The Label Printers, a manufacturer of custom labels and packaging, headquartered in Aurora, Illinois has switched from analog to digital plate making and prepress capability by investing in the ESKO CDI (Cyrel Digital Imager) Spark digital flexo plate system, ESKO Suite 10 design and preproduction software, and DuPont Cyrel FAST thermal system.

Aurora, IL -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/10/2011 -- The Label Printers' investment in ESKO CDI (Cyrel Digital Imager) Spark digital flexo plate system, ESKO Suite 10 design and preproduction software, and DuPont Cyrel FAST thermal developer will give them the capability to make high precision digital plates – which will improve label and label proof quality and repeatability, while, at the same time, reducing the company's environmental impact.

Joe Kane, Prepress Manager, has been looking at the technology for years. "We were at a point where we had to decide if we were going to replace worn out pieces of equipment from our analog system with new analog equipment, or make a wholesale change to digital. From my perspective as Prepress Manager, the ESKO and DuPont digital systems were unquestionably the better choice, as it would allow us to eliminate the variability and control issues that are inherent in analog equipment. By investing in this scaleable digital equipment, we can produce labels that are virtually identical from job to job. We can standardize our press set ups. We can produce proofs that are a more accurate representation of how the final product will look. We can use the automation engine to track workflow and improve process control. And, we can do all of that, while at the same time eliminating the use of solvent-based chemicals, as well as consumables that we used to have to recycle."

Lori Campbell, Chief of Operations, is both pleased about the investment, and its anticipated benefits to the company's quality system, operating system, and sustainability program – as well as the fact that the suggestion and homework came from within the organization. "We're very proud of our workforce and the care and attention they give to our quality – which our ISO Registration and 99.6% quality rating back up. But I'm equally proud that our manufacturing team was actively looking for ways to make our quality better and reduce our carbon footprint, with equipment that makes us better able to keep our processes in control and capable – a hallmark of Continuous Quality Improvement environments."

One of the important features in The Label Printers' cost/benefit analysis was DuPont's third-party-verified life cycle assessment (to ISO 14040 guidelines) to evaluate the environmental footprint of the Cyrel FAST thermal developer. This life cycle assessment examined all of the upstream and downstream products and processes, as well as their materials, energy consumption and environmental releases. The assessment indicates that there is a 63% reduction in energy consumption and a 53% reduction in greenhouse gas generation (vs. solvents). And, DuPont's TR3 Recycling Program was also an important aspect in The Label Printers' decision.

George Tommasi, Director of Human Resources, says that The Label Printers will be taking full advantage of the TR3 program, and that the new equipment will positively impact a couple of the sustainability measurements used in the company's L.I.F.E. program (the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute's "Label Initiative For the Environment"), for which he is the team leader. "It will improve employee safety by eliminating the previous material handling processes. And, it will eliminate the environmental cost of gas consumption and emissions from outside trucking firms that the company previously used to haul away trash and recyclables generated from the previous [analog plate making] equipment. From an environmental perspective, this investment in digital equipment is a significant improvement. The company's forward thinking achieves environmental and operational objectives, and is beneficial to both."

Bill Kane, Chief Executive, has a very straightforward view of the investment. "It's a good decision. We can be efficient and ecological at the same time. We're projecting that our VOCs (Volatile Organic Compound) will drop by about 30%. We're really glad we made the investment."

The Label Printers is a leading custom label and packaging manufacturer, serving a widely diverse customer base around the globe – ranging from Fortune 100 to start-up businesses. The company serves industries as varied as wine, pharmaceutical, and electrical. The Label Printers takes special pride in their quality, which is backed up by their ISO 9001 Registration (with an acceptance rating which has stayed at a consistent and nearly perfect 99.6% since 1989).

About The Label Printers
The Label Printers, Aurora, IL, started in business in 1967, manufacturing simple label constructions in a 1,000 square foot space, with 1 employee, serving the local Chicago market.

