After two years of modest, 1.5% annual demand growth in 2018 and 2019, the Covid-19 pandemic has boosted European demand for self-adhesive label materials in the first half of 2020.

A resilient Indian label industry, that was reeling under adverse impact of lockdown due to Covid-19, is now clawing its way back to normalcy despite facing a highly stressful financial situation that has left them staring at a massive gap in cashflow and loss of production.

#LABELicious is back again and FINAT members can join as partners in this 2nd edition. The focus will be on a ‘per country’ collaboration between educational institutes and national label printers in the same country or region.

The new President of UNFEA was appointed during the General Assembly which took place by videoconference on 26 June 2020.

While a large part of the world is still in lockdown and the search for a vaccine continues, industries and communities are eagerly planning to resume their activities, meetings and events beyond the Covid-19 healthcare crisis.

The L9 World Label Association is proud to present the winners of the Best of the Best awards which were judged by an international panel of judges during Labelexpo 2019. The awards represent the best labels from the five main printing technologies Flexography, Letterpress, Offset Litho, Combination Printing and Digital Printing and are selected from the winning entries in the 2019 label competition.

A new report with recommendations for guidance on Extended Producer Responsibility was prepared by the consultancy Eunomia. A response as a statement from the paper industry is under preparation.

Tarsus Group, the organizer of the Labelexpo/Brand Print Global Series of trade shows, has today confirmed date changes to several of its 2020/21 events,

FINAT and its partners launched #LABELicious in 2019 as a new programme to build visibility and engagement with the future workforce in the label industry. The first edition was successful in reaching the next generation of label designers and technicians under the age of 25, resulting in a widely publicized Award ceremony at Labelexpo Europe 2019.