Business Management - Industry Trends

NAPCO Media LLC has announced that Frank Tueckmantel has joined the team as Executive Vice President of Business Development. Tueckmantel brings extensive strategic marketing and business development experience to the role, from his previous longstanding tenure as EFI’s Vice President of Corporate Marketing.

As digitalization continues to impact the flexible packaging industry, Comexi has made progress in increasing the automation of its machines. Through services such as Comexi Cloud, Job Costing, and Predictive Maintenance, customers can benefit from the increased connectivity of their equipment.

If the machines don’t need us, they’ve discovered that they need each other – and that they’re better together under Industry 4.0.

The fifth annual Digital Packaging Summit (Nov. 11-13) is heading to Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., for an action packed few days of education, networking, and fun, entirely focused on digital printing and production technologies impacting the packaging industry.

The new system, which allows direct printing onto a variety of 3D shapes, can be used for numerous applications, including short-run packaging. Inkcups, the machine’s manufacturer, touts its high-quality, photorealistic print capability. PRINTING United Booth 2011.

TLMI hosted its biennial printTHINK Summit from Sept. 11-13, highlighting a variety of label industry topics. This year marked the second edition of the printTHINK Summit, which has expanded on the former Technical Conference, providing insights into the technology and business management aspects of the industry.

SGIA has announced its 2019 Product of the Year award winners. The winning products were selected from a field of more than 200 entries in 72 categories, and are all produced by PRINTING United exhibitors. The Product of the Year entries will also be on display in the Awards Gallery at PRINTING United.

At the Pack Expo 2019 trade show, Mondi will show pet food manufacturers new insights based on a survey it conducted together with Dow. Other Mondi offerings will be on hand such as Ultra HD flexographic printing, and products that meet food manufacturers’ and cement producers’ packaging needs.

A high level of print quality across the packaging spectrum is not an exception — it’s an expectation. In the 33rd annual Packaging Impressions Excellence Awards, a panel of five judges was tasked with singling out the best of the best.

The results are in for the 2019 Packaging Impressions Excellence Awards, with winning entries being honored in more than 30 categories. However, three entries stood out from the rest of the pack. Read on to learn more about this year's top three entries.