Finat details next European Label Forum

Familiarly known as ‘ELF’ the forum will bring together a broad spectrum of industry participants, from raw material suppliers to end users, to debate current major strategic business topics and gain in-depth wide-spectrum market knowledge from the formal speaker agenda.

‘There are very few occasions in any industry when leading players across all relevant disciplines can usefully get together,’ said Jules Lejeune, managing director of the international labeling association Finat. ‘Our Finat European Label Forum is certainly one such opportunity – and it represents a present-and-future business briefing that encompasses both the global environment and industry-specific topics across the many aspects of this diverse packaging business sector.’

An extensive keynote session will feature the definition and impact of ‘the fourth industrial revolution’ on the label industry, a special agenda item will see all the session’s individual speakers come together on the podium: Andy Hobsbawm, co-founder of Internet of Things ‘Smart Platform’ EVRYTHNG (UK/US); Stephen Lechel, partner in Porsche Consulting (DE); and Jan Denys (BE), Labour Market Expert at employment group Randstad. Finat ELF Committee Members Niklas Olsson (SE) and Marc Büttgenbach (DE) will interview them, and drill down into their combined expertise to determine their focused vision of the future for the label industry.

The Finat business debate will feature three international label industry leaders – Geoff Martin, President of CCL Label (CN); Adrian Tippenhauer (DE) from All4Labels, the recently-merged international label converter group; and Dan Muenzer (US), Vice President, Marketing, for Constantia Flexibles Labels Division. They will debate with the audience on label industry scenarios for, specifically, 2020-2025 – led by moderators Paul de Ruijter (NL) of De Ruijter Strategy and Chris Ellison (UK), incoming Finat president and owner/CEO of OPM Labels & Packaging. The focal point for the debate also will form the core of a full afternoon’s workshop, hosted by De Ruijter Strategy, on the prior day.

Major innovations, challenges, and opportunities for the label industry will be addressed in the event’s full schedule of presentations, and Finat ELF participants can also benefit from extensive networking around a supplier tabletop exhibition, a lively social program and the annual presentation of the prestigious Finat Label Competition and Recycling Awards. For more details, full program can be found here.