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Adress & Contact Information
Hotel Weissenstein
Vorderer Weissenstein 2
15 Oberdorf SO
+41 32 530 1717
hotel@hotelweissenstein.ch
www.hotelweissenstein.ch
The hotel is at 1300m altitude. The pass road leading to the hotel has gradients up to 22%. It is one of the steepest roads in Switzerland and also pretty narrow.
Arrival
from Zurich airport/main station
Taxi
CHF 600 (without a fixed price)
Shuttle service (incl. driver)
CHF 210 (for 3 people)
Airporttransfer24
Train
Visit Timetable/Connections
Start by selecting Zürich Flughafen Bahnhof (airport)
or Zürich HB (main station)
Train to Solothurn Hauptbahnhof
CHF 43 (2nd class), CHF 76 (1st class)
From there, take a taxi (CHF 80)
Train to Oberdorf SO
CHF 46 (2nd class), CHF 81 (1st class)
From there, take a cable car (CHF 20)
Train to Oberdorf BL station
From there, take a taxi
The Hotel Weissenstein offers a shuttle service from Oberdorf BL station. Please contact the reception at +41 32 530 17 17B
Barock Taxi
Tel: +41 32 685 4030
Mobile: +41 79 441 1341
info@barock-taxi.ch
Adress & Contact Information
Hotel Urs & Victor
Solothurnstrasse 35
2544 Bettlach
+41 32 645 1212
walker@ursundviktor.ch
www.ursundviktor.ch
Arrival
from Zurich airport/main station
Taxi
CHF 600 (without a fixed price)
Shuttle service
CHF 210 (for 3 people)
Airporttransfer24
Train
Visit Timetable/Connections
Start by selecting Zürich Flughafen Bahnhof (airport)
or Zürich HB (main station)
Train to Grenchen Süd
CHF 46 (2nd class), CHF 81 (1st class)
From there, take taxi 1 or taxi 2 (CHF 25)
If you want to take the cable car to the conference:
Taxi from hotel to cable car station
CHF 60
From there, take a cable car (CHF 20)
Distance station to hotel: 3 km
Distance hotel to Rotoflex: 2,3 km
Taxi Grenchen – open 24/7
Tel: +41 32 652 0707
Mobile: +41 78 900 1193
taxigrenchen@hotmail.com
Jura-Taxi Hänzi
Tel: +41 32 508 7321
jurataxi@bluewin.ch
Adress & Contact Information
Airport Hotel Grenchen
Flughafenstrasse 123
2540 Grenchen
Tel: +41 32 654 7070
reception@airporthotel.ch
www.airporthotel.ch
Arrival
from Zurich airport/main station
Taxi
CHF 600 (without a fixed price)
Shuttle service
CHF 210 (for 3 people)
Airporttransfer24
Train
Visit Timetable/Connections
Start by selecting Zürich Flughafen Bahnhof (airport)
or Zürich HB (main station)
Train to Grenchen Süd
CHF 46 (2nd class), CHF 81 (1st class)
From there, take taxi 1 or taxi 2 (CHF 25)
If you want to take the cable car to the conference:
Taxi from hotel to cable car station
CHF 60
From there, take a cable car (CHF 20)
Distance station to hotel: 1,4 km
Distance hotel to Rotoflex: 1,6 km
Taxi Grenchen – open 24/7
Tel: +41 32 652 0707
Mobile: +41 78 900 1193
taxigrenchen@hotmail.com
Jura-Taxi Hänzi
Tel: +41 32 508 7321
jurataxi@bluewin.ch
Programme
15:30
Shuttle departure from Hotel Urs&Victor to Weissenstein
16:30-18:00
Management Meeting
18:30
Shuttle departure to Get Together
19:30
Get Together at Airplane Museum Oberaargau
22:30
Shuttle departure to hotels
08:00
Shuttle from Hotel Urs&Victor to Hotel Weissenstein
Welcome & Conference start
09:00
Nerida Kelton, The World Packaging Organization – Australia
“Packaging waste – global perspectives on sustainability”
09:30
Henrik Hildebrand, Windmöller & Hölscher KG – Germany
“Sustainability in Focus: Benchmarking solvent- and water-based inks for printing flexible packaging in terms of energy consumption across the entire process chain”
10:00
David Möller, 4Packaging – Germany
“End Supplier Lock-In: The ERA Standard’s Blueprint for Performance-Based Decision-Making for Printers and Brand Owners
10:30
Coffee Break
11:00
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Minsch, Economiesuisse – Switzerland
“What drives the success of the Swiss economy?”
