John McDowell

The Flexographic Technical Association has appointed John McDowell, president of McDowell — A Resource Label Group Co., to its board of directors, recognizing his long-standing industry leadership, cultural stewardship, and commitment to advancing flexographic printing.

The package-printing industry is unique in many ways. It’s a well-established industry that has a little bit of everything, and too much of some things (like competition if you’re in certain segments of the market). It has its fair share of growth segments and some that are in decline. It has some huge areas, such as pressure-senstive labeling, that are holding their own and even growing at tolerable rates, while other large segments, such as cut-and-stack paper labels, are in a slow decline. It also uses dynamic new techniques, such as shrink labels, that incorporate state-of-the-art technology to provide state-of-the-art consumer appeal. Within package printing,