Flag closes record-breaking 2025 annual meeting

Last week Flexo Label Advantage Group (Flag), the largest community of independent label converters in the industry,  has wrapped up its most successful annual meeting to date, with a record-breaking number of members and vendor partners gathering in Overland Park, Kansas for three days of high-energy programming, peer connection, and business-building conversations. 

The 2025 ‘Power up’ annual meeting reflected the strength, momentum, and collaborative spirit that continues to define the Flag community. 

The meeting kicked off with an exclusive facility tour hosted by Spectragraphics, providing attendees with a behind-the-scenes look at lean, high-efficiency operations. The agenda also featured the highly anticipated ‘Power up your efficiency and sales” member panel, where Flag Members shared real-world solutions for workforce management, leadership development, and customer growth. 

Attendees participated in structured peer group roundtables and explored innovations from Flag’s vendor partner tabletop expo. The event concluded with the private members meeting and a sharp, forward-looking state of the industry update presented by Greg Hrinya, editor of Label & Narrow Web. Hrinya provided a valuable look into the economic, technological, and competitive trends shaping the future of the label industry. 

The annual awards dinner honored those who go above and beyond to make the Flag community stronger every day. 

QSPAC won the Flag Vendor Partner of the Year Award. This award is based on exceptional support, communication and commitment to Flag and its Members by a participating vendor. 

Ken Dubois - Actega won the Brad Brown Strategic Partner Award. The Brad Brown Strategic Partner Award is presented annually to one person who exemplified commitment, creativity and excellence - three character traits of Brad’s - in their support of Flag. 

Michael Liff - K Sidrane won the Lifetime Achievement Award. The Lifetime Achievement Award is a special honor established by Flag to recognize an individual whose exceptional dedication, leadership, and contributions have had a lasting impact on both Flag and the broader industry. 

AccuLabel, Grace Label, Graphics Universal, M&R Label, North Georgia Label, Trend Label won the Flag Gold Member Awards. The long-term success of Flag is based on engagement, involvement and purchasing at high levels from all members. The Gold Member award is presented to Flag members who have achieved gold member ranking in their purchasing levels multiple times over the last four quarters and attended the annual members meeting.   

Label Logic and Label Specialties won the Million Dollar Saver Awards. The award honors members who have received USD 1 million, or more in savings by taking advantage of the purchasing power through Flag. 

Spectragraphics won the Member Tour Host Award. At each Flag Annual Meeting, a member company opens up the doors of their print shop and invites all of the attendees to tour their facility. members place great value in seeing how a company of their similar size and scope implements processes and sets up their businesses for growth and efficiency. 

‘This wasn’t just the biggest Flag event we’ve ever hosted, it was one of the most meaningful,’ said John McKay, founder of Flag. ‘Our members came ready to engage, our vendor partners came ready to support, and the conversations that happened here will drive action across the industry in the months to come. Flag isn’t just growing in size, we’re growing in impact.’ 

With a passing of the baton, Spectragraphics passed the honor of being the member host to the team at Label King. The Flag 2026 Annual Meeting will take place in San Diego, California March 23 - 26. 

Flag’s Annual Meeting is exclusive to members, but the benefits of membership extend year-round through peer groups, lunch and learn webinars, strategic insights, and cost-saving opportunities from world-class vendor partners.