Industry News
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Pressure-sensitive labels
When you’re looking for a product label, there’s a strong chance you’ll want what’s called a pressure-sensitive label (PSL). This highly versatile label solution can be seen on nearly any type of product. In fact, PSLs constitute more than 80 percent of all labels in the market today. What are p...Read more -
Analyzing hybrid printing
Looking back over the past 20-30 years, the great majority of all digital label presses installed to date have been either electrophotographic or inkjet. More recently, the major conventional press manufacturers have moved to building new generation flexo printing and finishing machines, maybe i...Read more -
Labelexpo Europe 2021 to bring label industry back together
Tarsus Group, organiser of Labelexpo Europe, is planning to deliver its most ambitious show to date a year from now, bringing the global industry back together after the challenges faced from the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘While the label and package printing industry has shown incredible ingenuity dur...Read more -
Avery Dennison first to certify BOPP films for recycling
Avery Dennison’s BOPP film portfolio has been certified to comply with the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) Critical Guidance for HDPE recycling. The APR Critical Guidance is a comprehensive laboratory scale protocol that is used to assess the compatibility of packaging with reclamation sy...Read more -
Countries of Asia to claim 45 percent of labels market by 2022
According to the latest study by AWA Alexander Watson Associates, Asia will continue to claim the largest labeling market share, which is estimated to reach 45 percent by the end of 2022. Labeling and product decoration are critical to the packaging industry, combining the essential information...Read more -
Brand protection. How to secure the real deal?
Two thirds of consumers who have unintentionally purchased counterfeit goods have lost their trust in a brand. Modern labeling and printing technologies can come to the rescue. Trade in counterfeit and pirated goods has risen steadily in recent years – even as overall trade volumes stagnated – ...Read more -
Suggested guidelines on the role of labels in the essential supply chain during the Coronavirus pandemic
Of interest to all those involved directly or indirectly in the front line of fighting the spread and treatment of the Coronavirus ̶ including label materials suppliers, ink and toner manufacturers, printing plate and sundries suppliers, thermal ribbons producers, label converters and overprinti...Read more
