Opportunity Knocks

• Promotion of higher-performance labelstock with the emphasis on film materials;

• Consumer market focus on premium products and differentiation through higher-quality qraphics;

• Developments in the use and quality of digital printing.

2004 in a nutshell

For the label printing industry, 2004 was one of mixed signals and grudgingly positive performance—definitely better than several of the previous years, but at the end of a long day, it was sometimes hard to tell.