Next EFIA Breakfast Panel to Discuss Need for Education to Meet the Sustainability Challenge
Following the success of the inaugural event in September 2018, the European Flexographic Industry Association (EFIA) will be hosting a second sustainability breakfast meeting on June 14, 2019, addressing the need for education both in the industry and for consumers, to meet the challenges of the 'Blue Planet Effect'.
Panel insight and discussion at the previous event concluded that the flexographic printing community must collaborate, innovate, legislate and educate to ensure the industry continues to keep up with social and market trends in relation to sustainability.
The second breakfast panel will focus on the education element of these findings. Topics to be covered include the education of customers and the unique challenges presented, as well as how the industry is educating and upskilling its own workforce to meet the needs of the future market environment. The event will be taking place at the Gary Speed Suite of Elland Road, Leeds.
The breakfast panel is once again expected to attract representation from across the industry. Confirmed panel members include Dave Daniels (National Flexibles), Mark Hawkins (Smurfit Kappa), Rachel O’Connell (Key Recruitment), William Walter (Bridgehead Communications), Sarah Greenwood (North of England Packaging Society), and Chair Ben Mitchell (The Retail Institute). Last September’s event attracted over 70 delegates across the flexographic printing community, as well as representatives from trade media. June’s event is expected to surpass this, therefore prompt booking is recommended.
EFIA members receive free admission and non-EFIA members can attend for a nominal fee of £20. Parking is free and breakfast and refreshments will be available from 8am.
Debbie Waldron-Hoines, EFIA Consultant CEO, commented: “We’re delighted to be welcoming delegates to our second breakfast panel in June. Education is such a critical topic within the industry particularly considering the challenges presented by the current sustainability focus. By bringing many flexographic industry voices together through events such as our breakfast panels, we take real steps towards progressing together and creating a deeper shared understanding of the changing market environment we operate in. At EFIA, we’re proud to support our members with events that challenge, inform and educate.”
To attend the event on Friday, June 14, 2019, 8-11am or for more information on the benefits of EFIA membership, please contact Debbie Waldron Hoines or email EFIA on admin@efia.uk.com.
More information can be found at www.efia.uk.com
The European Flexographic Industry Association (EFIA) is a leading association acting as a unified voice for the flexographic printing industry in the UK. It was founded in 1972 and now has over 500 members and an elected board drawn from all aspects of the membership made up of printers, designers, repro houses, plate-makers, machinery suppliers, ink manufacturers, material suppliers and technology companies.
To find out more please visit www.efia.uk.com
Source: EFIA
