(Embracing the world of package printing) For Comco, 2000 was an extraordinary year, and the company's sales can be said to have set a record. At the end of the same year, Comco also invited more than 350 delegates to participate in the 3rd World Packaging Symposium organized by the company. The seminar was held at COMCO's headquarters. Many representatives from the Americas, Europe and Asia gathered here. The central theme of this seminar focused on the three main areas of packaging printing: cartons, flexible packaging and labels. The products involved mainly include ordinary labels, labels, self-adhesive stickers, cardboard and film materials. Although the profits of the printing industry have become thinner and thinner with the increase in short-lived editions, we cannot deny and ignore the fact that flexo printing technology is constantly changing and continues to advance. At the seminar, representatives of many companies also cited and introduced the latest developments in prepress technology, anilox rollers, inks, and die cutting in flexo printing. There are also representatives of some well-known companies such as CreoScitex and DuPont. Representatives of the company, AET Films, and Paperboard Packaging Council. Delegates were also invited to watch the packaging printed by Comco on their ProGlide MSP press. After introducing the progress of flexographic printing technology, the High Definition Flexo Consortium (HDFC) also briefed delegates on some recent activities of the association. The High-Definition Flexographic Printing Association (HDFC) was established at the 1999 International Symposium of Comco Corporation. It is a non-profit organization that aims to gradually establish and consolidate "flexographic printing" in the field of packaging and printing. A kind of consciousness, and with the continuous improvement of the quality of its print images, people gradually display their beautiful and bright development prospects. With the emergence and growth of various member types, the scope and scope of the HDFC Association has become more and more extensive, including packaging design manufacturers, advertising agencies, post-press processing manufacturers, packaging and printing manufacturers, and customers of packaging products. Finally, we also introduced the market share and growth of flexographic printing. This has always been an important issue for everyone and it is also the main thread that runs through this seminar. According to statistics from the US market, in the label products, the market share of flexo printing in 1996 was 30%, and it is expected to increase to 54% by 2002; in the soft packaging field, the market share of flexographic prints in 1996 At 75%, it is expected to be as high as 95% by 2002. In the folding carton market, offset printing has long dominated the market. In 1996, the market share of flexo printing was only 18%, presumably to 2002. The year may rise to 46%. Comco's next seminar is scheduled to be held in the United States in the
Spring of 2001. Comco’s subsidiary in Switzerland is also actively planning to hold similar events, mainly targeting European manufacturers. Therefore, European packaging manufacturers We don't have to worry about not being able to go to the United States to participate in the seminar. I believe that by then everyone will have a lot of benefits.