11:30
Claude Nicollier, former NASA pilot & ESA astronaut – Switzerland
“Steps in space”
12:30
Lunch Break
14:00
Roundtable discussion – “Color standardization”
Jürgen Seitz, GMG Colour
Rafiq Mulla, X-Rite Pantone
Andy Kraushaar, Fogra
Ioannis Giannakopoulos, Hatzopoulos
Thomas Hebes, Burda Druck
15:00
Oliver Fankhauser, Wipf AG – Switzerland
“Challenges of the packaging gravure market in Switzerland”
15:30
Coffee Break
16:00
Michael Fürholzer, K.Walter & Florian Ullinger, Huhtamaki – Germany
“HelioChrome® NEO: The Future of Chrome Plating – status & production experiences”
16:30
Ingo Beutler, Saueressig – Germany
“Artificial intelligence in (packaging) prepress”
17:00
Jan de Roeck, Esko Software – Belgium
“Market dynamics fuel the need for operational efficiency in our packaging factories”
17:30
Jon Jordan, Troika Systems – United Kingdom
“Accurate Gravure Inspection Measurement – A Significant Move Forward”
18:30
End of Conference
19:30
Dinner & Award Ceremony in the conference hotel
23:00
Shuttle back to Hotel Urs&Victor
10:00-13:00
Plant visit
13:00
Individual departure
13:00
ERA Board Meeting
Participants
Ms Silja Aretz-Fezzuoglio,
Ebner Media Group GmbH & Co. KG
Mr Phillippe Baichette,
Hannecard GmbH
Mr Jonas Becker,
D.W. Renzmann
Mr Gordon Behrendt,
Enulec GmbH Electrostatic
Mr Omar Benahmed Daho,
Komori-Chambon S.A.S.
Mr Allan Bendall,
ERA
Mr Ingo Beutler,
Saueressig Group
Mr Robert Bierfreund,
Interprint GmbH
Ms. Isabel Billerey Rayel,
DALIM SOFTWARE GmbH
Mr Lutz Braune,
Janoschka Holding GmbH
Mr Jan Breiholdt,
Hell Gravure Systems GmbH & Co. KG
Mr Svend Brix,
Flexo Wash ApS
Mr Ingo Buening,
Matthews Europe GmbH
Mr Daniel Burkhardt,
Rotoflex AG
Ms Selda Coskun,
Gravure International AS
Mr Peter Daetwyler,
Daetwyler SwissTec
Mr Ralph Daetwyler,
Daetwyler SwissTec AG
Mr Arnold Dalla Bona,
Enulec GmbH Electrostatic
Mr Arnaud Degardin
Dec Impianti S.p.A.
Mr Jan de Roeck,
Esko-Graphics BV
Ms Stefani Dhami,
ERA
Mr Heiko Engelhardt,
Burda Druck GmbH
Prof Dr Lutz Engisch,
HTWK Leipzig
Mrs Melanie Enz,
Daetwyler SwissTec AG
Mr Oliver Fankhauser,
Wipf AG
Dr Mouna Feki,
Dec Impianti S.p.A.
Mr Fabrizio Fezzuoglio,
Daetwyler SwissTec
Mr Michael Fürholzer,
Kaspar Walter Maschinenfabrik
Mr Daniel Furmanski,
MINIPAK S.A.S.
Mr Davide Garavaglia,
Bobst Italia S.p.A.
