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the finat log
HigHligHts from tHe fiNAt CAleNdAr 2010 - 2011
Since the previous congress in Valencia in June of 2010, FINAT’s Board, permanent committees and other volunteer forces have worked hard together with the secretariat to drive the industry association’s calendar of activities and publications. A record of what has been done to date since the association last met.
june 2010
From 9-12 June, FINAT members met in Valencia onthe occasion of the annual congress. In attendance around 250 people. New in the congress programme was the pre-conference workshop on Innovation, hosted by INSEAD Professor Ben Bensaou. The congress also featured a workshop hosted by the Young Managers Club on KPIs. FINAT and the ANFEC team drew 5-5 in the second edition of the annual football match closing the programme.
On 10 June, FINAT and Tarsus renewed the Labelexpo Europe sponsor agree- ment. Pilot Italia’s label for Barcelo Rum received the Best in Show Award at the 30th annual FINAT Label Competition ceremony.
On 29 - 30 June, FINAT attended the Digital Label Summit in Barcelona. At the event, first exchanges between Tarsus, FINAT and VskE took place regarding the Operators Day to be heldat Labelexpo Europe 2011. Following the event, the idea was born to set up a Digital Testing Taskforce under the umbrella of FINAT.
august 2010
On 10 August, a delegation of 4impress- ion and FINAT met in Amsterdam met to commence preparations on the revised edition of the FINAT Educational Handbook and to evaluate progress on FINAT’s e-education modules and the FINAT Knowledge Hub.
september 2010
On 2 September, a group of 33 inte- rested companies attended the Digital Testing Task Force kick-off meeting in Amsterdam, hosted by IGT Testing Systems. A core group of 7 was formed to explore the necessity and possibilities of harmonised testing for digitally printed label materials.
On 13 September, prior to Labelexpo Americas in Chicago (14-16 September), FINAT President Andrea Vimercati and Vice President Kurt Walker attended the 3rd meeting of the L9, the meeting platform for the global label associations. The meeting was chaired by the FINAT President. A.o. agreement was reached about the future set-up of the World Label Awards.
Earlier that day, judges of the 2010 edition of the World Label Awards selected 7 nominated entries by FINAT as global winner in their category and another 6 as Honourable Mention.
On 24 September, the Executive Board met in Amsterdam to assess strategic progress and prepare the meetings in October.
october 2010
From 5-7 October, the Marketing and Technical Committees, their Sub Committees and the Board met in Stuttgart. In between meetings, a brainstorming meeting took place with lobby consultant Paul Verspoor about the future lobbying strategy of FINAT.

On 8 October, FINAT President Andrea Vimercati lectured in front of an audience of 200 at the Zeller & Gmelin seminar in Stuttgart.
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