Recently, Professor Tan Junqiao, founder and honorary chairman of the China Printing Equipment Industry Association and Label Association, became the winner of the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Labeling Association.
The Label Industry Global Awards were set to recognize organizations and individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the field of labels. This award is also known as the Oscar Award in the field of label printing, which is a recognition of outstanding performance, innovation and best practice on a global scale. This year is the 14th label industry global awards.
One of the awards for the Label Industry Global Awards is the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Avery Dennison, which honors outstanding achievements in the field of labeling Industry.
This award is for the best to inherit the pioneering spirit and value of Mr. Stanton Avery, candidates must work in the label industry for more than 25 years. Previous winners include Bruce Bell from Belmark, Kurt Walker from Finat, Tomas Rink from Ritrama and Steve Lee from RotoMetrics, etc.
World Labeling Association's predecessor is the International Label Industry Association L9.
L9 is consist of North America, Mexico, India, Japan, Europe, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, China and other countries and regional label association. Although its members are not able to cover most of the countries, it is still the most influential association in the global label industry; its members also cover the most developed and most promising countries in the label industry. The award-winning "R. Stanton Avery" is also regarded as the highest honor in the global label industry.
"The World Labeling Association (L9) Beijing Summit and China International Label High-end Forum" was held in Beijing on April 26, 2017. After more than a month, Tan Junqiao won the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award. The former is the international label industry event; the latter is the international label industry on the Chinese printer recognition. Both are big events, representing the development of China's label industry recognized by the world.
There is no such thing as a free lunch. The World Label Association held the forum in China is not "routine"; Tan Junqiao's award is not so simple that "service 25 years for the industry" .
World Labeling Association (L9) summit held without rotation mechanism, most held in developed countries and regions in the past. China make big effort to take the opportunity to host the 2017 session L9.
As early as September 23, 2013, at the International Labels L9 conference held in Brussels, Tan Junqiao put forward a written application, suggested that the appropriate time to choose to hold L9 and the World Label Awards in China. When the 2017th Summit was decided, the World Labeling Association established the general direction of developing countries, and selected China in three alternative countries, Mexico, Brazil and China.
Since 1984, Tan Junqiao has served as general manager of the Ministry of Light Industry Packaging Company, since then he contacted and served for the label industry. Over 30 years, he was known to all in the Chinese printing industry and label industry. But to get the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award also need to have international influence.
It is known that Tan Junqiao received recommendation from Switzerland, the United States, Japan, Israel, China's industry authorities. Recommended staffs outside China are from the top companies of the global label industry, including Lintec, UPM, HP and so on. In China, Tan Junqiao was recommended by the China Printing and Equipment Industry Association honorary chairman Yu Zhen. Yu Zhen as the former CPPCC Standing Committee, Minister of Light Industry, deputy director of the State Economic and Trade Commission.
Not only China's local label business is very familiar with Tan Junqiao, many international label industry "giants" are also very familiar with him. This must thanks to Mr. Tan Junqiao's international vision and foresight.
On one hand, he helped many international label companies and suppliers to enter the Chinese market, expand the market scale; On the other hand, he has a high sense of responsibility in the development of national industry to promote the Chinese label industry to learn advanced technology, concept and management from the international label industry. To persuade government agencies to reduce the import tariffs on flexo printing and digital printing. He appealed to innovation, personally organized seminars and exhibitions, also organized the development of the label industry standards. Almost can be said that the development of China's label industry of each step, the industry chain on all aspects of the important results, almost are all Tan Junqiao's figure or effort.
Today, the "the Belt and Road" advocated by China has won wide recognition on a global scale. China label industry to sing the world label stage, there is still a long way to go. Seeds planted by Tan Junjiao and other pedestrians will gradually take root and germinate.