Today, the company has evolved into one of the 100 largest converters in the United States. The Label Printers owns and operates two facilities in Aurora, Illinois, manufacturing and distributing labels and packaging products to thousands of customers in 25 countries around the world. The company's packaging products are certified to ISO 9001 standards, and their quality is backed up by their 99.6% Quality Acceptance Rating.

The Label Printers is a member of NASPO (North American Security Products Organization), CACP (Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy), TLMI (Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute) and the FTA (Flexographic Technical Association).

About EskoArtwork
EskoArtwork is the worldwide market leader with software for artwork creation, pre-production, automation, quality assurance and collaboration targeted at brand owners, retailers, designers and packaging manufacturers. The CDI flexo computer-to-plate imagers, Kongsberg short-run converting and signage finishing systems complete the portfolio for the packaging, label, signage and display industries.

The company provides a range of workflow, automation and quality assurance solutions for the commercial printing and publishing market. For graphic designers and print production professionals there's also the Enfocus suite of PDF tools.

EskoArtwork employs around 1050 people worldwide. Its global sales and support organization covers Europe, the Americas and the Asia Pacific and is completed by a network of distribution partners in more than 45 countries.

EskoArtwork is headquartered in Gent, Belgium, and has R&D and manufacturing facilities in five European countries, the United States, China and India. The consolidated full year financials ended for 2010 with revenue of EUR 184.1 million.

About DuPont
DuPont is a market-driven global science company focused on meeting the world's needs through the power of our people, innovation, technology and collaboration. Founded in 1802, our company has grown to 58,000 employees working at more than 210 sites in more than 90 countries around the globe. Our vision is to be the world's most dynamic science company, creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. In 2009, we achieved $26.1 billion (USD) in sales.

Major societal changes, such as population growth, are creating four significant needs that we see as megatrends, including increasing food production, decreasing dependence on fossil fuels, protecting people, assets and our environment and supporting growth in emerging markets. Today, thousands of DuPont employees are collaborating with stakeholders and partners – including customers, governments and communities – to meet these complex challenges that will define the coming decades.

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The Label Printers is a sponsor and workshop leader for the 7th Anti-Counterfeiting & Brand Protection – East Coast at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, from September 26 – 28.

Aurora, IL -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/09/2011 -- The Label Printers has agreed to share their experience and expertise with those interested in protecting their brand and intellectual property as a sponsor and workshop presenter for the 7th Anti-Counterfeiting & Brand Protection – East Coast. The New York conference is titled "Developing Effective Strategies to Combat Online Counterfeiting and Protecting Brands through Collaboration with Government Agencies". Conference presenters include brand owners such as Google, Bayer, the NFL, Louis Vuitton, and Hewlett Packard; solution providers such as The Label Printers and Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services; government agencies such as the FBI, and ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] Homeland Security Investigations; and many other intellectual property and anti-counterfeiting experts. The Conference and Workshops will be presented and attended by individuals representing the law enforcement community, IP and brand owners, anti-counterfeiting solution suppliers, and others interested in combating the global menace of counterfeiting and piracy.

Michael Agee, Director of Brand Protection Programs for The Label Printers, will present a Workshop entitled "Integrating Product and Supply Chain Security Components into a Brand Owner's Strategy". This workshop will address issues including how to work to secure the entire supply chain, and implementing brand protection solutions for true corporation sustainability.

The Anti-Counterfeiting & Brand Protection Conference includes three days [September 26 through 28] of workshops and presentations. Critical IP and anti-counterfeiting strategies and their implementation will be discussed, including:

• Strategically securing and enforcing IP rights locally and abroad

• Future proofing your brand integrity by countering trademark patent infringements

• Enforcing supply chain security in the U.S. by uniting with border officials to stop the illegal flow of harmful products

Conferences and Workshops will cover such topics as:

• Thwarting online brand abuse

• Infringement trends and strategies for global brand protection

• Fighting Counterfeits on the Internet

More information about the conference presentations/presenters, and resources available for those interested in anti-counterfeiting programs can be found by clicking on the following link: http://www.anticounterfeitingsummit.com/Event.aspx?id=537108

About The Label Printers
The Label Printers, Aurora, IL, started in business in 1967, manufacturing simple label constructions in a 1,000 square foot space, with 1 employee, serving the local Chicago market.

