PIA Opens Submissions For 2017 InterTech Awards Printing Industries of America is now seeking sub- missions to its 2017 InterTechTechnology Awards. For the past 39 years, these awards have honored the de- velopment of technologies predicted to have a major impact on the graphic communications industry. The InterTech™ competition is open to manufac- turers and suppliers of equipment and software in- volved in any aspect of graphic communications operations.To be honored with an InterTech Award, a technology must be recognized by the judging panel to meet the following criteria: • Be truly innovative, not just an evolutionary im- provement to an existing product • Enable printers to operate more efficiently or offer new products or services • Be commercially available, yet not in widespread use Awarded technologies will be presented with the InterTech Star at the Premier Print Awards Gala on Sunday, September 10, in Chicago, Illinois. Judges Announced For 29th DuPont Innovations Awards DuPont Packaging has announced the judges for its upcoming DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, now in its 29th year. The 2017 judging panel includes: • Oktay Aral, Global Flexible Packaging R&D Lead, pladis,Turkey • Jason Barber, Principal R&D Engineer, PepsiCo., USA • David Luttenberger, Global Packaging Director, Mintel Group Ltd., USA, (Lead Judge) • Tom Manske, Director, Global Snacks R&D – Pack- aging Research, Quality, Nutrition and Technology, The Kellogg Company, USA • Anirban Mukherjee, Director Global Packaging – Asia Pacific, Johnson & Johnson, Singapore • Eric Pavone, Business Development Director - Web-fed, BOBST, Switzerland • Hari Reddy, Vice President R&D, Bemis North America, Bemis Company Inc., USA • Claire Sarantopoulos, Senior Scientist, Center of Packaging Technology of the Food Technology Insti- tute, Brazil • Richard Smith, Manufacturing Systems Manager, Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific,Australia Entry is free and nominations will be accepted through Feb. 10, 2017. Forms are available at pack- agingawards.dupont.com .
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