2019 Label Industry Big Forecast!UHF Cards RFID Dealer

　　2019 Label Industry Big Forecast

　　Sustainable packaging is more than just producing renewable, recyclable or environmentally friendly materials, it covers the entire design and production process. We expect that after 2019, consumers, brand owners and suppliers will continue to increase their awareness of this issue, as the industry begins to look at the packaging supply chain from a comprehensive and sustainable perspective.

　　In order to solve the complexity of sustainable packaging development, companies must solve the efficiency problem of the pre-press process. The digitization of the prepress workflow is essential to eliminate duplication, failure and error. The non-essential work flow that once required manual processing and is often repeated can now be completely replaced by an automated pre-press work flow. Digitalization of pre-press work is essential to create a competitive advantage, reduce waste, and provide brands with opportunities to enter the market quickly.

　　In addition to the continued focus on sustainable development, brands will also seek more exciting and interactive labels to help their products stand out in the increasingly fierce retail market. For example, by increasing the design attributes of labels, special post-printing and additional functions and other forms, to provide consumers with some new and different things.

　　Mark Naples, Chief Marketing Officer, CataLase

　　After entering 2019, we expect printing solutions to be more consumer-centric. The personalization and customization of packaging will become the forefront of brand product development strategies, and focus on increasing consumer participation.

　　The company will use innovative technologies, such as Catalase Photonics printing can provide unique information for products or packaging, fundamentally strengthen the relationship with individual consumers, thereby building brand loyalty and market share.

　　The new technology will uniquely combine the advantages of traditional printing with the flexibility of digital printing, and carry out revolutionary participation activities, so as to respond instantly to changing regulations, market demands, consumer trends and personal tastes. This will have a positive impact on consumer behavior and become a key driving force for companies to achieve corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals.

　　We will see new ways for brands to contact target consumers following the form of sales on supermarket shelves or store counters. We predict that this will promote rapid and late product and packaging differentiation, enabling them to respond immediately and adjust packaging to maintain maximum relevance to consumers.

　　Compared with the past, these innovative solutions will also help eliminate rather than increase the complexity of the supply chain, despite the use of variable data and popular short-term work. They will reduce the number of SKUs, reduce supply chain costs, shorten delivery times, and improve sustainability.

　　Andy Cook, General Manager of FFE

　　At the 2018 Americas International Label Printing Exhibition (Labelexpomericas2018), inkjet and hybrid printing production systems have clearly become mainstream and accepted by label processors and brand owners. In 2019, we hope to see the introduction of Industry 40 technology into these systems to achieve more automation, higher efficiency and better control. The ability to collect and analyze large amounts of data throughout the production process, coupled with artificial intelligence (AI), will make job cost estimation, production selection and management control more accurate, especially in complex production environments that include multiple printing and processing processes middle

　　With the application trend of this technology, we will see that hybrid printing presses can cover a wider range of jobs, reduce waste, and improve the consistency of each job. These trends will make the digital hybrid system the main production method in the single product market, especially now that the speed of inkjet printing is almost close to that of traditional flexo printing.

　　This is not just a matter of printing speed. The operating cost of hybrid printing equipment is lower than traditional or pure digital printing, especially when combined with artificial intelligence control systems. In addition, automation is the key to reducing waste and improving consistency-automatic conversion, automatic pressure setting, calibration, automatic recovery of specific substrates-to maximize the running time of the equipment and reduce the number of operators.

　　We see more and more other processes falling within the scope of digital printing-inkjet varnishes, inkjet foils, inkjet screen white alternatives. As productivity and added value increase, more hybrid solutions will have digital finishing and processing options, including single-purpose print strips. Processors will promote this trend because they increasingly need to find digital solutions to solve application "problems"-rather than digital solutions to find application problems that can be solved.

　　Looking forward to seeing the wider application of this innovative technology, some very specific requirements are being resolved through this technology. For example, print the spot color on the back of the label. In addition, we have seen the digitization of traditional technologies. The pressure setting has changed from nearly 30 minutes to a few minutes, with only a few meters of waste. These devices are highly automated, complex, easy to maintain, and most importantly, they are interconnected with management systems and support systems.

　　Gerard Heanue, retired managing director of Heidelberg UK

　　When I retire, my three wishes for the printing industry are: the printing industry gets the recognition it deserves, and better promotes itself to the public. Printers and suppliers must increase investment in young people and training.

　　Dr. Thomas Baumgartner, General Manager of Herma and Head of the Adhesive Materials Division

　　We see that for more and more direct customers, label printers and label users, sustainable development is not a fad, but a basic attitude. The unusually hot and long summers in many parts of Europe in 2018 have made many people more convinced that man-made climate change is a very serious problem. Last year, member states asked the European Commission to propose strategies to deal with global warming in the first quarter of 2019. Next year, the EU will continue to exert its influence to reduce the mountain of plastic waste in the world's oceans.

　　The plan includes a total ban on all kinds of plastic products, and a substantial increase in the proportion of recycling. These two topics will definitely affect our industry in 2019 and beyond, and trigger a lot of discussion.

　　We are a leading expert in self-adhesive materials, and meet the needs of environmentally friendly packaging and labels by selecting suitable label materials and adhesives. In addition, resource-saving production processes and promotion of reasonable recycling methods are also important strategic guidelines for the company's future development.

　　In this context, bottomless paper labels will surely play an increasingly important role in the future market. By eliminating the backing paper, these labels can be used without leaving any residual material.

　　However, traditional labels also have huge potential to be tapped. Many small improvements can be accumulated into big results. For example, we have collected and recycled discarded siliconized emission tailpipes for the seventh consecutive year to compensate for the carbon dioxide emissions of 79 vehicles in the fleet. By doing so, we offset the current scarcity of resources to a certain extent. Due to the extreme demand in Asia (mainly China) and the continued growth of the European market, we are now facing a shortage of materials, such as paper.

　　Even today, end users have become more and more interested in the source and recyclability of packaging, such as natural cosmetics, fruit and vegetable packaging, and all products in the emerging organic sector. Therefore, biodegradable and degradable materials have become an interesting alternative to petroleum-based polymer substrates.

　　However, the main challenge will include not only making the product itself more sustainable, but also making the production process more sustainable. I believe that in the next few years, we will explore and promote the concept of intelligent networks such as the Internet of Things in this regard.

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