Report on Digital Printing for Narrow-Web Label Applications

Similar to other markets, digital participation in labels will not be a huge volume component, but it will be extremely disruptive, Karstedt says. “We have identified several ‘battleground’ areas where it will be extremely difficult to compete against digital with conventional-print technologies. These battlegrounds will evolve into a ‘have vs. have not’ situation. The implications to label printers and converters are pretty severe.