Davide Garavaglia of BOBST has been elected President of ERA during the association’s 2022 General Assembly held in Baveno, Italy

The Assembly was held in conjunction with the ERA Annual Conference and the Packaging & Decorative Conference held at the same location 21 – 23 September.  

ERA is a non-profit organization that has been promoting the development of gravure technology and supporting gravure printers in all fields of application since 1956. Davide Garavaglia, Head of Product Lines Gravure, Vacuum Metallizing, Coating and Laminating at BOBST, takes over from Manfred Janoschka, of Janoschka Holding, who held the position for two consecutive terms.  

“I am honored to have been trusted with this role and consider it a great privilege to represent the fellow members of the association and continue on the groundwork laid by Manfred Janoschka” comments Davide Garavaglia “The gravure technology supply industry has introduced significant new developments in recent years which are enabling gravure to gain momentum by making it suitable for all of today’s new market requirements. Despite the challenging times, the potential ahead is compelling, and I will endeavor to be a strong voice for the association in fostering a successful future for the sustainable growth of gravure technology world-wide.”  

Because the 3-day event took place this year in Baveno at a short distance from Bobst Italia, BOBST center of excellence for gravure, coating and laminating technologies, ERA participants had the opportunity to visit the company’s production plant and packaging center in San Giorgio Monferrato.  The visit provided an additional opportunity to discuss the latest developments of the gravure process for flexible packaging applications, in terms of both printability of new recycle-ready monomaterial substrates, and printing methods. Indeed, the demonstration on a gravure press of the RS 6003 platform, was a job printed with gravure oneECG Extended Color Gamut technology. 

“Today we demonstrated to the ERA delegation the capabilities of oneECG printing at the unprecedented speed of 600m/min on MDOPE, as further proof that today’s gravure has the credentials to be a strong player in the packaging industry’s ongoing transformation”  said Davide Garavaglia. 

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