The 11th edition of Label Summit Latin America drew its highest ever number of attendees as it concluded in Medellin last week. 747 senior level delegates including label and package printers and brand owners joined together to analyze the application of best practices and new technologies to accelerate business opportunities and economic development across the Andean region.

Held in Colombia for the first time, the two-day event which featured a packed conference program, table-top exhibition and networking function, is the largest gathering for the label and package printing industry in Latin America.

MAX International Converters, Inc. is proud to announce that they will be debuting new parking applications for MAXStick Liner-Free labels at the 2014 International Parking Institute Conference and Expo in Dallas, TX.

The conference will be held June 1-4, 2014 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas.

GIDUE will be present at the next Label Summit Latin America,one of the most important label and package printing event in Latin America. It will take place between the 14th and 15th May, 2014 at the InterContinental Medellin (Colombia).

Maurizio Trecate, GIDUE Vice President Sales, together with its certified distributor Novaflex, will be glad to welcome all visitors at GIDUE Stand n. 16 to introduce the new revolutionary Digital Flexo Excellence™ concept, one of the latest GIDUE revolutionary Technologies for the labels and Packaging industry introduced by GIDUE.

A new report reveals the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is failing to verify the accuracy of label claims on meat and poultry products sold in the United States.

Released by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Label Confusion: How "Humane" And "Sustainable" Claims On Meat Packages Deceive Consumers exposes the lack of any apparent verification of food label claims used on millions of meat packages, and calls on USDA to require independent third-party certification to prevent consumers from being misled.

Flint Group Narrow Web will host an AWA sponsored seminar at their Center for Technical Excellence in Plymouth, Minnesota in late June.  This workshop, titled Introduction to Heat Shrink Sleeve Label Technologies is designed to provide an all-round essential briefing along with workshop activities presented by Flint Group and key industry suppliers.

Due to popular demand, two workshop sessions have been scheduled - each workshop is a full two day program. Workshops are complete with presentations and hands-on activities hosted by Flint Group and Accraply.

Clean labels are becoming ubiquitous in the food industry, with a growing number of companies marketing their products with 'free-from' labels. Organic Monitor research finds that the mushrooming number of free-from claims is bringing many challenges.

Organic is the largest clean label in the food industry. Certified organic products represent agricultural products grown without certain synthetic pesticides, fertilisers and growth promoters. Since the introduction of formal standards in the 1990s, the global market for organic products has grown from almost nothing to US $64 billion.

Two of the mega trends in the food industry will be featured in the upcoming European Sustainable Foods Summit. Industry experts will discuss developments in sustainable proteins and clean labels in Amsterdam on 5-6th June.

A proteins crisis is looming over the food industry. The expanding population and dietary changes in developing countries are accelerating demand for meat and seafood products. Apart from putting strain on supply, rising demand is bringing ecological and social repercussions.

- Four core components as factors of success for effective unit cost reduction

- Superlative application and system expertise in the packaging sector

In an innovative theme park at Interpack in Düsseldorf (8 to 14 May, 2014, Halle 13, Stand B45) Netstal will be showing how state-of-the-art drive technology, supreme reliability and maximum availability and performance can sustainably reduce unit costs.

Although producing metallic labels is widely regarded as difficult as well as expensive, the software breakthroughs included in the Color-Logic Design Suite significantly reduce expense and turnaround time for such production.

Unique market monitor for and from the label industry

FINAT, the international association for the self-adhesive labelling industry, launches the FINAT RADAR. This is a new, wide-ranging half-yearly and professionally-conducted Industry Trends Report. Core of this market report will be trends and developments in the label converter segment of the packaging and labelling supply chain and this in the principle market segments across Europe.

The craft beer industry is a growing market that has increased 9.6%1 in 2013. How can a craft brewery stand out in an ever-growing market? What can a craft brewer do to help himself stand out on a crowded store shelf, without taxing their budget?

Registration is now open as Label Summit Indonesia 2014 heads to Jakarta where its second edition will be held at Balai Kartini between 18-19 June. Building on last year's success, the Summit will feature a mix of technical presentations, case studies and panel discussions and explore new printing technologies and their applications and regional and international printing trends.

The two-day conference program, which is packed with 16 sessions, will also look at packaging trends, materials, anti-counterfeiting as well as brand development, product design and positioning.