Mr Rainer Geiger,
Janoschka Holding GmbH
Mr Ioannis Giannakopoulos,
A. Hatzopoulos S.A.
Mr Alexander Greitzke,
Constantia Pirk GmbH & Co. KG
Mr Christoph Gschoßmann,
Maschinenfabrik Kaspar Walter
Mr Clemens Hatt,
Heliograph Holding GmbH
Mr Thomas Hebes,
Burda Druck GmbH
Ms Sabine Heimann,
Graphische Technik & Handel Heimann
Mr Henrik Hildebrand,
Windmöller & Hölscher
Mr Alexander Janoschka,
Janoschka AG
Mr Jon Jordan,
Troika Systems Ltd
Mrs Louiza Kallini,
Mr Vasileios Karagiannis,
Gravure Cylinders Karagiannis S.A.
Mr Christian Karg,
Daetwyler Graphics AG
Mr Patrick Kauer,
Kaspar Walter Maschinenfabrik
Mr Hasan Khanani,
Metatex pvt Ltd
Ms. Gabriele Kirchmeier,
GK Printberatung
Mr Karsten Klöpperpieper,
Jagenberg Converting Solutions GmbH
Mr Dejan Kovacic,
SWG
Mr Stephan Krabbe,
Windmöller & Hölscher KG
Mr Andreas Kraushaar,
FOGRA
Mr Jürgen Kröger,
Rotoflex AG
Mr Siegfried Kronschnabl,
Huhtamaki Flexible Packaging
Mr Stephan Lammers,
Matthews Europe
Ms Mette Laursen,
Flexo Wash ApS
Mr Lukasz Lepiarczyk,
Rossini GmbH
Mr Andrea Mangini,
Bobst Italia S.p.A.
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Minsch,
Mr David Möller,
4Packaging GmbH
Mr Jürgen Möller,
4Packaging GmbH
Mr Rafiq Mulla,
X-Rite Pantone
Mr Christodoulos Naziris,
A. Hatzopoulos S.A.
Mr Claude Nicollier
Mr Ahmed Alex Omah,
African Packaging Organization
Mr Martin Pitoňák,
Chemosvit a.s. Svit
Mr Max Rid,
MRB Holding GmbH
Mr Thomas Rother,
Daetwyler SwissTec AG
Mr Pasquale Santeramo,
Acigraf
Mr Olaf Segbert,
Daetwyler SwissTec AG
Mr Jürgen Seitz,
GMG GmbH & Co. KG
Mr Udo Theus,
Hell Gravure Systems GmbH & Co. KG
Mrs Christina Tischer,
Rotoflex AG
Mr Giacomo Truffi,
Bobst Italia S.p.A.
Mr Florian Ullinger,
Huhtamaki Flexible Packaging
Mrs Mandy Wang,
WeiNan ZhengQi Printing and Packaging Machinery Co.,Ltd
Mr Wang Xu,
WeiNan ZhengQi Printing and Packaging Machinery Co.,Ltd
Mr Volker Wechselberger,
GMG GmbH & Co. KG
Prof. Armin Weichmann,
Hochschule der Medien
Mr Bastian Wellendorf,
4Packaging GmbH
Mr Ansgar Wessendorf,
Ebner Media Group GmbH & Co. KG
Dr Marius Wittke,
Windmöller & Hölscher
Mr Tolga Yildirim,
Gravure International AS
Dr. Michael Zenke,
Sun Chemical Group GmbH
Basic Gravure Seminar
Gravure at your fingertips
15 – 17 November (English language seminar) in Stuttgart, Germany
An introduction to gravure cylinder preparation and printing with demonstrations and practical exercises
Stuttgart Media University is the only university in Europe which operates a complete gravure line, from cylinder preparation through to a rotogravure printing press. Hence, the cylinder preparation and gravure printing department at HdM is unique in European further and higher education. In the labs all aspects of gravure can be closely experienced and tried out, and the quality of all production steps can be tested with special measuring methods.