TABLE OF CONTENTS
            
            
              EDITORIAL
            
            
              5
            
            
              THE
            
            
              FINAT
            
            
              LOG
            
            
              8
            
            
              
                Highlights from the Finat Calander 2012-2013
              
            
            
              FINAT MEMBER
            
            
              SURVEY
            
            
              2012
            
            
              12
            
            
              
                Kicking off the strategic planning cycle of FINAT
              
            
            
              FINAT
            
            
              AT
            
            
              A
            
            
              GLANCE
            
            
              16
            
            
              
                What you need to know about us
              
            
            
              HOW
            
            
              TO
            
            
              GET
            
            
              THE MOST
            
            
              OUT
            
            
              OF
            
            
              YOUR
            
            
              FINAT MEMBERSHIP
            
            
              18
            
            
              
                A survey of quotes
              
            
            
              ROUTES
            
            
              TO
            
            
              SUCCESSFUL
            
            
              GROWTH
            
            
              AND
            
            
              PROFITABILITY
            
            
              20
            
            
              
                How Do We Label The Future?
              
            
            
              THE
            
            
              NATIONAL
            
            
              ASSOCIATIONS’
            
            
              BOARD
            
            
              NETWORK
            
            
              24
            
            
              
                Action Stations!
              
            
            
              FINAT’S
            
            
              COMMUNICATION
            
            
              TOOLS
            
            
              28
            
            
              
                PR programme goes from strength to strength
              
            
            
              ENHANCING
            
            
              THE
            
            
              FINAT WEBSITE
            
            
              ,
            
            
              COMMUNITY
            
            
              AND
            
            
              SOCIAL MEDIA
            
            
              EXPERIENCE
            
            
              30
            
            
              
                From Association 1.0 to ‘FINAT 2.1’
              
            
            
              TECHNICAL
            
            
              SEMINAR
            
            
              2014:
            
            
              CALL
            
            
              FOR
            
            
              PAPERS
            
            
              37
            
            
              
                5-7 March, Fira Palace Hotel, Barcelona
              
            
            
              LEARNING
            
            
              FROM
            
            
              THE
            
            
              AUTOMOTIVE
            
            
              EXPERIENCE
            
            
              38
            
            
              
                Going lean with Porsche
              
            
            
              RETROSPECT
            
            
              FINAT
            
            
              CONGRESS
            
            
              2012,
            
            
              ATHENS
            
            
              ,
            
            
              GREECE
            
            
              42
            
            
              
                Sustainable labelling: now is your chance
              
            
            
              SCAN
            
            
              AND
            
            
              ENJOY
            
            
              50
            
            
              
                Report and pictures of the joint Finat/VskE congress 2013
              
            
            
              RETROSPECT
            
            
              YMC
            
            
              GLOBAL
            
            
              CONGRESS
            
            
              2012,
            
            
              BERLIN
            
            
              ,
            
            
              GERMANY
            
            
              51
            
            
              
                ‘Young Managers, let’s challenge the future’
              
            
            
              THE
            
            
              LABEL
            
            
              ACADEMY
            
            
              56
            
            
              
                A label industry education and training initiative
              
            
            
              PREVIEW
            
            
              LABELEXPO
            
            
              EUROPE
            
            
              58
            
            
              
                The changing world of label printing
              
            
            
              FINAT
            
            
              LABELSTOCK
            
            
              STATISTICS
            
            
              SUMMARY
            
            
              62
            
            
              
                Modest growth in European consumption in 2012
              
            
            
              RESULTS
            
            
              FINAT
            
            
              LABEL
            
            
              COMPETITION
            
            
              2013
            
            
              68
            
            
              
                The 33rd FINAT Label Awards consolidates its position as the definitive European Label Competition
              
            
            
              WORLD
            
            
              LABEL
            
            
              AWARDS
            
            
              2012
            
            
              74
            
            
              
                FINAT winners
              
            
            
              STUDENTS
            
            
              ’
            
            
              DESIGN
            
            
              AWARDS
            
            
              77
            
            
              
                The winner of The FINAT congress logo competition 2013
              
            
            
              PUBLIC
            
            
              AFFAIRS
            
            
              ,
            
            
              SUSTAINABILITY
            
            
              AND
            
            
              RECYCLING
            
            
              OVERVIEW
            
            
              78
            
            
              
                Mark Macaré reports
              
            
            
              RELEASE
            
            
              LINER
            
            
              RECYCLING
            
            
              UPDATE
            
            
              82
            
            
              
                Mark Macaré reports
              
            
            
              BOOKSTORE
            
            
              84
            
            
              REGISTER
            
            
              FINAT MEMBERS
            
            
              86
            
            
              REGISTER
            
            
              FINAT
            
            
              COMMITTEES
            
            
              96
            
            
              ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
            
            
              FINAT would like to thank all who
            
            
              contributed to the realisation of this
            
            
              Yearbook.
            
            
              COPYRIGHT
            
            
              All material published by FINAT is
            
            
              copyright protected and remains the
            
            
              property of the association. No
            
            
              material may be reproduced without
            
            
              the written permission of FINAT.
            
            
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              DISCLAIMER
            
            
              Whilst every possible care has been taken to ensure
            
            
              that the contents of this publication are correct at
            
            
              the time of printing, FINAT cannot be held
            
            
              responsible and/or liable for any mistakes or
            
            
              omissions in this publication.
            
            
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              FINAT YEARBOOK
            
            
              
                2013
              
            
            
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