Mexican association Ametiq holds first congress

La Asociación Mexicana de Etiqueteros, or Ametiq (the Mexican Association of Label Companies), organized its first industry conference in July in Mexico City. The event was widely popular amongst national players hosting over 100 industry participants and twelve table-top exhibitors. Suppliers, succession specialists and trade journalists informed attendees of growing industry technologies that can help streamline business, trends to better understand the global marketplace and tactics to improve margins.

The president of the group is Jesus Ramirez Ruiz, also general director of Eticom based in Mexico City. ‘The first congress of the Mexican Association of Converters, Ametiq, took place in Mexico City with the participation of great suppliers providing insights on topics particularly of interest to label converters,’ he said.

‘In Mexico it is very difficult to work in associations since the market is very jealous and competitive, but having already 16 converter members and 15 supplier members in the group shows that every day we are working for the mutual interests and on behalf of national converters.

‘We thank the attending suppliers and converters for their valuable participation, and now our goal is to call more converters for the year 2012 in which we will carry out our next congress.’

Ametiq was created in April 2010 by six national label converters: Coflemex, Eticom, Etiflash de México, La Etiqueta Fina, Lobo Impresores and Etiquetas Anro. Today the young association has grown to have sixteen converter members and has gained support from suppliers like Label Traxx, UPM Raflatac and Ferrostaal, the region’s distributor of Mark Andy and HP Indigo machines. 

Fabian Silva, general manager for Etiquetas Anro and founding partner of Ametiq, explains that the association website is key for members to communicate. It tells too that the group has formed a partnership with the city’s Universidad Tecnológica Fidel Valazquez to be able to provide press operators with credit courses.

Silva said: ‘In addition to growing membership, we want to gain acknowledgement on an international scale that the Mexican market can rise above global barriers to success and compete effectively on a global scale.’

Pictured: Ametiq members at the association's first congress

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