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Digital Print for Packaging US

June 13-15, 2023
St. Paul, Minnesota

@DigitalPrintPac Digital Print for Packaging Forum
Agenda Announced >>>

2023 AGENDA ANNOUNCED!

Program featuring Georgia Pacific, ePac, Avery Dennison, EFI, Fujifilm, Siegwerk, Xeikon, DuPont, Michelman, & More >>>

Commercializing Digital Print for the Packaging Industry


Ensure you stay at the forefront of digital print innovations! A new paradigm is taking hold as brand owners across the globe invest significant resource and money into their digital print strategies. Digital Print for Packaging US features top experts in the digital print and packaging industry, sharing how brand owners, converters, printing equipment suppliers, and packaging designers can capitalize on what is really happening in the digital print for packaging sector. Join brand owners, converters, and technical providers at this industry-leading conference. Learn More About This Event

The 2023 program will feature: 
  • Experts speakers from Georgia Pacific, ePac, Avery Dennison, EFI, Fujifilm, Siegwerk, Xeikon, DuPont, Michelman, and more
  • 6+ hours of networking, including an evening reception, networking lunches, networking breaks, and more
  • 2 tracks on the afternoon of day one - choose which presentations and sessions apply most to your needs
  • Sessions discussing the state of the industry, Improving the supply chain & workflow with digital print, the life of the converter, inks, materials, direct to shape, labels, personalization, smart packaging, the consumer, digital vs. analog, sustainability, and more 

Do you fully understand what digital print can do for you?

Smithers' Digital Print for Packaging event provides all the solutions, with case studies and insight from the world's leading experts!

  • Hear about limitations, challenges and successes of brands at differing stages along the digital printing journey
  • Learn about the needs of various applications within digital and the solutions available to address those needs
  • See how digital print can improve your products’ speed to market, internal workflow processes and the company’s ability to test new ideas
  • Discuss how to overcome colleagues’ concerns, utilize digital print for maximum ROI and engage with your customers more promptly and efficiently
  • Get creative and think outside of the box

2023 Agenda

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Workshop: Tues. June 13, 2023 Conference Day 1 Morning: Wed. June 14, 2023 Conference Day 1 Evening Tracks: Wed. June 14, 2023 Conference Day 2: Thurs. June 15, 2023
1:00pm
Workshop: The Changing Landscape for Digital Printing in Packaging - Improvements for Brands, Converters and Consumers
8:00am
Registration & Welcome
8:30am
Session I: State of the Digital Print Industry
10:30am
Session II: Improving the Supply Chain & Workflow with Digital Print
12:00pm
Session III: The Life of the Converter
2:00pm
Session IV: The Truth is Out There: Inks, Materials, & More
4:00pm
Session V: A Closer Look at Direct to Shape
5:00pm
Welcome Reception
2:00pm
Session IV: Diving into the World of Labels
4:00pm
Session V: Let’s Get Personalized
5:00pm
Welcome Reception
8:00am
Registration & Welcome
9:00am
Session VI: Connecting to the Consumer: Smart Packaging & Beyond
11:15am
Session VII: Let’s Talk About It: Digital vs. Non-Digital
1:15pm
Session VIII: The Continued Importance of Sustainability within the Sector
2:15pm
Session IX: Dusting off the Crystal Ball – A Future Roadmap
3:45pm
Closing Remarks by Sean Smyth, Consultant, Smithers

2023 Speakers

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Greg Tucker - Bay Cities

Greg Tucker

Chairman/CEO at Bay Cities
Bay Cities
Paul Lender - Avery Dennison

Paul Lender

Business Development Manager - Digital Materials at Avery Dennison
Avery Dennison
Patrick Park - UPM Raflatac

Patrick Park

Business Development Manager, Americas at UPM Raflatac
UPM Raflatac
Ryan Kiley - ePac

