Vimercati named to FINAT chair.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Andrea Vimercati has been appointed)(Brief article)

Andrea Vimercati, the sales director of Pilot Italia, a Milan converter, has assumed the presidency of FINAT, Europe's label association. He succeeds Jan Frederik Vink of Kolibri Labels in The Netherlands.

Vimercati is a member of the younger generation of label printers, and is a founder of FINAT's Young Managers Club. He has been active in the organization for many years,

The new president has several goals to achieve during his two-year term. One is to develop greater networking between TLMI and FINAT.

A second objective is to introduce TLMI's Project LIFE to the European label community. LIFE is a certification program for companies that establish environmentally sound practices. "We will have to choose the right approach," Vimercati says, "because if you go to a converter member and propose a new certification, they will question how many certifications they will have to have to satisfy their customers. LIFE, in my view, gives business people the opportunity to be more responsible for what they do."

A third goal is to maintain and expand the role of the Young Managers Club, "which is a good investment for an association at this time, especially when we see a lot of generation change. The club will help FINAT to change itself.

"Fourth, I would like to see FINAT promote an entrepreneurial culture. When our companies were founded, it was a first step. Now we need tools, which is what our fathers expect from us as sons after having sent us to the university. When we come back we must bring new ideas, management tools, like Lean Manufacturing."

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