Business Management - Operations

Last week, many printing companies in the Southeast needed to brace themselves for Hurricane Matthew, the nastiest storm to hit the Caribbean in the past decade.

Deploying a new digital press is not as easy as installing it and lining up the jobs. Marco Boer and Kevin Karstedt, the co-chairs of the Digital Packaging Summit, weigh in on getting marketing, operations and brands on the same page.

Alison Keane will take over as president and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association, effective October 3. Keane was previously VP for government affairs and industry programs with the American Coatings Association.

UPM Raflatac is adopting a new, scalable global operating model. The model consists of three individual strategic business units and three market regions.

Kocher + Beck, a market leader in magnetic diecutting technology, celebrated the official ribbon cutting for its new sate of the art extension to its Lenexa, Kan. manufacturing facility on Friday, August 26.

A conversation with Mark Tibbetts, TLMI's new president, about his previous experience, his vision for TLMI and some goals he has set for the association.

Despite being 170 years old, Curtis Packaging has established itself as a forward-thinking converter.

Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) president and CEO Marla Donahue has announced plans to retire at the end of 2016. A search for Donahue’s replacement has been initiated.

Karen Heumann has joined the Heidelberg Supervisory Board. Her background includes leadership experience in advertising strategy and marketing communications.

Print 4.0, which enables the individualization of digital printing, will be one of the mega trends of drupa 2016. As part of that trend, packaging production will be a prevalent focal point of the show.