Winning Formula

Joel Carmany purchased Consolidated Label in 1984 with the intention to grow the fledgling regional label company into a nationwide business. Twenty-eight years later, the company's growth and reputation reflect his singular success made manifest in every way.

In Consolidated's case, "growth" refers not only to the 10 to 15 percent revenue increase the company aims to achieve each year—regardless of economic conditions—but also to the progressive expansion of its product lines, a habit of capital investment, and the enlargement of its workforce and physical plant. Specializing in digital and flexographic pressure-sensitive label printing and diecutting for food, household, pharmaceutical, and personal care products, Consolidated has moved decisively into flexible packaging and shrink sleeves over the past two-and-a-half years. Taking a long view of its need for space, Consolidated's original 1,200-square-foot location has given way to a 75,000-square-foot facility in Longwood, Fla., filled with no fewer than 10 flexographic and two HP digital label presses, and the company currently is eyeing a nearby property that would provide it with 200,000 square feet and room to spare.