Business Confidence —Polischuk

The Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) held another successful annual meeting last month in Scottsdale, Ariz. In today's very difficult business environment, one measure of an association's value to its members is participation at events such as this. In this regard, TLMI is doing well, as the meeting was well attended by both converter and supplier members. Another obvious measure is the change in the number of member companies. Dave McDowell, TLMI Membership Committee chairman and the 2009 TLMI Converter of the Year (see the October issue of packagePRINTING), reported a small decrease in membership of just greater than two percent (net change of seven companies). In an environment in which companies are looking especially hard at all discretionary spending, I think this can be chalked up as a successful year.