PFFC - December 2008 - (Page 23) What’s happening at your company? Send your news to yolanda.simonsis@penton.com. REPORTER Narrow Web & Label TLMI Sees Growth in Green become certified participants. According to TLMI chairman John Hickey (Smyth Co. Inc.), “This will be one of the defining By Claudia Hine, Managing Editor During the annual business meeting, programs we’ve ever done.” TLMI introduced its Initiative for the Printing awards were presented at PALM BEACH, FL | Members of the Tag & Environment: Project L.I.F.E. Tailored the banquet (see PFFC November p28) Label Mfrs. Inst., Naperville, IL, gathered to label converters with an emphasis on where a number of other honorees were at The Breakers Resort October 19–22 to matrix and liner waste and label design named. They include Converter of the celebrate the association’s 75th anniversary. issues, the project was Year, Frank Gerace, MultiMore than 170 companies were Color Corp., and Supplier represented at the 2008 anof the Year, Cheryl Caudill, nual meeting themed Celebrating Multi-Plastics Inc. The our Legacy and Meeting the Environmental Award winChallenges of our Future. ner for Technical Innovation Meeting chair Dan O’Connell is Avery Dennison, Fasson (UPM Raflatac) provided topics Roll North America, and and presenters both newsworfor Process Improvement, thy and noteworthy. Michael Lauterbach Group. Clive Treacy, Treacy & Co. Inc., disSmith, Tarsus Group, was cussed corporate strategies for recognized for his contribugrowth in poor economic times. tions to the industry through Sustainability was well covered by Dan O’Connell (l) with Robert Kennedy Labelexpo. He was named Robert F. Kennedy Jr., named one Jr., who gave the keynote address. honorary member. of the “Heroes for our Planet” by It was not all business howTime magazine; Chuck Leavell, a forestry established by 12 industry Multi-Color’s Frank Gerace ever, as TLMI offered members conservationist who just happens to play leaders whose mission was is Converter of the Year. an opportunity to sail, kayak, keyboards for the Rolling Stones; and Joel to develop a program of play tennis, and golf. PFFC’s Makower, called “the guru of green business best practices for environmental responMike Derda was on a team that placed secpractices” by the Associated Press. sibility throughout the industry. John ond in the golf tournament along with Phil In his talk “Growth in Tough Times,” McDermott, Label World, explained how Henderson, Label Technology, and Tim Treacy stressed customer value as the founmembers can implement the system and and Mary McDonough of Flexo-Graphics. dation of growth. He recommends choosing an area that’s going to be your signature in the market and selling results and expertise. In the keynote address, “A Contract with Greeting New Digital Presses our Future,” Kennedy, senior attorney for EAGAN, MN | White House Custom Colour has installed four HP Indigo 7000 the Natural Resources Defense Council, digital presses to augment productivity and meet increased customer demand for spoke passionately about nature’s ability to the high quality greeting cards and photo specialty applications the company produces. enrich our lives, adding, “Good environThe presses will expand the company’s current digital portfolio, which includes two mental policy is identical to good economic HP Indigo 5000s and three HP Indigo 5500s. White House’s digital presses accounted policy.” He discussed rebuilding the national for 25% of its revenue in 2007, and that is expected to increase to nearly 35% this year. energy grid to take advantage of solar and “We have been thrilled with the performance of our current HP Indigo digital presses wind power, saying decarbonizing can lead and are excited to expand our portfolio with the HP Indigo 7000 Digital Presses,” said to prosperity. Mike Hanline, co-CEO, White House. “In serving the professional market, we have to Makower, who is executive editor of produce the best quality product available, which naturally led us back to HP Indigo.” GreenBiz.com, said “green” as a business uHewlett Packard | www.hp.com strategy creates value. In his session, “From PFFC-ASAP 303 Here to Sustainability,” he said there’s money to be made; the supply chain is gaining steam; and political will is emerging. More companies are telling their stories, so be innovative; there’s a long way to go. Leavell manages 2,500 acres of southern pine in Georgia and helped write forestry management practices. He said stewardship and partnership are keys to providing certified wood to industry, a heritage that must be passed forward. His session, “Forever Green,” turned into a jam session as he entertained attendees on the piano. AT O W RK WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM DECEMBER 2008 | 23 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/penton/pffc1108/index.php?startid=28 http://www.GreenBiz.com http://www.hp.com http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM
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