Ryan Kiley

Director of Market Development at ePac
ePac
Hector Garcia - MBN Creative

Hector Garcia

Founder and Brand Guardian at MBN Creative
MBN Creative
Neil Cook - FUJIFILM Ink Solutions Group

Neil Cook

Segment Marketing Manager – Packaging and Commercial Print at FUJIFILM Ink Solutions Group
FUJIFILM Ink Solutions Group

Greg Tucker

Greg Tucker
Bay Cities
Chairman/CEO at Bay Cities

Graduate of the University of Southern California. Started as a sample maker at Bay Cities while attending college. Became a Salesperson and rose to the President’s position in 1995. Became CEO shortly thereafter and named Chairman in 2002. Served as Chairman of the Association of Independent Corrugated Convertors in 2014/2015. Serves as Board of Director member of the AICC, International Corrugated Packaging Foundation, and Fiber Box Association. Advisory Board member of California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo CA. Member of Vistage International.

Paul Lender

Paul Lender
Avery Dennison
Business Development Manager - Digital Materials at Avery Dennison

In 1935, Stan Avery invented the world’s first self-adhesive label - creating a new technology and a new industry. Today, Avery Dennison is a $6.6 billion global supplier of labeling and packaging materials.

Paul has enjoyed 22 years with Avery Dennison where he has held increasingly responsible roles in research and development, custom product solutions, and most recently, business development. He has a background in digital print technologies that include HP Indigo, dry toner technologies and his current focus of water based inkjet platforms. He works closely with digital printer OEMs and label converters to uncover product gaps, and with the Avery Dennison digital team to fill them. Paul likes to spend his free time relaxing with photography, kayaking and fishing.

Patrick Park

Patrick Park
UPM Raflatac
Business Development Manager, Americas at UPM Raflatac

Started in the BOPP films industry, working into several different areas: shrink sleeve labels, working into flexible packaging converting, and rounding out my knowledge and experience with various stops at various suppliers.

Passionate about sharing my knowledge and learning with others who are looking to achieve their packaging goals and a sustainable future. UPM is the perfect company for that goal.

Ryan Kiley

Ryan Kiley
ePac
Director of Market Development at ePac

Ryan joined ePac in November 2020 and has spent 25 years on the software and services side of the digital printing industry bringing innovative solutions to market and to the customers and communities we serve. At ePac, Ryan is responsible for the Connected Packaging portfolio, International Marketing, targeted growth segments, and other solutions that make ePac the leading technology company in the digital, flexible packaging market.

Ryan is a software engineer by education and began his career at IBM’s Networking Hardware Division in RTP, NC. He then spent 11 years at Rochester Software Associates, Inc. before driving the global portfolio of solutions and services in Ricoh’s Commercial and Industrial printing business group from 2006-2020.

Ryan lives in Rochester, NY with his wife Kacey and 2 children, Sean and Shannon.

Hector Garcia

Hector Garcia
MBN Creative
Founder and Brand Guardian at MBN Creative

20+ years of CPG, Creative Agency and Client-Side Experience

Neil Cook

Neil Cook
FUJIFILM Ink Solutions Group
Segment Marketing Manager – Packaging and Commercial Print at FUJIFILM Ink Solutions Group

Neil Cook is the Segment Marketing Manager for Packaging in Fujifilm's Ink Solutions Group. With 15 years’ experience in the print and packaging industries, he is dedicated to partnering with customers to maximise their success with inkjet. He works with OEMs, converters, brands and ink formulators globally to understand the challenges they face in the digitisation of print processes, enabling Fujifilm to deliver the right ink and dispersion products to achieve the best performance in inkjet, and deliver value throughout the supply chain.

