Regulars / Q&A | 61“We are creative and New wash-off labelsinnovative. We need One of Etivoet’s newest innovations is the introduction of wash-off labels to its portfolio. The tested and patented technology ensures that the labels come off easily to communicate during bottle washing, while they remain frmly in place in other circumstances. They are particularly suited to Belgium’s large beer market, where locals are accustomed to positively. We are an returning and reusing glass beer bottles.essential industry”We gained one big customer recently what happens to it afterwards – every step L&L: What are your main hobbies because we have committed to reducing must be considered. outside work?our carbon footprint by 50 percent in the Philippe Voet: I like running – and by that I next ten years. At least, the commitment L&L: You were planning to attend mean running a lot. I have completed more is 50 percent, but in reality our target is Labelexpo Europe, before it was than 70 marathons and ultramarathons, much higher, more like 90 percent of Scope postponed to next year. What will you including some of the toughest races on 1 and Scope 2 sustainable development miss now the show isn’t happening? earth such as the 2016 Marathon des Sables performance indicators – SDPIs – which Philippe Voet: I will always attend Labelexpo and the 2018 Fire & Ice Ultra. In a similar are the ones we can control. These include Europe – it is easy for me because I live just vein, I also enjoy long-distance hiking. It’s a initiatives such as switching to LED lighting, 10km from the exhibition halls in Brussels. combination of being good for the health, LED curing, installing solar panels, using It’s the go-to exhibition for our industry. For being outside and interacting with nature, in electric cars, for example. In the end, it is the me it has a dual role: seeing equipment and places that are not easy to get to. It gives me sum of small things that can help to make meeting people. I like to be able to get the time to think and to organize my thoughts.a difference. Switching to LED lighting, for look and feel of the machinery. It serves as example, has a return on investment of three a great flter to narrow down the options: Go to www.etivoet.be/en for more years, so it is an easy decision. We all should I can see many machines and then decide information about Etivoet. Finat’s be doing it. which ones to further explore. And it is so European Label Forum takes But our suppliers must also reduce their important to be able to meet the people place on June 1-3 in Baveno, Italy. emissions, and the end users as well. How behind the companies.See www.europeanlabelforum.com the product is transported and used, and for more information&HIGH THOUGHPUTfromUV INKJETPRINTERS• Minimal scrap and downtime• Quickest ROI in the industry• Retrofts to existing equipment• Runs up to 300m/min• Expandable to 10x 54mm head per lineHigher Speed, Smaller Footprint, Lower Costs, Smudge and Solvent Resistant, Permanent Print+31 (0) 165 792 900 | www.arraygraphics.comJan - Mar 2022