Representatives from MacDermid Graphics Solutions and Esko recently gathered at MacDermid's Atlanta headquarters for a two-day training seminar. MacDermid's sales and technical service teams were trained on Esko's products and workflow enhancement.
The Phoenix Challenge Foundation, which promotes awareness and education of flexography to high school and college students, will host its annual golf tournament on Wednesday, Aug. 24, at Stonebridge Golf Club in Monroe, N.C.
The team from California Polytechnic State University received the overall winner recognition in this year's Phoenix Challenge college competition. Teams from Waukesha County Technical College and Central Piedmont Community College were also recognized.
Anderson & Vreeland will host "Flexo Technical Tips," a four-part educational webinar initiative set to launch in March.
The Paperboard Packaging Council's Trees Into Cartons, Cartons Into Trees program provides folding carton converters with resources to educate local school children on paper recyclability and the importance of trees.
For nearly 20 years, the Phoenix Challege Foundation has served as a non-profit resource to the flexographic industry, supporting flexo education at the high school and college level, and hosting annual competitions for students.
Facing a lack of job candidates with in-depth flexographic education, AWT Labels & Packaging and Computype have started Flexographic Tech, a non-profit flexo training program based in Minneapolis.
The Packaging School is partnering with Graphics of the Americas (GOA) to present a free preview seminar of The Packaging School's Certificate program on Thursday, Feb. 18 and Friday, Feb. 19.
The ninth annual Phoenix Challenge College Competition will be held on March 5 during the Flexographic Technical Association's annual Forum and INFO*FLEX in Fort Worth, Texas.
There may not be leafy quads to toss a Frisbee or shoe-box sized dorm rooms, but Flexo University, Anderson & Vreeland's latest educational initiative, is an online resource for package printers and converters to maintain their education in all aspects of the flexo process.
