Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI)

NAPERVILLE, Ill.—At its recent Annual Meeting held in Palm Beach, Fla., the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) named Frank Gerace—president and CEO of Multi-Color Corporation—TLMI Converter of the Year, and named Cheryl Caudill—corporate communications and graphics market manager for Multi-Plastics, Inc.—TLMI Supplier of the Year. Presented on an annual basis, the Converter of the Year Award honors and recognizes a member of the converting industry who has made an extensive contribution to the North American narrow-web marketplace and who has additionally demonstrated an unwavering commitment to TLMI. Before joining Multi-Color in 1998, Gerace spent 20 years working for consumer packaged goods companies.

NAPERVILLE, Ill.—The Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) recently announced the winners of its prestigious Eugene Singer Award for Management Excellence. One of TLMI’s highest honors, this award recognizes excellence in business management measured and defined by an established set of growth and profitability ratios through the TLMI Management Ratio Study. The Singer Award is given annually to four label-converting companies; each company within a certain sales range category. The 2007 TLMI Eugene Singer Awards were given to the following North American narrow-web converting companies: • Fountain Valley, CA-based Coast Label Company won for the small company category. This is Coast Label’s

NAPERVILLE, Ill.—The Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) recently announced the winners of the prestigious Eugene Singer Award for Management Excellence. One of TLMI’s highest honors, this award recognizes excellence in business management measured and defined by an established set of growth and profitability ratios through the TLMI Management Ratio Study. The Singer Award is given annually to four label-converting companies; each company within a certain sales range category. The 2007 TLMI Eugene Singer Awards were given to the following North American narrow web converting companies: • Fountain Valley, CA-based Coast Label Company won for the small company category. This is Coast Label’s

Naperville, Ill.—Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) has announced 10 of the association’s label-converter members have won first-place and/or honorable mention awards in the World Label Association Awards Competition. The awards were formally presented at the recent TLMI Converter Meeting in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. In its 18th year, the winners of the World Label Association Awards Competition are chosen from a group comprised of first-place winners from association label competitions around the globe including TLMI, the Japanese Label Foundation (JFLP), FINAT, and the Australian Label Association (LATMA). Label samples from companies are judged against each other in a variety of categories to

NAPERVILLE, Ill.—TLMI (Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute) recently announced a narrow-web flexographic press guard contest open to all TLMI members and non members. The contest’s objective is to encourage industry members to submit designs for a flexo press guard that will assist in injury prevention industry-wide, and to generate new ideas to advance current standards, as well as to tap into designs that may already exist. Calvin Frost, TLMI Health & Safety Committee chairman, explains, “The TLMI Health & Safety Committee identified this as an area currently that warrants immediate attention. It’s not news to anyone in our industry that one of the

TLMI (Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute) recently announced a narrow web flexographic press guard contest open to all TLMI members and non-members. The contest’s objective is to urge industry members to submit designs for a flexo press guard that will assist in injury prevention industry-wide, and to generate new ideas to advance current standards, as well as to tap into designs that may already exist. Calvin Frost, TLMI health & safety committee chairman, explains, “The TLMI Health & Safety Committee identified this as an area currently that warrants immediate attention. It’s not news to anyone in our industry that one of the first

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NAPERVILLE, Ill.—At the association’s recent board of directors meeting, a new mission and vision statement was approved for TLMI (Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute). These new statements further reinforce TLMI’s commitment to its membership, and to the industry as a whole. The new statements have been published as follows: MISSION STATEMENT TLMI is a member-driven association strongly committed to providing business solutions that enhance the prosperity of its members and the narrow web tag, label, and packaging industries. VISION STATEMENT The premier member-driven association for the label and packaging industry. TLMI Chairman John Hickey, CEO of Smyth Companies, Inc., comments on the

NAPERVILLE, Ill.—The Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) announced the winners of the prestigious Eugene Singer Award for Management Excellence. One of TLMI’s highest honors, this award recognizes excellence in business management, measured and defined by an established set of growth and profitability ratios through the TLMI Management Ratio Study. The Singer Award is given annually to four label-converting companies; each within a certain sales range category. The 2006 TLMI Eugene Singer Award recipients are as follows: • New Mexico-based Stixon Labels won for the third consecutive year in the small company category. The small company category is defined by annual sales of less

NAPERVILLE, Ill.—Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) announced the winners of the prestigious Eugene Singer Award for Management Excellence. One of TLMI’s highest honors, this award recognizes excellence in business management measured and defined by an established set of growth and profitability ratios through the TLMI Management Ratio Study. The Singer Award is given annually to four label-converting companies; each company within a certain sales range category. The 2006 TLMI Eugene Singer Award recipients are as follows: New Mexico-based Stixon Labels won for the third consecutive year in the small company category. The small company category is defined by annual sales of less than