OPM Group are Proud to Announce
Chris Ellison Named FINAT President
OPM Group is proud to announce that Chris
Ellison, Managing Director, has recently been
elected to serve as the twentieth President of
FINAT for the next two years. FINAT is the
European association for the self-adhesive label
and narrow-web converting industry.
Chris was elected by fellow association members,
will serve as President and will provide guidance
and strategic direction for the association. He has
begun his two year-long term as the President
when he was inducted in June 2017 at the
European Label Forum, in Berlin.
The recognition of Chris as FINAT President
coincides with the strategic growth that the OPM
(labels & packaging) Group has experienced in
the past three years since the company relocated
to Leeds following continued investment in
people, innovative printing technology, lean processes and automation.
As Managing Director, Chris is responsible for the
management, strategic initiatives and overall operations
of the company. Under his leadership OPM continues to
be recognised as one of the UK print industry’s top
independent self-adhesive labels & flexible packaging
firms.
FINAT (an abbreviation of the French title: Féderation
Internationale des fabricants et transformateurs
d'Adhésifs et Thermocollants sur papiers et autres
supports) is all about labels and people. (https://
www.finat.com/) In 2008 FINAT celebrated its 50th
anniversary, its Golden jubilee. On the initiative of the French label association, at the time the
only national label association in Europe, a group of 20 companies got together in Paris to lay the
foundations for an international association dedicated to the label sector. FINAT was officially
founded in November 1958.
What started as a small convention of pioneers in a young, emerging industry in Europe has
developed into an organisation of over 500 companies spanning all disciplines in self-adhesive
labelling in more than 50 countries worldwide.
In 2017, FINAT provides a networking platform for
converters, suppliers and indirect suppliers, offers
education and technical publications, represents
the industry's views at EU level and establishes and
maintains industry-related best practices, standards
and test methods. In short it provides a central
source for industry information for its members
today and will continue to do so for younger
generations at the start of their journey in the print
industry.
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