Today, the company has evolved into one of the 100 largest converters in the United States. The Label Printers owns and operates two facilities in Aurora, Illinois, manufacturing and distributing labels and packaging products to thousands of customers in 25 countries around the world. The company's packaging products are certified to ISO 9001 standards, and their quality is backed up by their 99.6% Quality Acceptance Rating.

The Label Printers is a member of NASPO (North American Security Products Organization), CACP (Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy), TLMI (Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute) and the FTA (Flexographic Technical Association).

About Legal IQ, a division of IQPC
Legal IQ is an online community dedicated to providing members of the legal profession with information regarding current legal and regulatory issues. Legal IQ offers legal information resources such as podcasts and presentations, as well as events such as webinars, conferences and summits. At legal IQ, lawyers and attorneys have the opportunity to network with peers within the legal profession through Q&A as well as group membership.

About IQPC (International Quality and Productivity Center)
In the 1970s, the publishers of Industry Week magazine co-founded a company called Penton Learning Systems. Its mission and purpose was to "supply the missing link between a number of disconnected colleges and universities, each marginally effective in designing and developing short courses for managerial and professional workers, and an integrated system of great power." For 15 years, Penton Learning Systems managed this consortium with great success. It assisted in the design and development of over 30,000 short courses/seminars in the fields of quality management, project management, finance and accounting, marketing management, strategic planning and implementation, and the like.

On the foundations of the university and college consortium business, IQPC was born in 1989. IQPC now has offices in major cities across six continents including: Berlin, Dubai, London, New York, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney and Toronto. IQPC leverages a global research base of best practices to produce an unrivaled portfolio of problem-solving conferences. Each year IQPC offers approximately 2,000 worldwide conferences, seminars, and related learning programs.

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Aurora, IL -- (SBWIRE) --06/14/2011 -- The Label Printers was a sponsor, exhibitor, and workshop presenter for the recent Anti-Counterfeiting for Pharma and Medical Devices Conference. Conference presenters included brand owners such as Lifescan (a division of Johnson and Johnson), Merck, GE Healthcare, Pfizer, and Underwriters Laboratories (out of industry case study); solution providers such as The Label Printers and Sanofi-Aventis; government agencies such as the FBI, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of Health and Consumer Goods, Homeland Security's National IPR Coordination Center; and many other intellectual property and anti-counterfeiting experts. The Conference and Workshops were presented and attended by individuals representing the law enforcement community, IP and brand owners, anti-counterfeiting solution suppliers, and others interested in combating the global menace of counterfeiting and piracy.

Michael Agee, Director of Brand Protection Programs for The Label Printers said, "the conference was an open environment – presenters and attendees both spoke candidly about supply chain and regulatory issues that they face. We learned more about FDA programs such as E Pedigree, which are important steps in the anti-counterfeiting fight. But because the format really did allow for dialogue, those attending the conference and the workshops such as the one that I led, had the opportunity to point out their concerns about focusing solely on serialization. I think that serialization is only half the battle, and that authentication is as important for the industry to focus on. Serialization and authentication need to be combined for any anti-counterfeiting measure to be fully effective. And conferences such as this are a good way for the industry to hear messages like that."

