Global Packaging Alliance Holds Annual Meeting

March 2009

multipage

Rochester, N.Y.—The Global Packaging Alliance (GPA) held its annual meeting in the United States and Mexico during the week of January 19, 2009. With members convening from all over the world, the yearly event was a much-anticipated chance to discuss strategies and goals for the upcoming year.

GPA members spent the first half of the week at Diamond Packaging’s facility in Rochester, NY. Members shared the latest developments in their packaging operations, including new equipment, technical advancements, materials, and productivity improvements. The meeting also provided an ideal forum for members to discuss trends in their respective markets, with special consideration given to the current state of the global economy.

“Packaging is an essential part of life, and remains relevant despite the vagaries of economic cycles,” said Alex Commins, managing director of Colorpak Limited and secretary of the GPA. “The GPA continues to focus on ways and means of building greater operational efficiencies into our business through techniques such as lean manufacturing. Now more than ever, our customers rely on us to be at maximum efficiency. Furthermore, our ability to share our local experiences and benchmark on a global basis is an advantage shared by few peers of our size. The end result being that our customers benefit from dealing with organizations that are focused, flexible, and world class in their outputs.”

The second half of the week was spent visiting GPA locations in Mexico, including Cartmont’s facility in Tlalnepantla, and Gonçalves’ new facility in Mexico City.

The Global Packaging Alliance is an international organization of independent packaging experts proficient at managing all aspects of the supply chain. Members include:
   • Diamond Packaging - Rochester, NY    USA
   • rlc | packaging group - Hannover, Germany
   • Colorpak Limited - Melbourne, Australia
   • Gonçalves SA Indústria Gráfica - Sao Paolo, Brazil
   • Polygrafoformlenie - Flexo - St. Petersburg, Russia
   • Yau Bon Offset Printing - Shenzhen, China
   • Cartmont Packaging - Tlalnepantla, Mexico
   • Kumar Printers - Gurgaon, India
   • Masterpack - Johannesburg, South Africa

For more information about the Global Packaging Alliance, contact Dennis Bacchetta at 585-334-8030 x229, or visit www.global-packaging-alliance.com.

• MORE ON
• BUSINESS MANAGEMENT