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LABELS&LABELING |27<br />
Greek Label<br />
Association formed<br />
LEADING converters make announcement at FINAT’s 2012 Athens Congress<br />
The recent Finat conference in Athens, Greece, saw the official<br />
launch of the Greek Label Association. The announcement<br />
was made by Dimitris Skordakis, president of Greece’s longest<br />
established label converter, E. Skordakis & Co. (Hermes).<br />
The move followed an invitation from Turkish Label<br />
Association president Aydin Okay for Greek label converters<br />
to attend the Turkish Association annual congress in January.<br />
Okay also worked hard to involve Greek design students in<br />
the Finat logo competition and designed a Finat membership<br />
badge for Greek association members.<br />
‘We did try to form an association three years ago, but without<br />
success,’ said Avgerinos Chatzichryssos, general manager at<br />
leading Greek converter Forlabels. ‘But following the visit to see<br />
how the Turkish association worked, we invited 20 companies<br />
to agree the formation of a Greek Label Association.’<br />
Association members will visit converters in Northern Greece<br />
to invite them to join. ‘We must think positively and not as in the<br />
past, simply as competitors,’ said Dimitris Skordakis. ‘We want<br />
to open up to the world.’ There are estimated to be around 45<br />
dedicated PS label converters in Greece.<br />
The formation of the Greek Label Association was welcomed<br />
by Finat president Kurt Walker, who praised the warm welcome<br />
Finat delegates received from their Greek hosts at the Finat<br />
Athens Congress.<br />
As well as being represented by Finat on the global L9<br />
group, The Greek Label Association will also be invited to<br />
attend the half yearly meetings of Finat's National Associations'<br />
Board, bringing together the national label associations in<br />
Europe. One was held on May 29 which was attended by<br />
organizations from Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain and<br />
Sweden. Turkey normally attends these meetings but was held<br />
back by a strike at Istanbul airport.<br />
DIMITRIS SKORDAKIS, president of Greece’s<br />
longest established family-run converter,<br />
announces the formation of the Greek Label<br />
Association at Finat 2012 congress.<br />
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