As part of the wider Circular Economy Package which has entered into force in July 2018, the European Commission is also rolling out its Plastics Strategy to increase recyclability of plastics, reduce the consumption of single-use plastics and to restrict the intentional use of microplastics.

Packaging is everywhere on Thursday 22 November 2018 in Amsterdam, where the packaging community will meet to experience groundbreaking innovations and discuss the reliability of business packaging information.

The final half-day forum event hosted by Labelexpo India has now taken place, concluding an exceptionally popular series of seven events to promote the show to printers across the country, plus those in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka for the first time. All seven events have significantly helped build momentum for this year’s Labelexpo India, which is set to be the biggest label and package printing trade show yet in the region. Labelexpo India 2018 takes place 22-25 November at India Expo Centre & Mart (Greater Noida – Delhi NCR).

Labels are so well hidden in plain sight that many people are not aware of their omnipresence. Would you be able to guess how many labels you see on any given day, and how essential they are to help you make the right brand choices?

Today, 7 November 2018, it was exactly 60 years ago that FINAT was founded in Paris. The FINAT Yearbook 2018, soon to be released, is therefore, a special edition dedicated to FINAT’s future, with a focus on the #LABELicious competition for students and young professionals organised on the occasion of out 60th anniversary. As a preview, read the following blog that also appears in the Yearbook.

TLMI honoured Calvin Frost, Chairman of Channeled Resources USA and member of the FINAT Technical Committee and Sustainability Subcommittee, by permanently naming their Environmental Awards the 'Calvin S. Frost Environmental Awards'.

On 7 November 2018, FINAT will celebrate its 60th anniversary. On that day we will also launch our Labelicious competition. The competition was developed with the aim to attract a new, talented and skilled workforce in the label industry.

L9 is the informal platform of leading global trade associations for the labels and narrow-web industry which was founded in 2009.

The organizer of Labelexpo Americas is pleased to report that the 16th edition of the biennial trade show was the largest in its history. A total of 487 exhibitors were spread across the biggest floorspace yet, at 203,642 sqft, with almost 30% of exhibitors new to this year’s show.

Innovations by Avery Dennison, Hamillroad Software and RotoMetrics were among the category winners honored at this year’s prestigious Label Industry Global Awards, which took place on 25 September at Joe’s Live in Rosemont, Chicago, as part of Labelexpo Americas 2018.