BPIF Labels announces technical seminar dates

The British Print Industries Federation (BPIF) Labels group has announced dates for its Spring technical seminar and golf day. The event will be held on 21- 22 May 2013 around the theme ‘cost reductions and efficiencies for flexo’ at the Breadsall Priory site near Derby and will include a tabletop exhibition.

After an introduction by John Bambery, chairman, BPIF labels, the first group of sessions looks at anilox roll management and cleaning with Phil Hall, managing director at Troika Systems and Lars Holm, international sales manager Flexowash. A discussion on accurate plate mounting from Richard Warnick of JM Heaford is followed by a session on developments in press technology by Edale’s James Boughton, with a session on waste management from Jon Hutton at Prismm completing the morning’s events.

The afternoon sessions kick off with a presentation on the benefits of lean manufacturing from Chris Ellison MD OPM Group. This is followed by new developments in UV drying from Simon Mitchell, IST; Spotless repro technology from Andy Hewitson, R3; and new press design developments from Nick Hughes, Nilpeter.

Fred Hoyland of EFIA then talks about the Academy 2 training program for flexo printing followed by the launch of the BPIF Labels GMP guide for printing of labels for food and sensitive products, presented by John Bambery.

Completing the lineup is Labels & Labeling founder Mike Fairley, with a session on industry developments and trends.

For more details visit www.britishprint.com.

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