packaging supply chain. His career commenced at the turn of the 1990s, in a sales role at Parkside Flexibles. Most recently, he worked in a global vice-president role at Klöckner Pentaplast (KP). The interven- ing years included tenures at converters Printpack Flexibles and Berkshire Gra- vure, materials specialists Bischof+Klein and Pregis, and at Linpac Packaging, prior to its acquisition by KP. He subse- quently progressed his career whilst at KP, leading to his eventual role as Vice President, Commer- cial, Global Accounts and Global Flexibles. FINAT James Diprose At its General Assembly held on the occasion of the Eu- ropean Label Forum 2024, the FINAT members elected
The AWA Label Release Liner Seminar 2024 will be held on September 8-9, just before the commencement of La- belexpo Americas 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. This seminar will be one of the three concurrent sessions through a collaboration between AWA, TLMI, and AIPIA. The AWA Label Release Liner Seminar will feature a de- tailed agenda and combined networking breaks with two other concurrent sessions that cater to the diverse needs of the industry: AWA & TLMI PrintThink Seminar and AWA & AIPIA Smart Labeling Seminar. The program of the Label Release Liner Seminar will feature keynote presentations and panel discussions ad- dressing sustainability along the value chain, technology advancements, and market challenges. A roundtable dis- cussion will take place with leaders along the value chain, addressing the future of release liner and pressure sensi- tive labeling. Running in parallel, the three interconnected seminars will provide the most comprehensive program on labeling, release liner, print, and smart technology, making it the ideal start to Labelexpo week. Suppliers, converters, brand owners, and other stakeholders will find the series the perfect platform to network, discuss emerging trends, and prepare for the road ahead.
Roberto Martinez Porta from Avery Dennison as FINAT Board member. He succeeded his colleague Noël Kasmi who has left the label industry and consequently had to step down from the Board. Porta also succeeds Kasmi in the role of FINAT Treasurer and Executive Board member. Martinez Porta is currently the Vice
Roberto Martinez Porta
President Sales, Labels and Packaging Materials, part of Avery Dennison’s Materials Group EMENA. Before joining the company in 2011, he worked as Global Category Leader Secondary Packaging at Heineken. Pacificolor Chad Atkinson has been named Plant Manager for the Utah production facility of Pacificolor LLC. Atkinson brings more than 30 years’ experience in the printing and pack- aging industries. He began his career in 1990 as a plate- maker in South Carolina with Advanced Printing Products, moved to North Carolina in 1995 for plate production and returned to South Carolina as a Production Lead. In 2004, he became a Project Manager, leading key accounts in the multi-wall bag and corrugated markets, and was later promoted to Production Manager. His sub- sequent roles included Warehouse Manager, Purchasing Manager and Account Manager for several print packag- ing companies.
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