Minneapolis - In October of 2015, Flexographic Tech opened as a Minnesota not-for-profit Corporation with the mission to teach flexographic press operations through hands-on training. Since opening, seven graduates from our 12-week training program have been certified and are now fulltime press operators, running equipment ranging from a Webtron 750’s to Mark Andy P-Series.

Congratulations to:

Tong Thao

Jaraye Armstrong

Mike Moritz

Chue Vang

Chao Vue

Bryan Oestreich

Mike Yankaway 

Flexographic Tech started its third 12-week press operator training program on June 6th, to train another four operators to have careers as pressmen in the Flexographic industry. Outside of these seven graduates, Flexographic Tech has educated an additional 20+ people on the basics of Flexography during two 3-day Flexo 101 classes.

With help from our industry partners, Flexo Tech is able to offer a top-of-the-line education to our students. We would like to extend our thanks to these sponsors:

Green Bay Packaging—Platinum

AWT Labels and Packaging—Platinum

Computype—Platinum

Mark Andy—Platinum

Eaglewood Technologies—Platinum

Flint Group—Silver

UPM Raflatac—Bronze

Harper Corporation of America—Bronze

Avery Dennison—Bronze

All of these companies realize the value and need for a flexographic educational institution in the Midwest and have supported the training initiative with generous donations.

To read more about Flexo Tech and upcoming courses, see www.flexographictech.org.