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In mid-February this year, Polish print shop ERBI in Lodz took its new Diana X 80 folding carton gluing machine from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) into operation. Incorporating both Diana Inspection Control and Diana Braille modules, it is one of the best equipped Diana X 80 machines in Poland. ERBI uses the full-area blank checking and Braille applications for pharmaceutical packaging and inserts.

FINAT, the international association for the self-adhesive labels and related products, introduces the programme of its upcoming congress. The congress will take place in hotel Le Méridien Beach Plaza in Monte Carlo, Monaco from 5-7 June 2014 and will carry the theme: 'The Battle for Shelf Appeal – Winning Strategies for the Label Industry.'

The leader of the exhibition business in Ukraine Kyiv International Contract Fair, LLC invites you to participate in the main event of the food, processing and packaging sectors in Ukraine – April 9-11, 2014 – the International Forum of Food Industry and Packaging (IFFIP).

Roland DG North Europe A/S welcomes Bartosz Pilkowski as the company's new Country Manager for Poland. As the new Country Manager, Bartosz Pilkowski will be responsible for managing the day to day operations, driving sales, marketing and channel partnerships, and distribution of Roland DG products in Poland. Bartosz Pilkowski enters this key position with more than 14 years' experience from the printing industry and has previously been working with Roland products as Sales Manager at JetMedia.

Walki's new green field plant in Wroclaw was inaugurated on 12th of September. As the markets for both consumer and industrial packaging is growing in Eastern Europe, Poland is the ideal location for Walki to build a platform for future growth.

The FINAT Young Managers Club (YMC) announces the full programme of its second summit, "Great Ideas with Limited Resources". Open to both YMC members and non-members under the age of 40, this year's edition will be held at the Hilton hotel, Warsaw, Poland on 7-8 November 2013.

Informa Exhibitions today announces that Patrick Martell, Chief Executive of St Ives Group, has been appointed as Ipex 2014 President. In this role, Patrick will chair the Ipex 360 Committee, which will be a visitor focussed steering group that will see representatives from the whole value chain, including agencies, small to large print service providers and end users of print, meet in the coming months to discuss and advise on the successful delivery of the 2014 show (24th – 29th March 2014, London ExCeL, UK).

At this year’s Labelexpo Europe from 24 to 27 September in Brussels, Flint Group will again present innovative products and technologies. The two Flint Group divisions, Packaging & Narrow Web and Flexographic Products, will provide visitors with the opportunity to learn more about the comprehensive product portfolio for narrow web printing at stand no. 5B45.

The German producer, ASLAN, Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG, presents at the leading fair for the label industry, Labelexpo in Brussels, its comprehensive range of speciality products.

On stand 9H25 ASLAN will be exhibiting writable label materials, products for doming applications and double-sided self-adhesive labels. Most of the products are printable with standard printing methods and can be used in many different applications.

Diversifying into package printing is a key topic at Labelexpo Europe 2013 as details are announced of the show’s new Package Printing Workshop. Taking place in hall 12, the show organizers will be running a specially created workshop in partnership with Xeikon and Nuova GIDUE.