Labels

Digital Label Sales Revisited: Did Expansion Meet Expectations?

addingtonb@bnpmedia.com (Brad Addington) — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400

After predicting last year that digital printing would dominate 15% of label sales by 2025, Paul Edwards of INX International provides an update. We sat down with Paul again to ask 1) if digital label sales grew as much as anticipated and 2) what lies in store for digital label sales going forward. Get Paul’s projections and the underlying factors behind them.

Techlan Ltd and HERMA UK Advance Circular Solutions for Release Liner Waste

Tue, 19 May 2026 13:27:14 -0400

Over the course of this collaboration, the two companies have helped establish a practical route for the collection, cleaning and reuse of suitable silicone release liners in the label industry

Printable Smart Label Offers Worldwide Tracking of Cargo and Parcels

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:31 -0400

Reelables’ Anywhere smart labels provide continuous visibility into cargo movements, capturing facility arrivals and departures, verifying truck-level contents, and detecting when individual items within a shipment diverge.

The Latest in Labeling: Driving Innovation Across Industries

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Few elements of a package are more important than the label. Labels convey critical information about a package’s contents, in addition to helping market the product in a consumer context. Improvements in this area have come in the form of materials, technology, and machinery. Learn more about the latest in labeling.

Deep-Freeze Seal Provides Tamper Evidence for Rx Packaging at Low Temps

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:40:43 -0400

Label offers reliable product protection for extreme sub-zero temperatures and helps pharmaceutical manufacturers meet EU requirements for prescription drug packaging.

ACTEGA Announces UV Flexographic Ink for CPG Labels Made with Carbon-Negative Pigment

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:39:15 -0400

The innovation was sponsored and supported by Waiākea, which earlier this year announced it would be the first food and beverage brand globally to commercialize algae-based inks on its labels across its supply chain.

Coveris Helps Rowse® Honey Develop New Packaging Concept for Manuka Range

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:05:12 -0500

The updated range, available now in both jar and squeezy formats, includes enhanced packaging features designed to reinforce Rowse’s premium Manuka position within the honey category.

How Australia Is Leading Innovation in Beer, Wine and Spirits Packaging

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

From recycle-ready bag-in-box wine and circular polymer bottles to wash-off labels and end-to-end packaging strategies, a wave of sustainable packaging innovation is reshaping beer, wine, and spirits—led in part by bold developments emerging from Australia and beyond.

Reelables Secures $10.4M in Series A Funding to Advance Active Smart Label Technology

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Reelables grew more than 200 percent this year and plans to scale production to 100 million labels per year with this funding.

HERMA Launches Digital GreenGuide on Sustainable Self-Adhesive Labels

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:51:33 -0400

Whether it’s PET bottles, flexible or fiber-based packaging, glass, aluminium or specific reusable containers, the digital GreenGuide on the HERMA self-adhesive materials website provides a solid basis for decision-making with just three or four simple inputs.

Fedrigoni Advances Circularity with Wash-Off Labels for Glass Bottles

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:02:16 -0400

Designed with Fedrigoni’s premium FW8000 wash-off adhesive and Sorolla H+O WS facestock, the product offers the durability brands require in challenging environments, from refrigeration to ice buckets, while ensuring labels detach cleanly during the washing process for effortless bottle reuse.

Brewery Adopts Peel-and-Reveal Beer Label with Domino’s Help

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:26 -0400

Label has been awarded for its standout design and print using a combination of two or more complementary digital and flexo processes.

TIPA Compostable Packaging Launches Home-Compostable Label for Fresh Produce

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:40 -0400

Developed in collaboration with Bio4Life, the produce label helps achieve zero-waste goals, align with compostability policies, and meet food safety standards.

Beontag Highlighting Labeling Materials and Smart Tag Innovations at Labelexpo Europe

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:23:44 -0400

Taking place at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona from September 16 – 19, LabelExpo Europe is the world’s largest event for the label and package printing industry.

