Colleen Larkin Twomey

RESTON, Va.–The Print Industries Market Information and Research Organization (PRIMIR) membership recently elected the officers and members of their 2009 Executive Committee. Tamara D. Pope, director of marketing for Transcontinental Inc., was elected to chair the PRIMIR Executive Committee. Andrew Gordon, manager, Business Intelligence at Océ North America, will serve as the organization's vice chair. William K. “Kip” Smythe, vice president of NPES, serves as the group's president, and Jacqueline M. Bland, managing director, PRIMIR, serves as the secretary of the executive committee.

ORLANDO, Fla.—The Foundation of Flexographic Technical Association’s 2009 Annual Forum & INFO*FLEX Exhibition is set to take place May 3-6, 2009 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, where the central theme will be “Navigating the Future of Flexo: Innovate. Educate. Communicate.” Industry veterans Colleen Larkin Twomey, product manager, MacDermid Printing Solutions, and Jean Engelke, printing services leader, Alcan Packaging, will chair the proceedings. The two, along with a dedicated Forum Committee, are working to build on the success of FTA’s Golden Anniversary Year (2008) and move FTA and the industry to the next level. “The FTA has celebrated the first 50 years and