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SCENARIOS TOWARDS 2018 FOR FINAT AND THE LABEL INDUSTRY
I. LEADERSHIP BY KNOWLEDGE
II. TECHNOLOGY AWARENESS
III. SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA
IV. GEOGRAPHIC SHIFTS
V. NEW REALITY FOR ASSOCIATIONS
Dreams/chances
• Successful transformation: from ’label printers’ to ‘solutions providers’
• Customised and differentiated markets
• Successful collaboration along supply chain
• Successful business transfer from baby boom to next generation
• FINAT relevant vehicle for business knowledge, information & communication
• FINAT recognized as international umbrella
Dreams/chances
• Entrepreneurship flourishing
• Continuous product, material and technology innovation
• Openness to new technologies
• Label solutions as
integral part of supply
chain systems
• Permanent technology
education and collaborative innovation helping industry to remain competitive
• FINAT as co-ordinator of technology education and transfer
Dreams/chances
• Recycling solutions have achieved critical mass
• Significant improvements in environmental footprint label industry (energy, CO2, water, recycling, material usage)
• Successful positioning industry on CSR (food safety, worker health & safety, lean processes)
• FINAT leading in promoting and
exchanging best
practices
• FINAT as voice of the
industry in defending common interests towards EU legislators and authorities
Dreams/chances
• Emerging markets connected to
international label
industry network
• Active engagement
newcomers in FINAT
• Successful cross
fertilization mature and
emerging markets
• No more language
barriers (English)
• New generation involved
in FINAT work
• FINAT regarded as
leading international umbrella and platform for management and business development
Dreams/chances
• Renewed growth in FINAT membership
• Active volunteer engagement across supply chain
• Dynamic committee structure
• Continuous dialogue and engagement members
• Supported by professional office and network of professional institutes and knowledge providers
• Continued Labelexpo partnership
• Successful adoption of new internet technology
• Proactive national association partnerships
• FINAT as the accredited international association body
Nightmares/risks
• Fragmented label industry
Nightmares/risks
Nightmares/risks
• Ignored producer responsibility
• Liners as packaging waste
• Environmental activism against self-adhesive
• Bans against self- adhesive labels
• End-users replacing self-adhesive for alternative decoration technologies
• Comparative disadvantage
environmental footprint turning against the label industry
Nightmares/risks Nightmares/risks
• Commoditised, non-differentiated • products
• Competing in ‘red ocean’
• Erosion of label markets
(direct print, in-house digital printing, low cost labour markets)
• Over supply of label companies for sale
• Baby boomers forced to continue
• No investment
• Disintegrated industry
associations
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Label industry ignorant to emerging technologies Conventional labels being replaced by alternative decoration methods outside the industry
FINAT has remained inward looking and failed to prepare the industry
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Erosion of mature label markets
Lack of interest from emerging markets Re-fragmentation label industry
Downward spiral of commoditisation and competitive pressures from low cost countries FINAT has lost its relevance
• Membership shrinking • Passive volunteers
• Committees dissolving
for lack of interest
• Volunteer workforce
ageing
• Labelexpo agreement
not renewed
• Alternative internet
platforms replacing
FINAT
• FINAT ignoring new
reality for associations • Big players and national
associations pursuing their own interests towards European authorities
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