Business Management - Industry Trends

From single-pass, direct digital printing to the rise of e-commerce, the corrugated packaging segment is booming with new opportunities.

To celebrate its 200th anniversary, Koenig & Bauer (formerly KBA) hosted a celebration that culminated with a gala reception attended by nearly 700 guests and a special program featuring dignitary presenters such as Horst Köhler, the former president of Germany.

This year’s PRINT 17 drew a diverse crowd of attendees, some of whom are expanding both their traditional print applications, while others are looking to expand into new areas. What follows are several PRINT 17 exhibitors who have reported positive results so far in terms of booth traffic and sales success.

PRINT 17’s return to Chicago was a resounding success as 20,000 people from the graphic communications industry gathered at McCormick Place for five days of education, networking and an up-close look at the latest innovations and technologies.

The inaugural TLMI printTHINK Summit was held from Sept. 5-7 in Chicago, providing education sessions covering both technical and business management issues impacting the label industry. The Summit is the evolution of the TLMI Technical Conference, and is held every other year.

Welcome to Chicago and McCormick Place! You may have attended PRINT before. But you’ve never attended a PRINT like PRINT 17.

The complete list of winning entries in the 31st annual packagePRINTING Excellence Awards has been revealed. Read on to check out who took home first, second and third place awards in entries spanning all packaging types and printing processes.

In August, packagePRINTING's online readers indicated they were most interested in stories on NFL-themed packaging, NFC enabled wine bottles, zero-waste grocery stores, the latest trends in folding cartons and the state of the label industry.

It’s not easy for a panel of five judges to sift through nearly 200 packaging samples and determine the best ones. Here’s what our judges had to say about the 31st annual packagePRINTING Excellence Awards.

Formerly known as the TLMI Technical Conference, the printTHINK Summit will feature technical, business and operations related content.