Epson Puts the Focus on Logistics, Shipping and Fulfillment Labeling at PARCEL Forum ’25

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:56:59 -0400

Epson will demonstrate the ways its Label Boost software can help brands and manufacturers “Do Labels Differently” and elevate business with a new, simple and innovative way to use shipping labels to market and advertise.

Color-Logic Certifies Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 400 Digital Press

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:18:58 -0400

This certification affirms the compatibility of the press and the innovative Color-Logic process, enabling printers to produce high-impact, metallic, and visually striking labels with ease.

Henkel announces new hot melt adhesive for PET bottle labeling

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:27 -0400

Technomelt EM 335 RE enables more efficient PET recycling.

Pressure-Sensitive Labels: A Packaging Circularity Enabler

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

Avery Dennison’s Ryan Yost explains how recent breakthroughs in PSL technology significantly improve recycled packaging’s quality and the efficiency of the recycling process.

MPS' Press Technology Helps ETPA Packaging with Labeling and Converting

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:41:15 -0400

MPS presses are renowned for their print quality and adaptability, which are key to ETPA’s diversified portfolio—from self-adhesive labels and flexible packaging for food and beverage applications to blisters for the pharmaceutical sector and lamitubes for the cosmetic world.

CCL Label to Showcase Latest Innovations at Drinktec

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:18:28 -0400

CCL’s focus will be on innovations that can increase recycling rates, enable reusable systems, reduce CO₂ emissions – and at the same time help brands stand out on the shelf.

HERMA Develops Wash-Off Self-Adhesive Labels for HDPE Packaging

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:40:59 -0400

This solution is widely used in the form of rigid containers for the food, cosmetics and industrial sectors.

Innovia Films Launches New Film Coating Line at Mexico Plant

Tue, 13 May 2025 12:48:45 -0400

The coated and metallized film types to be produced in Mexico will be predominantly used as facestocks for Pressure-Sensitive Labels, with some applications also targeting barrier applications for Flexible Packaging.

OMNI Systems Reflects on Success with Domino's Digital Printing Solutions

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:21:42 -0400

The company now operates three K600i units in its Cleveland, Ohio facility — two 22-inch dual-bar units and one 17-inch single-bar unit — enhancing its ability to produce high-quality variable data and sequential barcoded labels at greater speeds and volumes.

Fedrigoni Group Opens New Slitting Center in Germany

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 12:39:33 -0400

With 6,400 square meters and three 2-meter-wide new generation slitting equipment, this state-of-art distribution center aims to produce 90 million square meters of high-quality films and premium paper self-adhesive materials per year for various sectors.

IL Group to Exhibit Light Protection Solutions for Vials at INTERPHEX NYC

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:16:31 -0400

IL Group also will showcase its Shrink Tack Label, a tamper-evident safety label for syringes, and its Vial Protect Pack (VPP) series designed to provide added protection for fragile or high-leverage glass vials.

Reelables Releases New 5G Cellular Label for Perishable Shipping

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:12:25 -0500

The label constantly monitors the ambient temperature and the location of products in each shipment while en route via land, water or air.

Resource Label Group Acquires Imprimerie Ste-Julie

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:05:21 -0500

ISJ is a trusted partner to customers in the food, beverage, pharmaceuticals, natural products and cosmetics markets, and meet their strict delivery, quality and sustainability goals.

All4Labels Launches All4Flexibles as Online Shop Flexible Packaging Solutions

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:40:14 -0500

All4Flexibles’ business model is based on a combination of dynamic, customized ordering processes and classic, customer-oriented consulting expertise: with new, environmentally friendly materials, a short time-to-market and personal customer service.

Platinum Press Expands Headquarters with $15 Million Investment

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Company’s Fort Worth, Texas, facility grows by 70,000 square feet to 220,000 square feet. Infrastructure additions include two Rapida 106 presses with cold foil capabilities, and a Durst digital press with customized finishing units.

Just in Time for the Holidays: Sealing Labels for Board Games

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

Sealing board games, playing cards and puzzles with sealing labels instead of wrapping them in film is a more sustainable path, and HERMA offers a solution.