Digital Packaging Summit Receives Excellent Reviews, Award Winners Announced

Phil Edwards, president of PrintSure, receives the award for Overall Contributing Attendee at the Digital Packaging Summit.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The 2016 Digital Packaging Summit, held Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club here, was a major success for both sponsors and attendees. The Digital Packaging Summit is an invitation-only, hosted summit designed for senior managers and business executives who want to understand how current and future digital production printing, finishing technology, supplies, software and solutions will impact their business and investment decisions.

Conference Co-Chairs Marco Boer, VP, I.T. Strategies, and Kevin Karstedt, CEO at Karstedt Partners, along with a team of leading industry experts designed the conference program. The event is produced by nGage Events and NAPCO Media/packagePRINTING magazine.

“Our goal with the Digital Packaging Summit is to provide maximum value to our attendees as well as our sponsors and, based on initial feedback, we believe we achieved that,” Brian Ludwick, publisher/brand director at packagePRINTING, said. “This is accomplished through a strong conference program and the right mix of networking and relationship building activities. Attendees learned from experts, suppliers and, most importantly, their peers on how to approach digital and how to be successful.”

While users are looking for information and guidance, suppliers are looking for ways to identify and develop relationships with these potential buyers specifically interested in digital solutions. The Digital Packaging Summit was able to meet both of these needs, making the conference a tremendous success for both attendees and sponsors.

2016 Digital Packaging Summit Keynote level sponsors included HP, Mark Andy, and Xeikon. For a full list of sponsors please visit www.digitalpackagingsummit.com.

The Annual Digital Packaging Summit Awards were presented on the final night of the event. Attendees voted on the sponsor-focused awards and Advisory Board members voted on the attendee award. Award categories and winners included:

“Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation: Folding Carton Segment”

Winner: HP

Runners-up: Absolute Printing Equipment/KAMA, Kodak, Xeikon

“The Digital Packaging Summit was an excellent event for HP and we got a lot of value from our sponsorship. The jam-packed event offered opportunities to learn from, and educate, industry executives. The keynote sessions, the one-on-one meetings and the breakout groups all were worthwhile. There were numerous networking opportunities, and the event was very well run. The HP team was extremely excited about winning the case study award for the folding carton segment and I am certainly looking forward to attending again next year.” - Brian Cleary, Category Manager, Indigo Label Solutions, HP.

“Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation: Label Segment”

Winner: Mark Andy

Runners-up: Domino, Durst, Gallus

“In an industry that is continuously evolving with new technologies and challenges, the Digital Packaging Summit fostered focused conversations between business leaders in a relaxing environment. The enthusiasm and passion for the industry was encouraging as converters were looking for new and innovative ways to optimize their operations, and suppliers responded with the latest solutions. Mark Andy was honored to receive the award for ‘Best Case Study – Labels Segment’ for our production-level Digital Series hybrid presentation, supporting our commitment to providing the right solution to converters to maximize profits and productivity.” – Steve Schulte, VP, Sales & Marketing, Mark Andy Inc.

“Company to Watch”

Winner: Landa Digital Printing

Runners-up: Domino, FUJIFILM, KBA

“The Digital Packaging Summit organizers did a magnificent job in bringing the most successful, strategic, and progressive executives to the Summit. Landa is honored to have been chosen a ‘Company to Watch’ by this important group. Their confirmation of the significance of Benny Landa’s revolutionary technology, Nanography, is the best recognition we could hope for.”– Nachum Korman, VP and GM, North America, Landa Digital Printing.

“Overall Contributing Attendee”

Winner: Phil Edwards, President, PrintSure, LLC

For information on sponsoring and/or attending Digital Packaging Summit 2017 please visit www.digitalpackagingsummit.com or contact David Pesko at dpesko@ngagevents.com. And don’t miss the 2017 Inkjet Summit in April. Visit www.ijsummit.com for more details.

About the Organizers

NAPCO Media/packagePRINTING

Since 1958, NAPCO Media has been a leading information source in the markets it serves. NAPCO Media continues to evolve with information distribution methods and specializes in the creation and cross-channel distribution of exceptional content. Our mission is to build community between our audience and our clients. NAPCO's flagship publication, packagePRINTING, is the most influential and widely read journal for package printer and converters of labels, folding cartons, flexible packaging and corrugated products. NAPCO also publishes several other well-known titles serving the direct marketing, promotional products and consumer electronics markets. For more information, visit www.napco.com.

nGage Events

nGage Events is the leading producer of host-based, invitation-only business events. These events bring together leading vendors with qualified decision makers in an exclusive and intimate environment. The team at nGage Events has successfully produced more than 200 events across all market sectors using this distinctive format, which guarantees access to key contacts in a private setting, fosters new relationships, improves existing ones, builds partnerships, and accelerates the sales process. For more information, visit www.ngagevents.com

Source: Digital Packaging Summit.