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The audience was guided through a real live example of Product Design, as done within Avery Dennison. In course of which several FINAT test methods, e.g. FTM-2 (peel adhesion) 9 (loop tack measurement) and 24 (mandrel hold) and their use were highlighted.
The FINAT liner recycling initiatives, Calvin Frost, Channeled Resources The key message was and is: All Silicone
Coated “Spent” Release Liners are Recyclable. An overview of existing recycling solutions of liner waste was presented.
All presentations can be found on the FINAT website.
24 September: L9 World Label Awards best of the best during the Labelexpo Global Industry Awards ceremony
On 25 September leading press and material manufacturers gathered for the Label Industry Global Awards 2013 at the Brussels’ Event Lounge, to honour those
label companies pushing the excellence boundaries in service and product design and performance.
To celebrate the 21st year of the World Label Awards the L9 group of label associations decided to inaugurate a set of highly distinguished awards to recognise excellence in printing on a worldwide basis. These so-called Best of the Best awards were presented by FINAT President Kurt Walker and Tony White, Chairman of the WLA judges at the Label Industry Global Awards evening on 25 September in Brussels. See page 70 for the winners.
OCTOBER 2013
9-10 October: FINAT Committees and Board meeting, Hilton DoubleTree Amsterdam
The committees and Board tackled their respective agenda’s with a variety of topics.
9 October: open Labelexpo Forum meeting, DoubleTree Amsterdam
The open meeting (held on the occasion of the regular FINAT Board and Committee meetings) was organised to allow exhibitor members of FINAT the opportunity to provide feedback about the recently held edition of Labelexpo Europe in Brussels, as input for the upcoming evaluation meeting between FINAT and Tarsus’ representatives on the Labelexpo Advisory Board at the beginning of November.
In the week prior to this meeting, parallel on-line surveys had been launched among visitors/converter members and exhibitors/supplier members to collect input. The survey received 107 responses
(45 converters, 62 suppliers).
A summary of the outcome of the survey can be found on the members-only section of the FINAT website. In short, the general mood at the exhibition was deemed very positive and exhibitors were convinced that this positive perspective would reflect on the general label industry business climate. Labelexpo Europe again truly confirmed its position as the world’s leading label industry trade exhibition.
30 October: FINAT launches the annual students’ design competition – congress logo 2014
The purpose of this competition is to promote and enhance the visibility of the FINAT congress. As the 2014 congress would be held in Monaco design/art schools in France were approached with the help of the French label association UNFEA. On page 72 you can read about the winning entry.
NOVEMBER 2013
5 November: Labelexpo Advisory Board, Regus Skyport, Amsterdam
This meeting and the preceding feedback platforms (surveys, meeting in Amsterdam) had as their objective to evaluate the Labelexpo Europe show and identify areas for improvement for the next edition.
See also the Labelexpo report on page 42
7 November: 2nd FINAT YMC Euopean summit: great ideas with limited resources, Warsaw
The FINAT Young Managers Club held its second Summit in Warsaw in November 2013. Its headline – ‘great
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