L&L: Tell us about your career to date. Philippe Voet: I qualified as an industrial pharmacist and spent 12 years working as a production manager and then a supply chain manager in the pharmaceutical industry before joining Etivoet – my family’s business – in 2011. So I worked for a potential customer of Etivoet – I know how products are developed, what is important for
To start with color management – the most basic function of ensuring that the label design signed off by the brand manager is delivered with exactly those colors whatever the material and whatever the type of press the job is finally printed on. The best way of achieving this is to place color standards on a common Cloud platform which can then be accessed by every partner
The effect of the strikes has been exacerbated by the outbreak of conflict in Ukraine, cutting off alternative sources of wood pulp for paper processing. This comes at a time of tightening paper supply globally, with China for example having less export capacity due to strong growth as the country recovers from the worst effects of the Covid pandemic. The looming shortage of
L&L: How has the company evolved since its foundation? Cristian Reyes: Mayapack was founded in 2006 by my family and me. We had no experience in label printing but saw that there were opportunities in the market in terms of service and quality. We installed a Mark Andy 830 flexo press. To begin with, we took on work for companies that other converters didn’t want – because the
After a year (and more) of lockdowns and travel restrictions, of supply chain disruption, raw material shortages and price increases, it is little surprise that many of the contributors to the article are concerned about how far into the new year these issues will continue. Ongoing supply chain disruption is possibly the most frequently cited concern, though some dissenting