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This is one such story. Argentina-based Leftech Group is the Latin American distributor for Japanese water-wash flexo plate manufacturer Toyobo. In recent years it has added Aura CtP equipment from China to its portfolio, rebranding it as Ecoflex for the Argentine market.

Now it has moved...

The addition of the show to the Labelexpo portfolio means that there will be a Labelexpo in China every year, alternating between Shenzhen (Labelexpo South China) and Shanghai (Labelexpo Asia).

The inaugural show offers a platform for 150 participating exhibitors, who will be showcasing...

The company was founded as a printer of basic sheet-fed products in 1920 by Guillermo Garino Brusco, the son of an immigrant Italian family established in the country in the late 19th century. His brother Americo soon joined him. Their business started as an association with Guillermo’s brother-...

This new campaign, according to the company, ‘uses Steinhauser’s Instagram page as a way to highlight its history and impact, and also emphasizes the importance of humble beginnings, the fight to stand up through tough times and the keys to success and survival.’

Steinhauser is no...

In a conversation with Paul Beamish, Ravenwood’s founder and managing director, he was proud to announce the latest installation – bringing the company up to 30 to date – of the Com500 linerless coater into Skipnes Etikett in Trondheim, Norway’s largest label producer, as well as the...

The renamed GPS-Rotomet becomes a fully owned subsidiary of All4Labels, while Daniele Grotto and Andrea Cerisara, who founded and developed the business over decades, become shareholders in All4Labels and part of the management team. 

To ensure business continuity, Daniele Grotto also...

The latest Radar report assumes an even greater relevance than usual, since it is the first opportunity to track the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the European label industry, and particularly on label converters. 

The survey shows starkly that Q1 2020 converter sales growth...

The winner of the R. Stanton Avery Global Achievement Award 2020, sponsored by Avery Dennison, had already been announced as Federico d’Annunzio (see interview on previous pages). The virtual awards ceremony gave him the opportunity to react to the prize, while the winners of four other...

Sponsored by Avery Dennison, the R. Stanton Avery Global Achievement Award recognizes ‘an innovation or idea that has helped transform and progress the label industry across the world’. 

In his constant questioning of the limits of flexography, Federico d’Annunzio follows in the footsteps...

According to the consultancy LPC, of the 2,000-2,200 label converters in the US, 85 percent have a turnover of under 10m USD. L&L and Labelexpo’s own database, meanwhile, shows 80 percent of converters globally have a turnover of below 3-5m USD.
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