Flexo training institute to host inaugural awards

DiTrolio Flexographic Institute (DFI) is to host its first awards ceremony on September 10 to recognize industry personnel for their work with education, their commitment to education of their customers and to the flexo industry as a whole.

DiTrolio Flexographic Institute to host first awards on September 10

The inaugural DFI award ceremony and dinner will take place at the end of the second day of Labelexpo Americas 2014, which takes place on September 9-11 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.

Awards to be presented include a Lifetime Achievement Award for supporting education in flexo, DFI Supporter of the Year Award, an award for the supplier demonstrating commitment to educating their staff or customers and an award for the printer/converter demonstrating excellence in educating their staff.

Three Flexo Printer of the Year Awards are to be presented also: Rookie, for a printer who has been in the industry, and actively printing for two years or less; Novice, for a printer who has been in the industry, and actively printing for 3-5 years; and Master, for a printer who has been in the industry, and actively printing for more than six years.

Each Flexo Printer of the Year prizes includes two awards – one for the company and one for the printer.            

Four sponsorship categories are available for the DFI awards ceremony and dinner, as are tables of 10 and tables of five, or individual seats.

DFI said the goal of this event is to raise enough money to sponsor 12 students through its Flexo 101 18-week training class in order to provide the industry with a ‘continued supply’ of educated press operators.

 A golf day to raise funds for the DFI student scholarship fund took place at the end of July.

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