X-Rite has announced a spring Fundamentals of Color Training Series in 15 locations throughout North America. The spring seminar series is designed to help attendees establish and implement color quality standards in their organizations.
Training and Education
The Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) has announced the launch of a new scholarship opportunity, the FFTA/FQC Gary Hilliard Memorial Scholarship.
Students from CalPoly took first place in the annual PACK Solutions Challenge competition, sponsored by B&R Industrial Automation and presented by the PMMI Foundation.
Esko reports that Ryerson University students participated in a highly successful edition of this summer's Honors Class in Flexible Packaging. The honors class was organized in cooperation with the Artevelde University College Ghent.
All Printing Resources will be hosting two sessions on flexographic printing on Tuesday, Sept. 15 as part of CPP EXPO’s unique educational programming at McCormick place in Chicago.
The Phoenix Challenge Foundation's annual golf tournament will be held Wednesday, August 5 at Stonebridge Golf Club in Monroe, NC (near Charlotte). The Phoenix Challenge Foundation (PCF) Golf Tournament is the primary fundraiser supporting graphic arts and flexography through education.
The Paperboard Packaging Council’s (PPC) Folding Carton Boot Camp, next taking place on June 9-10, 2015, in Springfield, MA, provides Millennials and other new packaging professionals with a comprehensive understanding of the design and manufacture of sustainable paperboard packaging.
On Saturday, May 2 near the honky-tonks of Nashville TN, 53 students from nine different colleges across the United States made music to the ears of judges at the eighth annual Phoenix Challenge college competition.
Heidelberg recently hosted its annual SkillsUSA Georgia Competition in Advertising and Design and Graphic Communications.
For the 18th year, graphic arts students and teachers from throughout the United States and Canada will participate in the Phoenix Challenge Foundation’s 2015 High School Competition. The event comprises a two and half-day skills-based competition with hands-on and comprehensive testing in printing mathematics, flexo press operation, prepress, plate-making, and overall flexo knowledge.