TLMI Announces Eugene Singer Award Winners

At the association’s recent Converter Meeting in Sea Island, GA, TLMI announced the winners of the Eugene Singer Award for Management Excellence. One of the industry’s most prestigious honors, the award recognizes excellence in business management measured and defined by an established set of growth and profitability ratios through participation in the TLMI Management Ratio Study.

More than 100 narrow web converters throughout the United States and Canada participate in the TLMI Ratio Study, but just four converting companies are awarded the honor each year. The 2014 TLMI Eugene Singer Awards go to:

• Centennial, CO-based Columbine Label Company won in the small company category for the fourth time. Greg Jackson, the company’s president, commented, “Winning this award again just doesn’t get old! Competing and coming out on top, given the level of the other companies involved, is difficult to even adequately describe. Needless to say, we’re excited and proud to have won the Singer award again. Achieving these results is largely due to having such a great group of employees at Columbine that really work hard to do a great job for our customers. And we have a great group of customers as well, that makes putting forth the extra effort easy and rewarding. I’m proud to be part of that, and I’m honored to accept this award on their behalf.”
• Yorba Linda, CA-based Digital Label Solutions won for the mid-range company category. This is the company’s second time winning the Eugene Singer Award and company co-owner, Sandy Petersen, commented, “We consider ourselves very lucky that TLMI membership includes management tools as thorough and valuable as the Ratio Study, and of course offering a platform like the Eugene Singer Award that acknowledges all of our hard work and dedication to our company. We wouldn’t be here without these tools, as well as great customers, vendors, and most of all, simply incredible employees who go above and beyond each and every day.”
• Aurora, IL-based The Label Printers won for the medium company category. This is the Label Printers’ sixth Eugene Singer Award. The company’s COO, Lori Campbell, commented, “This award is a testimony to the dedication of our employees, the loyalty of our customers, and the support of our suppliers and we are grateful to them all.”
• Sanford, FL-based Consolidated Label won for the large company category. This is Consolidated Label’s 13th Eugene Singer Award. Company President, Joel Carmany commented, “Consolidated label is very excited about winning the Singer award again. Our employees work hard to achieve this honor and we thank them along with our loyal customers and vendors for making it possible.”

“The TLMI Ratio Study continues to be an invaluable resource and benchmarking tool for our converter members," said TLMI President Frank Sablone." More than 100 companies participated in last year’s Ratio Study and such high participation rates continue to reinforce how beneficial our converter members consider the study to be. I want to congratulate each of this year’s Singer Award winners on a job well done, and I want to personally thank each and every converter that submitted their information.”