Progressive Leadership For All

The Ratio study is also used to determine winners of TLMI's annual Eugene Singer Award for Management Excellence, an award that is coveted by association members. Dowling takes great pride in the two Eugene Singer Awards won by CL&D Graphics, in 1990 and again in 2002.

The success of CL&D Graphics under Dowling's leadership is recognized beyond the analytical measures of the Ratio Study, by some of those who have wide-ranging knowledge of the tag and label industry. "Mike leads a state-of-the-art, very progressive label and flexible packaging converting company," says John Bankson, president of TLMI and president/CEO of Label Technology. "They are on the leading-edge and have led the way for the rest of the industry."