Business Management - Industry Trends

Joe Marin, Senior VP of Education and Training for PRINTING United Alliance, recently spoke with Cory Francer, editor-in-chief of Packaging Impressions, about the new Premier PRINT Awards, and why package printers and converters should participate in this exciting new competition.

As a rapidly growing packaging segment prior to the pandemic, the flexible packaging industry has emerged from 2020 with growth opportunities for converters and a renewed appreciation among consumers for the benefits this packaging format provides.

Dr. Charles "Chuck" Geschke, who co-founded graphics and publishing company Adobe Inc. in 1982 with then-Xerox colleague Dr. John Warnock, died April 16 of cancer at age 81 in Los Altos, Calif., a suburb in the San Francisco Bay area.

PRINTING United Expo announced it has been named a Gold 100 Grand Award winner in the category “Fastest-growing Gold 100 Show Managed by an Association” in 2019 by blended growth.

On April 14, the virtual TLMI Spring Summit featured two panels on the topic of leadership — one featuring five representatives from label printing and converting companies, and the other with five supplier representatives spanning different aspects of the label industry.

BOBST DAYS 2021 — “Shaping the future of the packaging world” — will take place from June 7-10. Each day will focus on one industry sector, with multiple sessions covering technologies, applications, and services in labels, flexible packaging, folding carton, or corrugated board.

PRINTING United Alliance has unveiled the new Premier PRINT Awards competition, the industry’s most prestigious award of recognition honoring the very best in print communications.

Quad is enhancing its integrated marketing solutions offering through a newly expanded relationship with Package InSight. Through this partnership, brands and marketers who work with Quad will have access to a unique, data-driven view of how consumers engage with products during the shopping experience.

For reasons no one could have anticipated, flexible packaging is getting fresh recognition as a solution that makes sense for product manufacturers and consumers alike. Now comes the challenge of capitalizing on that new profile in a changed world.

The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) has selected Steven C. Voorhees, former CEO of WestRock, as the recipient of its 2021 Robert T. Gair Award. Voorhees’s many accomplishments center around expanding WestRock’s capabilities, geographic presence, and industry leadership with numerous acquisitions.