2019 Show Feedback

Exhibitors

Niels Siegel, Senior Key Account Manager & Sales Channel Support, Gallus Ferd. Rüesch AG: “Gallus enjoyed a very successful participation with many high value leads. The Summit gave the perfect platform to meet with existing and new customers. There was a clear trend towards digital printing and by showing the possibilities of Gallus Labelfire and Gallus Smartfire the customers were impressed by the high-end quality these Gallus presses deliver. Well done Label Summit team.”

Iván Rozo, Business Development Manager for Latin America, MacDermid Graphics Solutions (MGS): “We believe Label Summit Latin America is a great opportunity to meet with key personnel and understand their business needs, and how our solutions can move their strategy forward. MacDermid is prepared to overcome the challenges our customers are facing, and LUX ITP plates are the perfect fit for numerous applications included in the fast growing label market.”

Alex Cruz, Latin American Sales Executive, Yupo Corporation America: “As always Label Summit did not fail to impress. YUPO was fortunate to have some of the region’s  top printers, brand owners and packing decision makers visit our stand, quite impressive for a show of this size.”

Lies De Laet, Events Manager, Flint Group: "The Label Summit is an unique event where we can meet high profile and professional flexo customers from Latin America. It also allows you to explore new developments and options of other partners. The atmosphere during the show was unique, which allows us to connect with different customers with different approaches and solutions, making it a very productive show. The information that was shared during the presentations gave us a new vision that will be very useful for the future."

Kay Avila, General Manager, Natural Ink: “Our goal was to introduce our company to the Colombian market and we got surprised with the results, everything was great; great people, great site and show; great business opportunities for our company, even the food was great. We are very happy with the results and very confident that we will do very good business in Colombia.”

Nelson Figueroa, Commercial Director, Siegwerk Colombia Ltda: “Our company Siegwerk consider the event very successful, many important label converters as well as a very good assistance of machinery , peripherical equipments and counsumables. Many projects for future business.”

Juan Pablo Patina Arevalo, Nilpeter: “It was nice to confirm that added value printing, combination printing and the automation of the printing process is a major concern for the machine suppliers and the key players of our industry. Customers see three aspects in this: the way to differentiate, be competitive and increase their value/image in front of the end user.” 

Fabian Dominguez, Zamphiropolos: "The Label Summit Latin America of this 2019 in Medellin has not only been, once again, a meeting place for news and sharing experiences in the industry, but also I have enjoyed being the first Paraguayan to share experiences of our sector to the excellent group of colleagues."

Nelson Figueroa, Commercial Director, Siegwerk: “Our company Siegwerk consider the event very successful, many important label converters as well as a very good assistance of machinery , peripheral equipments and counsumables. Many projects for future business.”

Speakers

Luis Arevalo, Design and Packaging Director Latin America, Colgate-Palmolive: “Very interesting event that combines Innovation, new technology, new tendencies, production solutions and professional suppliers in the label market plus a  great networking and conferences. ”

Iban Cid, Managing Director, Germark: “Label Summit Latin America 2019 was the best Summit I have attended. The conference sessions were of the highest level, especially the brand panel and the presentations which covered packaging trends. They were very interesting and useful for label converters like us. ”   

Diddier Solano, Area Sales Director, Latin America, UPM Raflatac: “We had a great time at Label Summit Latin America. I enjoyed delivering the keynote address during the conference program, and teaching the attendees about the latest innovations and design trends in the pressure sensitive labeling industry. It was nice to meet with customers and attendees interested in learning more about UPM Raflatac’s sustainable labeling solutions.”

Juan Sebastián Estrada Hernández, Chief Executive Officer, Ideeo 4.0: “Participating as a speaker is always a comforting experience because you never stop learning, it is important that these events take place to keep us informed of everything that happens in the world of print and technology, certainly we should not stop promoting the Meeting of great exponents in the field because teamwork is important and moving forward together is always easier.”

Ader Cárdenas, Design Manager, Quala Nova: “It was very pleasing to see the guild and graphic and packaging industry coming together in advance of the needs of the world; both in terms of trends and consumer, as well as in ecological and sustainability issues. Let's hope that this industry is one of the leaders and managers of change in our world, doing it in an exemplary way.”

César A. Lizano, Printing Industry Executive, Dēpō Consulting Group: “The Label Summit in Medellín was a great opportunity to meet printers and other professionals from the Americas and Europe. We exchanged print experience, techniques, and industry tendencies, learning from each other.”