On December 29, 2025, Wallace D. Nard, Jr., passed away at age 90. FTA members “Wally” Nard as an association Hall of Fame member and “flexo warrior” with an impressive career and a legacy of service.
Nard started his career in flexo in 1957 working for Porter and Dugas in Chicago; he became general manager of that company in 1964. In the 1970s, he joined Reilly Lake Shore Graphics as a vice president. He joined Anderson & Vreeland in 1973, eventually becoming marketing manager. In 1989, Nard formed Novaflex Inc., based in suburban Chicago, a printing and laminating sales/service group. In 2010, he began KYMC America, representing a flexographic printing press manufacturer in Taiwan.