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Looking at the last several months, this is an understatement. Material shortages, logistics entanglements, hiring challenges and the continuing effects of Covid-19 have changed the way we can actually run our companies – and the ways we can be profitable. With more changes looming (e.g.,...

Labels & Labeling: With HP Indigo completing 2,000 installations of the series 3 digital press, what are your thoughts on how the company has managed to maintain its leading position in the digital printing market since its acquisition by HP in 2001?

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With Labelexpo Americas almost upon us, those converters planning to attend will no doubt have already been thinking about what materials, technology and software they will need to look at with a view to enhancing their ability to cost-effectively produce the optimum label quality, reliability...

I’m not entirely new, however. From 2016 to 2021, I wrote about the North American label and packaging market on these very pages. I’ve met many of you at Labelexpo global shows, at TLMI and FTA meetings, and at supplier open houses. We’ve strategized at business meetings and laughed over dinner...

Indeed, labels and packaging remains one of the most sought-after platforms for investors. Despite all of the changes and turbulence we’ve seen over the last 15 years, the economics and durability of our industry prevail. Businesses and consumers still want – and need – the value made possible...

A new generation of digital presses operating at speeds of 100m/min (328ft/min) and upwards is closing the speed and productivity gap with flexography and changing the way we view the conventional-digital equation. 

During recent open houses at Bobst, HP Indigo and Durst, a new generation...