Voting opens for Label Industry Global Awards

The third annual Label Industry Global Awards will take place on the first evening of Labelexpo Americas 2006, on September 11, at the Donald E Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Chicago.

The judges have put together a list of nominations and the industry may now vote for the winners online at http://www.labelawards.com/. Voting for the awards will close on May 26.

The Label Industry Global Awards are in four key categories, with leading label industry players sponsoring each one. This year will see the introduction of the RFID Smart Label Manufacturer Award, which will recognize the innovations and accomplishments in this exciting area. The nominations are as follows (further information about the nominees can be found at http://www.labelawards.com/):

The R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Avery Dennison
• John Little, formerly of Nilpeter Inc
• Joseph Weber, Jnr, Weber Marking Systems
• Calvin Frost, Channeled Resources Group
• Bruce Bell, Belmark Inc
• Walter Dow, Dow Industries

The Label Industry Award for Continuous Innovation, sponsored by Labels & Labeling, Label & Narrow Web, and NarroWebTech
• Rotometrics
• 3M
• Dupont
• Rotoflex
• Flexcon

The Label Industry Award for New Innovation, sponsored by MPS
• Esko
• DiMS
• Primera Technology
• XSYS Print Solutions
• Bielomatik

RFID Smart Label Manufacturer Award, sponsored by XSYS Print Solutions
• Kennedy Group
• CCL Label
• Lowry Computer Products
• RSI ID Technologies
• Topflight Corporation
• Graphic Solutions International