Features

Global co-operation

14 March 2013

The new grouping was created at a summit hosted by Labelexpo Asia in Shanghai. The L7 held its first full meeting in Barcelona in March and will host...

Discover growth opportunities at the greatest label show on Earth

14 March 2013

It has been interesting to look at the reactions of various businesses to the almost continuous negative economic, business and global news on...

Roger Pellow: China sees increasing quality demands

14 March 2013

Returning to China for Labelexpo Asia in Shanghai provided an opportunity to gauge the development of the label industry in the country. Firstly, the...

Mike Fairley: digital Q&A

14 March 2013

Q: Of the current installations, are there a percentage that end users have installed on their own sites, instead of using a converter?  Dudley Fay,...

Carol Houghton: Conference tackles industry trends

14 March 2013

I recently attended Brigl and Bergmeister’s ninth Label Conference in Bad Hofgastein, Austria. A full write up will be published in L&L issue 6 but...

Smart labels

14 March 2013

When news arrived at L&L of a potential breakthrough in printed solar batteries (see L&L issue 2), it reminded us that game-changing innovation will...

Pre-press and plate making

14 March 2013

Danielle Jerschefske: Ink migration solutions for food packaging

14 March 2013

Ink suppliers at Labelexpo Europe 2011 presented in unison low migration solutions for the food packaging market, which has especially felt...

A fragmented industry consolidates

14 March 2013

The news that Smyth Companies has acquired Dow industries, and that Multi-Color Corporation (MCC) has increased its holdings in the European wine...

Recession breeds opportunity

14 March 2013

Firstly, all recessions are opportunities as well as threats. Leading global businesses like Apple, Google and Starbucks were launched at the depths...

Formalizing an education and training program for the worldwide label

14 March 2013

For the past three years Labels & Labeling has undertaken industry surveys in all the key markets where it organizes exhibitions, summits or...

End in sight?

14 March 2013

The association's survey of European pressure-sensitive materials consumption showed that demand in the last quarter of 2008 dropped across the whole...