The Flexo Xperience Center Hosts Open House Founding partners MacDermid Graphics Solu- tions and SOMA recently hostes an inaugural Open House at the Flexo Xperience Center (FXC) in At- lanta, Georgia. The FXC is a collaborative center for pre-media suppliers, printers, converters, brands, CPGs, students and educational institutions. Along with MacDermid and SOMA, industry part- ners involved in The FXC include: 3M, Apex, AV Flexologic, BST Group, CleanPlanet, ColorConsult- ing, CSW Inc, Daetwyler, DAM, Digimarc, Esko, Es- terlam, Flexo Wash, Flint Ink, GMG Color, Hamill- road, Harper, Hybrid Software, Interflex, Kongsberg Systems, Lohmann, Polymount, Provident Group, Rossini, Rotec, Sandon Global, Sun Chemical, Tech Sleeves, tesa, Troika Systems, and X-Rite Pantone. The event included a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the official opening of The FXC; a tour of MacDermid’s Global Headquarters, The FXC and The Works; a SOMA Optima2 press demo with live job changeover showing how fast the process can be; networking time with event attendees and the partners of The FXC; and a cocktail hour with live music. The FXC includes a full suite of the latest pre- press software, plate and print analysis technolo- gies, thermal and solvent platemaking systems, and liquid photopolymer platemaking equipment. The SOMA Optima? flexo press expands the facility to include product benchmarking, print trials, hands- on press training, print application research, and print troubleshooting. UPM Receives Ecovadis Platinum Score EcoVadis has recognized UPM on a Platinum level based on the company’s sustainability performance in the following four categories: Environment, La- bour and human rights, Ethics and Sustainable pro- curement. Only 1 percent of the 90,000 global companies assessed received the Platinum score. Compared to previous years’ assessments, UPM received its all-time high score of 87/100. “The main improvement steps were taken in the Labor and human rights category,” said Sami Lund- gren, VP, Responsibility at UPM. “We have intro- duced several new social responsibility targets for 2030, focusing strongly on diversity and inclusion and fair rewarding. We have also developed our hu- man rights due diligence processes and reporting.”
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