The Anti-Counterfeiting & Brand Protection Summit included three days of workshops, presentations, and case studies. The Summit's Conferences and Workshops covered such topics as:
• The latest counterfeiting trends, legislation and cases as they relate to the Pharmaceutical Industry
• How to secure product brand integrity with integrated protection strategies
• Discussing innovative strategies to diminish use of the internet to purchase counterfeit products
• The impact of globalization of the pharmaceutical industry
• Risk management strategies to ensure supply chain safety

The Label Printers' Conference Workshop's topic was:
• Integrating Product and Supply Chain components into a Brand Owner's Strategy

This workshop's focus was:
o Defining the brand protection strategy at all levels of the program
o Understanding and securing the entire supply chain
o Ensuring future stability by taking care of future sustainability

Workshop Leader:
Michael Agee
Director, Brand Protection Programs
The Label Printers

More information about the conference presentations/presenters, and resources available for those interested in anti-counterfeiting programs for the pharmaceutical/medical devices industries can be found by clicking on the following link: http://anticounterfeitingpharma.com/Event.aspx?id=474098

About The Label Printers
The Label Printers, Aurora, IL, started in business in 1967, manufacturing simple label constructions in a 1,000 square foot space, with 1 employee, serving the local Chicago market.

Today, the company has evolved into one of the 100 largest converters in the United States. The Label Printers owns and operates two facilities in Aurora, Illinois, manufacturing and distributing labels and packaging products to thousands of customers in 25 countries around the world. The company's packaging products are certified to ISO 9001 standards, and their quality is backed up by their 99.6% Quality Acceptance Rating.

The Label Printers is a member of NASPO (North American Security Products Organization), CACP (Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy), TLMI (Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute) and the FTA (Flexographic Technical Association).

About Pharma IQ, a division of IQPC
Pharma IQ provides useful training courses, conferences, and expositions for pharmaceutical executives to network and learn the latest pharma business development and trends occurring in organizations today. Pharma IQ focuses on establishing an interactive experience featuring practical, objective, and up-to-date insight from pharma industry leaders.

About IQPC (International Quality and Productivity Center)
In the 1970s, the publishers of Industry Week magazine co-founded a company called Penton Learning Systems. Its mission and purpose was to "supply the missing link between a number of disconnected colleges and universities, each marginally effective in designing and developing short courses for managerial and professional workers, and an integrated system of great power." For 15 years, Penton Learning Systems managed this consortium with great success. It assisted in the design and development of over 30,000 short courses/seminars in the fields of quality management, project management, finance and accounting, marketing management, strategic planning and implementation, and the like.

On the foundations of the university and college consortium business, IQPC was born in 1989. IQPC now has offices in major cities across six continents including: Berlin, Dubai, London, New York, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney and Toronto. IQPC leverages a global research base of best practices to produce an unrivaled portfolio of problem-solving conferences. Each year IQPC offers approximately 2,000 worldwide conferences, seminars, and related learning programs.

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Aurora, IL -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/15/2010 -- The Label Printers' Chief Executive, Bill Kane, and Chief of Operations, Lori Campbell recently returned from Hong Kong, China where they participated in the 2010 International Law Enforcement Intellectual Property (IP) Crime Conference – co-hosted by INTERPOL and Hong Kong Customs in partnership with Underwriters Laboratories. The Conference brought together around 500 attendees from over 45 countries, representing the law enforcement community, IP and brand owners, anti-counterfeiting solution suppliers, and others interested in combating the global menace of counterfeiting and piracy. Keynote speakers included Eric Holder, the Attorney General of the United States, who discussed the priority that this administration places on anti-counterfeiting initiatives.

Mr. Kane explained that the Conference's principal message was the vital importance of information sharing and cooperation between all of those involved in the fight to combat counterfeiting. But, he said, "Saying is not doing. Everyone involved in this conference understands that, and is trying to make that cooperation a reality. And, when you consider the organizations and individuals who attend this conference, the information sharing that occurs at that level is invaluable."

