Phoenix Challenge names top sponsors

The Phoenix Challenge Foundation has announced its top-tier sponsors for the 2026 competition season, with Anderson & Vreeland leading as Diamond Plus sponsor, as the foundation approaches its 30th year of advancing flexographic printing education and workforce development.

Harper Corporation and the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation have been recognized at the Diamond level, while Graymills, the Flexographic Technical Association and the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute hold Platinum sponsorships for 2026.

The foundation, which is entirely volunteer-run and funded through industry support, uses sponsorship to provide students with hands-on technical experience, business networking and competition opportunities designed to feed talent directly into the flexographic printing industry.

'I cannot express the level of gratitude I have for these companies and organizations,' said Bettylyn Krafft, chairman of the Phoenix Challenge Foundation. 'Their annual commitments have made it possible to expose thousands of students to our industry where several hundred are thriving in careers across the converter, supplier and educational spectrum.'