Taking A Second Look at ‘FIRST'

Turning interest into implementation may indeed be FIRST's biggest challenge. "Acceptance was overwhelming," remembers Cindy Cole, technical director of FFTA's Flexographic Technical Training Center, of the guidelines' debut, "but it's still a slow process that has to be done in stages."

"The committee for FIRST's premier edition went into it wanting to get it out there, with a second edition quickly following," Cole says. "Timing of the third version will be based on use of the second edition and flexo technology developments that occur."