Like most mornings I took the dog for a long walk in the early hours today. Summer in central Texas is hot and I try to get out with my 110-pound Great Pyrenees rescue before the heat index climbs into the triple digits. (The vet at the shelter promised he [...]
Notes from Base Camp
In England, a thousand years ago (OK, in the Eighties), I had a friend who climbed mountains. Big ones with snow on top. All the photos on his desk could have been anyone, a wind-burnt face hidden behind an oxygen mask and mirrored goggles. One night over dinner I asked [...]
A quick look at the FINAT RADAR [Video]
LPC researches and publishes the RADAR for FINAT (the European Self-Adhesive Labelling Association). The RADAR is a market research trends report that is published twice a year and has either a label converter or brand owner/packaging buyer focus. The latest edition has just hit the market and while the entire report is [...]
An LCA Webinar
We’re in the middle of helping our friends at TLMI put together a webinar on Life Cycle Analysis, a topic I know a magnitude more about now than I did. Not only is it an important subject in the packaging industry these days, it’s also one that, irrespective of your place [...]
The New Broom
Ken Rosewall, the old (now) Australian tennis player was a good and honest man. No shouting from Ken. No tantrums. Hit the ball, accept the call. More of a touch or technical player, rather than a power guy, but then most of his playing took place in the era of wooden [...]
Digital Press Purchasing Projections for Label Converters in 2016: LPC Launches Major Digital Research Initiative in North America
Last month market research firm LPC, Inc. launched a new multi-client new research initiative: The North American Market for Digital Label Presses. The industry’s most prominent digital press manufacturers are participating in what is an unprecedented market analysis of this scope and an outreach of this size. Jennifer Dochstader, LPC [...]
De-lighting Christmas
I’ve been meaning to write a self-help book (they say the money’s good) for a number of years. It’s to be called ‘The Other Guy’ and the premise is simple: Do what the you in the future would want you to do right now. This first came to mind driving back into [...]
Back to the Future. Again.
Birthdays, New Year’s Eve, Labelexpo. All excellent times to see friends, take stock, look backwards for a moment, but then come to some kind of resolution about what lies ahead. I got older again back in May, and I can’t even begin to consider Christmas yet, but sitting at my desk [...]
Soft opening to a world class opportunity
This is being posted/advertised right now, but I thought I’d share the information with folks here in case someone has anyone they think might be a good candidate. Someone we know in the package printing industry has decided they want to create a wide-ranging Director of Marketing position to help maximize [...]
TLMI’s Digital Label Study Podcast
TLMI (The Tag and Label Manufacturer’s Institute) recently published an extensive study on the digital label market. LPC was commissioned by TLMI to research and put together the report (it’s an exclusive, available only to members). The principals of LPC, Jennifer Dochstader and David Walsh, recorded a short overview podcast [...]