John Hickey

Two premier label printers are now one entity as Smyth Companies, LLC announced the acquisition of Dow Industries of Wilmington, Mass.

At the Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute annual meeting held in Boca Raton, Florida, the association presented awards to John Hickey, CEO of Smyth Companies; Calvin Frost, CEO of Channeled Resources Group; Toray Plastics America; and McCourt Label.

In an association loaded with industry leaders, the TLMI Converter of the Year award can be considered recognition as the "best of the best." Even with this lofty description, it is no surprise to those that know him best that John Hickey, CEO of Smyth Companies, Inc. and currently in the coveted position as past TLMI chairman of the board, has been selected to receive packagePRINTING's 2010 TLMI Converter of the Year award.

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Smyth Companies has partnered with Novacap, a private equity firm in Montreal, Canada, to assist Smyth in continuing its journey towards being one of the industry’s premiere label suppliers.

The Tag and Label Manufacturer’s Institute (TLMI) held its annual meeting last month in the picturesque setting of The Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla. The annual meeting is always a highlight affair, mixing excellent presentations with a tabletop reception, business meetings, and a formal banquet. TLMI Chairman John Hickey of Smyth -Companies and Meeting Chair Dan O’Connell of UPM -Raflatac worked the presentations around the theme, -“Celebrating Our Legacy and Meeting the Challenges of Our Future.” Sustainability and the environment were the focus of several of the sessions including, “A Contract With Our Future” by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and “Forever Green” by

Many of today’s leaders of package printing companies have spent their entire careers in the industry; not so with Frank Gerace, president and CEO of Multi-Color Corporation (MCC). A relative newcomer to the field, he spent the first 20 years of his career working for consumer products companies, learning and managing business operations from a different perspective. Gerace has used his experiences to make a significant impact in the package printing community. Since taking the reigns at MCC, he has transformed the company into an industry powerhouse, with 10 consecutive years of record revenue growth. This stellar business performance is well-recognized by his peers