FTA Europe has announced that its Technical Committee is to undertake three new projects intended to ‘advance the flexo printing industry.’
The first will analyse ISO standards and their use by flexo printers, with a view to contributing to the development of new standards. The second seeks to define a test form which can easily verify the capabilities of a flexo press. Both of these projects have recently gotten underway. The third and final project, due to start later in the year, will focus on the next stages of the FTA Europe Flexo Best Practice Toolbox, currently on sale on Apple Books and iTunes.
The member associations making up FTA Europe have each appointed experts to participate in the projects, with both printers and suppliers represented, meaning the Technical Committee is working with the whole industry in mind.
Leading the first project, on ISO standards, are chair Tim Claypole from the Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating and vice chair and flexo consultant Stefano D’Andrea. The second, on creating a test form, will be chaired by Kritof Lobeau of Athena Graphics, with support from vice president Juan Campillos of Hubergroup. The final project, focusing on the Toolbox, has Silvano Tamai of TESA as chair, and Sweflex’s Johan Holmström as vice chair.
