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In South Africa, for instance, the population has endured no fewer than four periods of enforced abstinence, with total bans on liquor sales, ostensibly to free up hospital beds occupied by alcohol-induced trauma patients. But there’s also a widely-held belief that the pandemic has proved a...

L&L: Why have you decided to take part in this year’s Label Congress 2021 conference in Chicago?

Matt Bennett (MB): Well, for us it‘s an exciting time to be here as we'll be announcing our entrance into the digital market with a new game-changing...

As recently as 15 to 20 years ago, businesses could survive on doing one thing, and doing it well. Computerland sold computers. Grocery stores sold groceries. And a tiny online company called amazon.com sold books. 

Today, things are dramatically different. Not only are most ‘specialists...

The news in this issue of L&L of a potential breakthrough in clear-on-clear self-adhesive label technology is an exciting one. Signite is a technology developed by Actega...

It's now more than 40 years since Labels & Labeling first started to carry news and features about digital printing technology, both inkjet and toner. Printing capability was black-only in those early days, and applications were primarily for marking or simple coding of address labels,...

In the last issue of L&L, Stratus Packaging CEO Isidore Leaser likened running a business during the pandemic to playing a video game – stuck behind a screen...

If the labels and packaging industry is going to continue to thrive, it needs to be reinvigorated with a new generation of workers. Employee attrition is one of the greatest concerns the industry is facing, which is now compounded by growing labor shortages. It is imperative that new, younger...

Labels and packaging have always been important facets of our customers’ businesses, be it housing for barcodes, ingredient information, product display/protection, or simply carriers for high-impact visual merchandising and branding. But their perceived worth by the buyer has changed. While end...