In addition to their Platinum Sponsorship of the Conference, The Label Printers facilitated an Operational Workshop on Day 2, entitled "21st Century Science – Utilizing Technology to Break Organized Crime". The Workshop's Operational Themes were:

• Innovative Labeling and Product Protection Strategies
• Utilizing Audit Capabilities to Support Investigations
• Evidential Benefits Arising from Technology

Ms. Campbell was the workshop's facilitator, Mr. Russ LaCoste, Sales Director – North America, SICPA was the support facilitator, and the workshop's panelists were Mr. Ken Leung, Manager, China Anti-Counterfeiting Operations, UL and Ms. Catherine Begley, Manager of Investigations (Counterfeit Program) Merck, Inc.

Ms. Campbell felt that their workshop was a good mix of attendees – brand owners, investigators, law enforcement, IP attorneys, etc. She said, "the Q & A session was also a good mix of discussion about the real world challenges faced by everyone in the supply chain and the challenges that they, and law enforcement, faces in dealing with the counterfeiting threat. It was instructive to listen to customs representatives who talked about their need for exact, quick, simple verification methods; FBI representatives who need lots of data, updated constantly; and the disconnect that can sometimes occur between law enforcement and brand owners who have to face decisions about whether to pursue civil or criminal remedies."

In addition to both their sponsorship and their workshop presentation, The Label Printers, along with a number of other conference attendees, participated in an exhibit of IP crime-fighting technologies and solutions throughout Days 2 and 3.

Mr. Kane and Ms. Campbell both agreed that this conference, now in its' third year, has gotten better every year. Mr. Kane said, "Conference attendees agreed that cooperation is better, and we were presented with some dollar figures that show a significant improvement in law enforcement seizures to back that up. In fact, we were told during the conference about a bust that had just occurred and was successful due to inter-agency cooperation. And I would agree with the closing presentation that suggested that information-sharing goals should be set, along with standards and time frames."

"Listening to people on the front lines who use and inspect our products – hearing about their day to day concerns and challenges is one of the biggest pluses for our company's participation in this conference," said Ms. Campbell. "It's also important for our employees to understand the extent and scope of counterfeiting and IP theft, and the global efforts that are ongoing to combat it. But I would say that the conference's greatest value to me and to The Label Printers, is its focus on how critical it is to understand the entire supply chain – we can't just attack the problem in one place in the chain. The problems of counterfeiting and IP theft are huge, and the solutions need to cover the chain from beginning to end."

More information about the International Law Enforcement Intellectual Property (IP) Crime Conference may be found on UL's web site or by clicking on the link: http://www.ul.com/global/eng/pages/offerings/services/programs/anticounterfeitingoperations/conference/

About Label Printers
The Label Printers, Aurora, IL, started in business in 1967, manufacturing simple label constructions in a 1,000 square foot space, with 1 employee, serving the local Chicago market.

Today, the company has evolved into one of the 100 largest converters in the United States. The Label Printers owns and operates two facilities in Aurora, Illinois, manufacturing and distributing labels and packaging products to thousands of customers in 25 countries around the world. The company's packaging products are certified to ISO 9001 standards, and their quality is backed up by their 99.6% Quality Acceptance Rating.

To contact The Label Printers, call 800.229.9549 or e-mail the company at anti-counterfeiting@TheLabelPrinters.com.

The Label Printers is a member of NASPO (North American Security Products Organization), CACP (Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy), TLMI (Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute) and the FTA (Flexographic Technical Association).

About Underwriters Laboratories
Underwriters Laboratories® is an independent product safety certification organization that has been testing products and writing standards for safety for more than a century. UL evaluates more than 19,000 types of products, components, materials and systems annually with 20 billion UL Marks appearing on 72,000 manufacturers' products each year. UL's worldwide family of companies and network of service providers includes 64 laboratory, testing and certification facilities serving customers in 98 countries.

About INTERPOL
INTERPOL is the world's largest international police organization, with 188 member countries. Created in 1923, it facilitates cross-border police co-operation, and supports and assists all organizations, authorities and services whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime.

INTERPOL aims to facilitate international police co-operation even where diplomatic relations do not exist between particular countries. Action is taken within the limits of existing laws in different countries and in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. INTERPOL's constitution prohibits 'any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.'

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