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DFTA Technical Conference

Focusing on the latest technical innovations, market trends, and automated workflows in flexographic and packaging printing, this event is organized by the German Flexographic Printing Association (DFTA).

November 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM – November 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM — Maritim Hotel in Bad Homburg, Germany

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Leading up to the esteemed DFTA Award Ceremony, the DFTA Technical Conference presents technical presentations and panels from industry experts, and showcases software automation, preflight tech, and plate-making innovations from global print technology brands, such as ECO3.

Agenda

  1. November 4 at 6:00 p.m.

    Get-together event with dinner

    Schreinerei Pfeiffer, Audenstrasse 6, 61348 Bad Homburg

    *Registration Required

  2. November 5 at 6:30 p.m.

    Evening event with award ceremony of the DFTA AWARD 2026

    Maritim Hotel Bad Homburg

    *Registration Required

  3. November 5 at 8:00 a.m.

    Admission, registration, networking and visit to the exhibition

  4. November 5 at 9:00 a.m.

    Opening/Welcome
    Rainer Wilke Kasanický, President, Nicola Kopp-Rostek, Managing Director

  5. November 5 at 9:30 a.m.

    Session 01: Regulation:
    What is now in store for the packaging industry

    - PPWR: Current status, changes and interpretations
    of the Uniform EPR Register and Declarations of
    Conformity Anna Kupferschmitt, AVU - Allianz Verpackung und Umwelt e.V.

    - PPWR in Practice - Effects on Packaging Design, Adhesives and Recyclability from the Perspective of an Adhesive Manufacturer and Consumer Brand
    Martin Hilgenstock, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Packaging Coatings & Adhesives (APP)

    - PPWR: Plastics Recycling and Paper - Effects of the New Requirements on the Recycling Industry
    Dr. Dirk Textor, bvse-Fachverband Kunststoffrecycling e.V.

  6. November 5 at 10:45 a.m.

    Exchange, discussions, visit to the exhibition

  7. November 5 at 11:15 a.m.

    Session 02: Technology & Practice
    Technical and organizational implementation along the process chain - with best practices, case studies and moderated discussion

    - Practical Perspective Print Shop: Successfully Implementing
    Transformation Technical and Challenges, Cooperation along the Process Chain, Lessons Learned Ansgar Schonlau
    , Maag GmbH

    - Technology perspective
    Technology as an enabler, process stability, automation, successfully implementing new requirements
    Dr. Martin Vollmer, XSYS Germany GmbH

    - Prepress perspective
    : workflow, data handling, plate production, structural and organizational challenges in medium-sized companies
    Nina Lamprecht, LKA Lamprecht GmbH
    Sven Neuefeind, Neuefeind GmbH

    - Panel discussion: What does successful implementation need?
    Challenges, technical solutions, implementation, conclusion

  8. November 5 at 1:00 p.m.

    Lunch, professional exchange, visit to the exhibition

  9. November 5 at 2:30 p.m.

    Session 03: People & Transformation
    Attracting top talent, developing employees and shaping the transformation of the packaging industry together

    Keynote
    - If you want to shape transformation, you have to rethink
    leadership Cordula Schulz, Schulz Flexgroup GmbH

    Impulse
    - No future without training: Making prospects attractive for young people!
    Yannick Meßmann, IGBCE Cologne-Bonn

    Panel
    Moderation: Thomas Schmitt, ConsultanTS GmbH
    - Prof. Dr. Volker Jansen, Stuttgart Media University
    - Yannick Meßmann
    - Cordula Schulz

  10. November 5 at 3:45 p.m.

    Summary/End of the Key 

    Takeaways Session, Outlook and Farewell

  11. November 5 at 4:00 p.m.

    Networking and ending with coffee