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MARCH
2013
13 March:
FINAT Technical Committee meeting Dublin
13 March:
FINATMarketing Committee meeting Amsterdam
14March:
FINAT Board meeting Amsterdam
At their annual spring meetings, each of the committees assessed
the status of their achievements over the past 12 months as well as
the plans for the coming year:
•The Technical Committee
just finalized 2 new test methods (28:
Bleed through paper, and 29: Scratch resistance of an UV ink film).
Both test methods will be incorporated in a new and updated
edition of the Technical Handbook, which is scheduled to appear
in March 2014 on the occasion of the Technical Seminar. Regarding
the latter, the Seminar Subcommittee is working on the
programme for ‘Barcelona 2014’. See also the call for papers on
page 37.
• TheMarketing Committee
is working on ideas to develop a trend
survey encompassing different areas of the labelling industry, such
as growth rates, technology and environmental trends. This
survey should be published twice a year and provide FINAT
members with a ‘dashboard’ of relevant trends and developments.
On the agenda was also the PR and communications planning for
this year and the topics and priorities for this year were confirmed.
Finally, the committee also discussed plans to activate FINAT’s
presence in social media like Linked-in and Twitter. At the
moment, FINAT’s Linked-in Group has 1300 members our Twitter
account has some 200 followers (there is also a social network on
Facebook with some 100 members). See also the article on
FINAT’s Website and Community on page 30.
• The Recycling Group
is undertaking steps to increase knowledge
about and promote the use of the various release liner recycling
programmes. In this respect representatives of FINAT will be
attending packaging events with the purpose to come into contact
with decision makers and stakeholders who are susceptible to our
message. The FINAT Recycling Desk will also be part of the FINAT
booth at Labelexpo Europe 2013.
18 January:
FINAT Board member Jakob Landberg visits the
Turkish Label Day on behalf of FINAT.
23 January:
FINAT mourns the loss of its
former translator Peter Loose. Peter served
as FINAT’s conference interpreter from 1969
to 2004 as well as the editor and translator
of the ‘News from the Industry’ section in
FINAT Labelling News (when this was still
published in 4 languages).
FEBRUARY
2013
4 February:
kick off meeting of the first meeting of the Tarsus
– FINAT Labelexpo Europe Advisory Board in Amsterdam,
bringing together a representative group of exhibitors, visitors
and the management of Tarsus Label Division to discuss
progress and joint targets for continuous improvement of the
world’s leading trade show for the label industry.
12 February:
coordinated global release of the winners of the
22 category winners of the L9 World Label Awards, announcing
the ceremony of the world’s ‘Best of the Best’ (out of the 22
category winners) to be honoured on the occasion of
Labelexpo Europe 2013.
The 2013 FINAT Label Competition jury at work
Labelexpo Europe Advisery Board
Jakob Landberg, Murat Sipahioglu and Aydin Okay
at the Turkish Label Day
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