FINAT Technical Seminar 2022 Proceedings
From 23-25 November 2022 FINAT hosted the Technical Seminar in Barcelona. Below you can find the various presentations.
Finding a path through the sustainability jungle was this year's focus of the technical seminar. The programme provided an overview of where the value chain stands today in terms of sustainable opportunities; what we can expect in the near future, and what solutions several of our members have developed to meet their clients’ wishes, be compliant with environmental legislation and also fulfil their corporate social responsibility policy.
KEYNOTE SESSION - CHAIRED BY ALEX KNOTT
| Philippe Voet | Introduction | Presentation |
| Keenan Thompson | Sustainability: the Brand Lens | Presentation |
| Marika Knorr | Switching to sustainable labels | Presentation |
| Vlad Sljapic & Aldo Franco | Sustainability and track/trace as a business opportunity for a label converter | Presentation |
SUSTAINABILITY OVERVIEW SESSION - CHAIRED BY MIKKOR RISSANEN
| Ophélie Gourdou | CELAB-Europe: opportunities to increase liner & matrix recycling | Presentation |
| Karsten Kejlhof | Achieving an efficient and recycle-ready label production with automated waste handling | Presentation |
| Flora D'Souza | Circularity or Climate? Navigating the material maze | Presentation |
| Pierre Dogliani | Recyclability solutions for printed system | Presentation |
REGULATORY OVERVIEW SESSION - CHAIRED BY JÉRÔME SALVERT
| Maria Georgiadou | Future EU waste legislation and solutions developed along the paper value chain | Presentation |
| Pablo Englebienne | Finding a path through the regulatory jungle | Presentation |
| Jonathan Sexton | UVFoodSafe - Best practices and pitfalls | Presentation |
| Beatriz Gainza Marin | Calculation of the carbon footprint in the label industry | Presentation |
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS IN MATERIALS & PROCESSES SESSION - CHAIRED BY NANETTE THOMAS & PHILIPPE VOET
| Morice Hoogteijling | Development of self-adhesive labels to fit a sustainable world | Presentation |
| Nicole Senn | Sustainable hot melt adhesives and their applications | Presentation |
| Christophe Dujardin | The impact of metallized embellishments on the different recycling processes | Presentation |
| Lode Deprez | Comparing the different digital printing technologies on their sustainable characteristics | Presentation |
| Robert Rae | What is the ze of the UV LED prize? | |
| Guy Yogev | Have you checked your waste bin lately? | |
| Karl Borsky | Fujifilm: leading the trasition from analogue to digital | |
| Patrick Graber | Yes, you can drive for more sustainability in label production | Presentation |