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Over recent years JIT workflows have been at the forefront of the way in which production and deliveries are planned. However, the current pandemic has thrust even more pressure on getting labels to the product manufacturer, especially in the food and pharmaceutical sectors which have seen vast...

Still, rosy times or not, there are essentials for evaluating an acquisition. In our first installment on due diligence (in L&L’s April-May 2020 issue), we covered ownership structure and financials, which are the foundation for any transaction. If your target matches these preliminary...

It’s a trend that began in early March, even before most US states ordered ‘shelter-in-place’ restrictions. The March data shows e-commerce sales in the US up nearly 40 percent year-over-year, and Rakuten Intelligence reports that digital grocery shopping rose more than 200 percent over a three-...

Speaking to a few label converters about their experiences up to now, key issues to address are starting to emerge. 

Customer facing: No face to face meetings by sales teams and customer service reps with clients or prospective clients will change the way the approval...

L&L: Your father founded the original label printing company Eadec in Spain. Tell us about the history of the business. 
JI: My father, Ildefonso Ibero, was the founder of the company in 1994, along with three partners in a small town in northern Spain...

This four-part series will guide you through the essentials of evaluating prospects, a process known as due diligence. Due diligence encompasses the activities performed during a transaction to find out the issues or to present the most favorable position to the acquirer. While your organization...

As a designer and brand strategist in labels and packaging, I know that counterfeit products cost the economy billions a year. Fortunately, I know how to look for signs of counterfeiting. 

The next time I ordered it, I noticed the packaging was produced on a high-quality substrate with 4-...

However, that may all be about to change as the impact of the coronavirus as it spreads across the world, increasingly comes into play on both global manufacturing and financial markets. Indeed, the virus has undoubtedly drawn much wider attention to the connected nature of today’s global...

I was recently asked to develop feature ideas for the Gulf Print & Pack show focusing on ‘Industry 4.0’ automation. It soon became clear that this much-discussed term provokes a wide range of interpretations. So what should we understand by ‘Industry 4.0’, and what are the implications for...

The impact of the coronavirus on the label and package printing industry will be felt hard, as in all other areas of our lives. As this edition of Labels & Labeling went to press at the end of March, the situation was changing daily. 

Three of our writers report on the crisis: Mike...