Business Management - Industry Trends

The Three Foot Effect
April 23, 2015 at 9:08 pm

It starts three feet from the shelf. Your eye focuses on the label, taking in the images, the colors, the brand, even the texture of the substrate and whether special treatments—such as metallic inks or embossing—have been used. And when it’s done right, the engagement begins.

Clear and Black from UPM Raflatac
April 14, 2015

Two kinds of labels stand out on a shelf: those with the pop that comes from smart use of the color black, and those where the label itself is virtually invisible. Going for just those looks, and designed specifically for wine and spirits labeling, are the Vanish and Eclipse Black lines from UPM Raflatac.


Why You Should Go to ICE USA 2015
January 27, 2015

I’ve long since lost count of how many shows and conferences I’ve been to over the past 20 years, but there has been one constant across them all. It is the value that comes with networking, gaining new knowledge, coming up with new ideas, and seeing first-hand how equipment and software can deliver new productivity and profitability.

And the TLMI Converter of the Year is...
October 1, 2013

What makes the annual TLMI Converter of the Year award so special? There's a seemingly endless reservoir of people who could merit this recognition. Jeff Dunphy, president/CEO of Design Label Manufacturing—steps in easily to this long line of top industry leaders.While Dunphy virtually grew up in his father's print shop, he also had some early positive exposure to TLMI. Design Label has been a member of TLMI for about as long as the Dunphy's have owned the company.

Flextec Escapes Fire's Wrath
November 1, 2012

Rocky Rahija, owner, president, and CEO of Flextec Corp., counts his lucky blessings that his home and his printing business were spared from the Waldo Canyon Fire, that teared through Colorado Springs, Colo, last June. Even with his business curtailed for three days, Rahija says that Flextec did not miss any customer orders.