2023 Sponsors

Avery Dennison
EFI
Fujifilm Ink Solutions
GIS | Global Inkjet Systems

Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison
https://www.averydennison.com/en/home.html

Avery Dennison is a materials science company that manufactures a wide variety of labeling and functional packaging materials. Innovation and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do. We offer the largest selection of sustainable labeling materials to help our customers and brands meet their sustainability goals. Avery Dennison is also the largest manufacturer of RFID tags in the world. We combine our decades of leadership and experience in the labeling industry with our passion for digital technology to deliver the most innovative labeling solutions across the globe. 
 
We operate in over 50 countries with over 200 locations and employ more than 36,000 people worldwide. Our sales in 2022 were $9.0B.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/avery-dennison-label-and-packaging-materials/

EFI

EFI
https://www.efi.com/

EFI™ is a global technology company, based in Silicon Valley, and is leading the worldwide transformation from analogue to digital imaging. We are passionate about fuelling customer success with products that increase competitiveness and boost productivity. To do that, we develop breakthrough technologies for the manufacturing of signage, packaging, textiles, ceramic tiles, and personalised documents, with a wide range of printers, inks, digital front ends, and a comprehensive business and production workflow suite that transforms and streamlines the entire production process. (www.efi.com) 

We provide corrugated packaging industry an ecosystem of solutions that include the most advanced single-pass inkjet printer for corrugated as well as EFI Corrugated Packaging Suite, the industry’s only end-to-end corrugated workflow solution that integrates manufacturing, business and production processes.

Fujifilm Ink Solutions

Fujifilm Ink Solutions
https://www.fujifilmprecisionink.com/
We are the FUJIFILM Ink Solutions Group, providing ink technology and services that enable OEMs, integrators and formulators to create world-class inkjet products. We research, develop and manufacture the inkjet ink technologies that enable print industries to progress in their digitisation.
 

We are the FUJIFILM Ink Solutions Group, an experienced inkjet technology partner to equipment manufacturers, integrators and ink formulators. We support our customers with full-service inkjet ink development and manufacturing, contract ink manufacturing services and supply of high quality pigment dispersion technology.

For over 50 years we have driven technology changes in screen, narrow web, textile and inkjet, building expertise across multiple market segments with a deep understanding of application and market requirements.

Our global team of six hundred experts in ink is supported by a network of dedicated technology development facilities and specialised manufacturing centres. Our infrastructure enables us to support projects of all sizes, including the largest OEMs and integrators with next generation machine developments for advanced applications, and we have the manufacturing capacity to meet the highest volume demands.

GIS | Global Inkjet Systems

GIS | Global Inkjet Systems
https://www.globalinkjetsystems.com/
GIS is your trusted partner for digital print packaging and labelling applications. We are experts in image quality and offer a range of Atlas IQ® software tools, which can be integrated into almost any inkjet press. Our commitment to research and development, along with our collaborative partnership approach, offers OEMs and system builders the control and performance required to print faster, smarter, better. In addition, the company has strategic partnerships with Adobe, Global Graphics, and Esko.
 
We support a wide range of industrial inkjet printheads and our customers integrate our products into their industrial inkjet printers, using our technology for rapid product development and time to market.
 
Our key product ranges include the following:
  • GIS Drive Electronics offer flexible print datapath solutions, with a wide range of printheads supported suitable for packaging and labelling applications. We specialise in managing high data rates with large numbers of printheads in high-speed single pass printing systems.
  • GIS Ink Delivery Systems provide tailored, modular delivery systems for inks; all flow modes are supported. Available as a standalone product.
  • GIS Atlas® Software Suite enables a quicker route to market for industrial print products and includes a comprehensive set of Atlas IQ image quality software tools and Esko / GIS integrated workflow options. IQ Tools are available as a standalone product under licence.

"Smithers hosted two terrific digital printing conferences in Chicago earlier this month—Digital Print for Packaging and Digital Textile Printing. Both had great content and were very interactive. In this article, we’ve just scratched the surface of what was covered. We highly recommend putting these conferences on your calendar for next year!"

Smithers Tackles Digital with Two Conferences, by Cary Sherburne for WhatTheyThink.
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