Finat turns 60

Industry association Finat has turned 60.

A Finat seminar in the 1980s

Founded in Paris in 1958 with headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands, Finat is a worldwide association for manufacturers of self-adhesive labels, and related products and services.

Finat marked its 60th birthday on November 7 following a year of events and activities to support the label and sleeve markets.

Finat’s official birthday was marked with the call for entries to its new #LABELicious competition.

Read more from Finat manaing director Jules Lejeune on the association's 60th birthday here.

Read more from this year’s Finat ELF in Labels & Labeling issue 4, 2018, and here

Labels & Labeling turns 40 at the start of next year, with a special anniversary edition being prepared for issue 6, 2018