Business Management - Industry Trends

NAPCO Media has announced that Chris Curran has joined the company as EVP of the Printing, Packaging and Publishing Group. Curran brings more than 20 years of experience to NAPCO through his association with the printing industry, both from the supplier and the PSP perspectives.

The L9 group of international label associations has announced the results of the 2017 L9 World Label Awards competition judged by an international panel of judges representing each of the participating associations.

TLMI announced new initiatives that reinforce and expand the association’s commitment to education and workforce development. As part of the initiative, TLMI is partnering with The Phoenix Challenge Foundation, an organization that promotes the growth of the flexographic printing process in high schools and colleges throughout North America.

With plenty of demand and opportunity to grow, packaging is an enticing market for commercial printers. But package printers have good reason to feel confident in an increasingly competitive field.

In this month's Editor's Note, Editor-in-Chief Cory Francer discusses packagePRINTING's first research report, which was sponsored by SGIA.

The flexible packaging industry's strength and abundant growth opportunities were key themes of the Flexible Packaging Association's 2018 Annual Meeting, held March 13-15 at the Ritz Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Fla.

At its recent general membership meeting, the Independent Carton Group announced that FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division, is the recipient of the association's 2017 Supplier of the Year Award. This is FUJIFILM's first time receiving the ICG's Supplier of the Year Award.

Five more independent regional and state affiliates of Printing Industries of America (PIA) have agreed to support and promote the launch of the PRINTING United Expo to their respective members. PRINTING United is a new industry event, serving all segments of the printing industry, produced by SGIA and NAPCO Media.

TLMI has announced the unveiling of "TLMI 4.0," a concept that encompasses new and exciting changes that will engage TLMI's membership and augment TLMI's messaging in a whole new way.

Derek Volk, president of Biddeford, Maine-based corrugated packaging manufacturer Volk Packaging, says he wants his company to be known for more than just making boxes. In May, the company will install the Volk Packaging Heroes Wall, which will feature tiles contributed by the public honoring those who have served in the U.S. armed forces.