Nine TLMI members honored in World Label Association Awards

Nine converter member companies of the Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute, Inc., (TLMI) won 10 awards in the 15th World Label Association Awards Competition. The awards were presented at the TLMI Converter Meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico.
In the contest, the first-place winners in individual label competitions held by TLMI, the Japanese Federation of Label Printers (JFLP), LTMA, India, and FINAT are judged against one another in a variety of categories to determine the "world's best labels."
TAPP Technologies, Langley, BC, Canada, won two awards: in the "Offset Wine/Spirits" category for its "Nickel & Nickel Zinfandel" label, and in the "Offset Line" category for its "Pelino Vineyard Sangiovese" entry.
Other TLMI members that won first-place awards included LogoTech, Inc., Fairfield, NJ, which was honored in the "Letterpress – Color Process" category for its "Spiderman Foam Soap" label; KimBells pack inc., Quezon City, The Philippines, in the "Offset Line & Screen Tone" category for its "Tanduay Rum 1854" entry; LSK Label, El Dorado Hills, CA, in the "Flexo Wine/Spirits" category for its "Winston Hill" entry; and McDowell Label & Screen Printing, Plano, TX, in the "Flexo Cosmetics" category for its "Bronze Express" label.
Other first-place winners included Spectrum Label Corporation, Hayward, CA, in the "Non Pressure Sensitive Any Process" category for its "Kikkoman - Toasted Sesame Marinade" label; Graphic Solutions International, LLC, Burr Ridge, IL, in the "Innovative Use of Inline Procedures" category for its "1.5 Volt Printed Battery" label, and Dow Industries, Wilmington, MA, in the "Flexo Line" category for its "Color Therapy Shampoo" entry.
Finally, Spear, Mason, OH, won an honorable-mention award in the "Screen Line" category for its "Kipling Light" label.