Press statement for immediate release Franconian Lacquer Specialties for safe food packaging Pickings of 7th Franconian Lacquer Specialties Gerhardshofen, 17.11.2011 Under this year s theme safe printing safe packaging, WEILBURGER Graphics invited selected guests to the Franconian Lacquer Specialties in Gerhardshofen for the seventh time. Once again the event was fully booked and more than seventy attendees followed the comprehensive programme of Managing Director Günter Korbacher with his team and invited guest speakers. After the opening speech of Mr. Günter Korbacher, sales director of the company Arno Dürr accompanied through the programme. The speakers were: Lars Scheidweiler, Sappi Alfeld GmbH The price of (un)certainty Santiago Gomez Romero, Jänecke+Schneemann Druckfarben GmbH Insight into the analytics of migrating printing ink components Dr. Ernst Simon, Nestlé Deutschland AG Requirements of branded companies on the folding box industry Julia Krogmann, B12 Agentur für bewegte Ernährung GbR Success factor human being the importance of nutrition in everyday work Anja Kramer, Chesapeake Stuttgart GmbH GMP and compliance work in the folding carton industry" Page 1
Dr. Alexander Faber, WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH Lacquers with system A company tour which was offered during the lunch break as well as a common crosscountry run of 5 km for the sportive attendees of the event rounded off the day around healthy packaging. This year s present was a food safe packaging which was produced at rlc packaging group and sponsored by Sappi (Algro Design, 350 g/m 2 ) and Marbach (stamping tools) with a high refining grade (two UV FP lacquers of WEILBURGER Graphics with a laser gloss hologram effect embossed in the second lacquer component). The packaging was filled with a ham specialty of the Franconian acorn-fed pig as well as with the new product manual of WEILBURGER Graphics regarding food conformity. Like every year the evening was rounded off by a common dinner in the restaurant Kohlenmühle in Neustadt a. d. Aisch. For further information go to www.weilburger-graphics.de Contact: WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH Am Rosenbühl 5 91466 Gerhardshofen Germany Tel.: +49 9163 9992-0 Fax: +49 9163 654 info@weilburger-graphics.de END Page 2
Caption: More than 70 guests accepted the invitation to the 7. Franconian Lacquer Specialities Caption: Günter Korbacher, managing director of WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH Page 3
Caption: Lars Scheidweiler, Sappi Alfeld GmbH Caption: Santiago Gomez Romero, Jänecke+Schneemann Druckfarben GmbH Page 4
Caption: Dr. Ernst Simon, Nestlé Deutschland AG Caption: Julia Krogmann, B12 Agentur für bewegte Ernährung GbR Page 5
Caption: Anja Kramer, Chesapeake Stuttgart GmbH Caption: Dr. Alexander Faber, WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH Page 6
Caption: Highly refined food safe packaging as a gift to the 7th Franconian Lacquer Specialties Caption: Common cross-country run for sport-interested participants. Page 7
Caption: Common dinner in Neustadt an der Aisch Caption: Logo WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH Caption: PrintCity Alliance Member Page 8
About WEILBURGER Graphics WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH is one of the leaders in the field of print finishing for packaging, labels and job printing. The company mainly produces for sheet-fed offset, heat-set web offset and off-line coating, and for the screen-printing, flexo, gravure, narrow web and digital print sectors. Its tailormade products are available for the market segments involving packaging, labels and job printing. It also offers seminars and consultancy services. WEILBURGER Graphics is one of twelve companies of the GREBE Group, a medium-sized manufacturer of industrial coatings. www.weilburger-graphics.de Page 9