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In the production of labels, embellishment is an almost indispensable ingredient. This is particularly true in the alcoholic beverage and luxury goods segments, where labels have always been embellished with selective varnish and metal foils. With the increased importance of packaging as ‘media...

In March 2020, Avery Dennison acquired Smartrac, a Dutch innovator in the development of RFID inlays with manufacturing sites in Germany, Malaysia, China and the United States. 

Mitch Butier, Avery Dennison’s chairman, president and CEO, made a bold statement at the time: ‘Smartrac’s...

The US label industry has proven itself remarkably resilient in the face of the Covid19 pandemic according to a new report by the consultancy LPC carried out on behalf of TLMI.

The 2020/21 TLMI Market Watch report represents a comprehensive survey of TLMI member converters divided into...

Increasingly, consumers desire information about the health, safety, environmental and socioeconomic characteristics of food products. These traits often cannot be detected by sight, smell, or taste – so consumers must use food labels to select products that meet their needs and preferences. ...

‘The FTS allows us to achieve plate-mounting with precision,’ Carlos Totxo, pre-press technician at Buenos Aires-based converter Achernar, said at the time. ‘It also allows the plates to be positioned correctly with respect to the cylinders, which means that the pre-registration system can be...

Recently the company introduced an ERP management system to help achieve steady growth through a strategy of diversification. Xiamen Fuya is located in the Special Economic Zone of the coastal city of Xiamen in Fujian Province.

Ms Ye Liling, founder and general...

On the investment, Dr Lloyd Fernando, director at Shore to Shore Uniglory Bangladesh, says: ‘In the age of digital disruption, we have evolved our sustainable product and services with cloud-based responsive manufacturing systems. It is more productive, efficient, agile and better at meeting...

Like most people who talk about their journey into any sort of print or packaging, I fell into it. I did a chemistry degree at university, finished my degree, came home, and thought ‘what’s next?’ I wasn’t sure what to with my chemistry degree, so I looked around and saw a job come up at Sun...