Finat appoints new board members

Newly-appointed treasurer for the association is Georg Müller-Hof, senior director marketing for Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials Europe. He replaces ex-colleague Andrew Crawford, until recently vice president marketing materials for Avery Dennison Materials Group Europe.

Müller-Hof praised Crawford as ‘a tower of strength, an innovator, and a keen environmentalist. We wish him well as he leaves the label industry to explore fresh fields. I look forward to pursuing a similar pathway in my capacity as Finat treasurer.’

Also stepping down from the Finat board was Frank Neumann, formerly of Gundlach Logo Etiketten and currently with Achertäler Druckerei, a printing and publishing house in the Rhein valley with over 100 years of experience.

Neumann’s successor is Bizerba Labels & Consumables CEO Marc Büttgenbach, who is also a member of the board of the German label association VskE and president of the German Paper and Paper Converting association. A long-time active member of Finat, he is committed to continuing Frank Neumann’s good work, and also to bring to his new role on the Finat board a focus on today’s central industry topics such as the Labelexpo events, globally-harmonized industry test methods, parametric pricing, and UV-LED curing.