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The impact of shorter production runs, combined with the established practices at lean, productive companies to minimize inventories at all stages of production, has resulted in many supply chain changes, including those at converters that supply materials to package printers.

At Labelexpo Americas 2012, a steady parade of show attendees were treated to a wide array of new products and technology demonstrations. A major highlight of the show, the Label Industry Global Awards 2012, took place on Tuesday, Sept. 11 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Steve Lee, vice president of technology at RotoMetrics, was honored with the prestigious R Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award.

News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including items on Chromatic Technologies, Berlin Packaging, ExxonMobil Chemical, Accredo Packaging, Neenah Paper, Topflight Corp., California Polytechnic State University, Boelter Industries, Acucote and ETI Converting Equipment.

The Flexible Packaging Association announced its 2009 Board of Directors. Directors are elected by FPA voting members through mail ballot. Directors are elected for a term of one year and assume their directorship at the FPA Annual Meeting.

The Films Business of ExxonMobil Chemical announced the launch of national distributors for its affiliates’ oriented polypropylene (OPP) film products in the United States and Canada: Multi-Plastics, Inc., Lewis Center, OH, and Multi-Plastics Canada, Co.

ROSEMONT, Ill.—Hundreds of global suppliers, converters, trade associations and media gathered to celebrate and reward excellence in the label industry at the Label Industry Global Awards gala dinner, Sept. 9 at Labelexpo Americas. Votes were collated from across the world, and winners were announced in four categories: • CONTINUOUS INNOVATION AWARD - sponsored by Labels & Labeling, Label & Narrow Web, NarroWebTech This award is for a long-established supplier or converter company within the label industry that has shown innovation and creativity over the years. Winner 2008: ExxonMobil Chemical The judges commented: “ExxonMobil puts a lot back into the industry through its own excellence

CHICAGO, Ill.—At Labelexpo this week, Avery Dennison announced that it has joined forces with EskoArtwork and ExxonMobil Chemical in extending PacVantage™ software and technology for digital labels. Last year, EskoArtwork and ExxonMobil Chemical introduced PacVantage™ software and technology for digitally printed labels at Labelexpo Europe. In this market segment, where the predominant printing technology is provided by HP Indigo, these companies broke new ground by offering a color guarantee. This guarantee provides converters that prepare their jobs using EskoArtwork software with PacVantage™ technology and print them on ExxonMobil Chemical’s Digilyte™ polyolefin films the assurance that they will be able to make color adjustments during

Shrink stock continues to steal the spotlight in the world of labels. TO EFFECTIVELY MARKET a consumer product, follow these directions: apply brightly printed shrink label to a smartly-shaped container and watch it fly off the store shelf. Okay, it's not that easy and maybe shrink sleeves aren't that good. But shrink labels are growing at an astounding rate, and their brilliant, 360° graphics and ability to contour to sleek container designs appeal to consumers. Simply put, shrink labels look good and sell their products. Endless possibilities Body labels such as shrink sleeves are expected to grow at a clip of about