Every business needs to adapt and change, and the best ones do so continuously. Bob Cronin of The Open Approach offers lessons for implementing change…
The packaging design community tells David Pittman about its relationship with printers and converters, and how this is central to breeding creativity…
Colombian converter Etiflex already boasts expertise in flexo and offset production of labels and cartons. Now it has added shrink sleeve capabilities…
Recent investment in presses from Nilpeter and HP Indigo has allowed Colombian converter Comarbel – only printing labels since 2005 – to tackle higher…
Retail ready packaging (RRP) demand is expected to reach USD $63.4 billion and 32.1 million tonnes by 2017, according to a new study by Smithers Pira,…
Dr William Llewellyn, vice president and senior consultant, AWA Alexander Watson Associates, reveals exclusively to Labels & Labeling the trends found…
Labelexpo Americas 2012 attracted a record attendance of 14,335 label and package printing professionals as it returned to Chicago in September – a 12…
Impresión y Diseño de México, a label converter based in Guadalajara, has purchased a Xeikon 3500 digital press.
The Xeikon 3500 is the flagship model…
In a new study, PCI Films Consulting has identified thirteen emerging flexible packaging markets comprising of Poland, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil,…
The latest developments and trends in the release liner market were discussed at AWA’s annual release liner conference. Carol Houghton reports
Despite…
AWA Alexander Watson Associates has published the 2012 edition of its annual global review of the labeling and product decoration markets. It provides…
Claudio Labbe, president of Flint Group Latin America, will retire from the company with effect from July 1 2012.
Labbe joined Flint Ink Latin America…
Rotocontrol has completed its fifteenth installation of the RSP single pass 100 percent security inspection machine. Machines are serving the cosmetic…
Edale has sold a further two Alpha compact flexo presses to Mai, based in Argentina. The company purchased its first press, used for the production of…
Label Summit Latin America attracted a record breaking 729 attendees and 70 exhibitors. Held in Guadalajara for the first time between 17-18 April, it…
EFI has acquired privately-held Metrics Sistemas de Informacao (Metrics), a supplier of ERP (MIS) systems for the printing and packaging industries in…
GMG Latin America, the regional business arm of GMG, a developer of color management software, has appointed Enrique Amigo to the position of regional…
Bolivian end users are used to importing their labels from abroad. Now, the country’s first narrow web converter is taking advantage of the gap in the…
Label Summit Latin America 2012, the region’s leading event for the label and package printing industry, is set to take place in Mexico on April 17-18…
Avery Dennison has appointed Jorge Luis Orejuela as general manager for Spanish-speaking South America for the company’s label and packaging materials…
Proempaques, a Bogota, Colombia-based converter of flexible packaging and self-adhesive labels, has installed an integrated business management system…
An innovative joint venture between three companies in Brazil resulted in the first Latin American installation of Agfa’s Dotrix modular digital press…
HP Indigo organized a customer tour in Chile and Argentina for Mexican converters seeking to learn about the benefits of digital printing for the wine…
UpSoftware Argentina is experiencing an increase in sales amidst changing attitudes towards workflow software in Latin America. James Quirk reports
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Brazilian food cooperative Aurora is harnessing Tetra Pak’s new generation traceability solution to increase production efficiency and add brand value…
Multilabel Argentina has invested in a pressure-sensitive label manufacturing machine from Italian company Cartes. The deal was completed at Labelexpo…
Sato, a supplier of barcode printing, labeling and EPC/RFID products, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nodos, a privately held corporation…
The label division of Argentina’s premier pharmaceutical packaging converter is the fastest-growing part of the company, with further investment and a…
Label Summit Latin America returns to Mexico City on May 11-12. The event will host a number of new features in its fourth outing in Mexico, including…
At Labelexpo Europe, industry leaders gathered to celebrate and reward excellence in the label sector at The Label Industry Global Awards Gala Dinner.…
Advanced Vision Technology (AVT), supplier of automatic optical inspection and quality assurance systems for the printing industry, has appointed Juan…
Flint Group will host the fifth annual Narrow Web Print Awards, celebrating excellence and entrepreneurship in the wider world of narrow web printing,…
The judging panel of the Label Industry Global Awards has announced the finalists for the European Converter of the Year, the Label Industry Award for…
Businesses must not be distracted from brand protection efforts in the economic downturn, an international trade association has urged. According to a…
The search is on to find the best commercial holography products with nominations now open for the 2009 industry awards.Organized by the International…
