Top Tag & Label Converters Survey

Growth opportunities vary. Thirty-seven percent of participants with expansion plans are set to add new label printing processes; 33 percent will explore different label end-use markets; and 18 percent of respondents will begin converting flexible packaging.

Another notable finding of pP's survey is the move toward sophisticated prepress capabilities within the printer's facility. Nearly 46 percent of survey participants will upgrade in-house prepress functions this year, while less than 1 percent plan to send more work to a trade shop or other prepress facility.