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Weekly UpdatesThree days, 10 sessions, eight hours of exhibit time, approximately 1,200 attendees. Demographically speaking, Foundation of FTA's 2009 Annual Forum & Info*Flex Exhibition was a significant gathering of the packaging industry's printers, converters, suppliers and buyers.
The event took place in early May at The Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA, where the focus was on "Navigating the Future of Flexo." Forum Chair Colleen Larkin Twomey, MacDermid Printing Solutions, and Co-chair Jean Engelke, Alcan Packaging, built the agenda around succeeding in turbulent times. All presentations, including a poignant keynote address, homed in on efficiency, technological advancement, sustainability, and the debut of FIRST (Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications and Tolerances) 4.0 (see page 22).
FTA's Awards Banquet saw an estimated 160 medals and prestigious honors given out to members of the flexographic printing industry.
These included:
* Hall of Fame: Mark R. Mazur, DuPont Imaging Technologies.
* Technical Innovation: Eastman Kodak Co.'s Flexcel NX Digital Flexographic System.
* College Phoenix Challenge: California Polytechnic State University.
* President's Awards: Mark Coffman (Dixie Graphics), Paul Lancelle (Eastman Kodak) and Allan Marquardt (Kimberly-Clark).
* Environmental Excellence Awards: AllpakTrojan, Coating Excellence International, Creative Labels and Lauterbach Group.
In addition, 145 Excellence in Flexography Award winners were named, including nine Best of Shows: Wide Web, Exopack; Mid Web, Label Technology Inc.; Narrow Web, Paragon Label; Folding Carton, Cascades Boxboard Inc.; Napkins, Paper and Design; Combined Corrugated, Lewisburg Container; Preprinted Linerboard, Temple-Inland Inc.; Envelope, Encore Washington Ltd.; and Graphic Design, Coating [TEXT INCOMPLETE IN ORIGINAL SOUTCES.]
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