Crestview plans to allocate additional equity to support Smyth's organic investments and M&As. NYC-based Crestview Partners, a leading private-equity firm, wraps its acquisition of Smyth Companies, the MN-based provider of pressure-sensitive labels, shrink sleeves, in-mold labels, glue-applied labels, and flexible packaging, from Novacap. Crestview is investing alongside … [Read more...] about Private-equity firm Crestview Partners acquires Smyth Companies from Novacap
Labels & Liners
Global label & product-decoration market to grow 3.5% CAGR to 2027: AWA report
In its newly released report, AWA Labeling & Product Decoration Market Recovery and Outlook, Netherlands-based researcher AWA Alexander Watson Associates says the labeling field showed signs of recovery in 2024, with a particular rebound in the pressure-sensitive label sector, due to the previous year's decline, marked by excessive inventory buildup in Europe and North … [Read more...] about Global label & product-decoration market to grow 3.5% CAGR to 2027: AWA report
McDowell Label wins L9 World Label 2024 Best of the Best Award for combination printing
The Resource Label Group company was among the five winners in the 2024 Best of the Best L9 World Label Competition, organized by the World Label Awards Assn. Judged by an international panel of experts just prior to Labelexpo Americas 2024, entries were chosen in main printing process categories of flexography, letterpress, offset lithography, combination printing and digital … [Read more...] about McDowell Label wins L9 World Label 2024 Best of the Best Award for combination printing
Four converters win 2024 TLMI Singer Awards for business management excellence
At this week's TLMI Converter Meeting held in San Antonio, TX, the association announced the winners of the 2024 Eugene Singer Award for Management Excellence. As one of the industry’s most prestigious honors, the award recognizes outstanding business management practices through participation in the annual TLMI Management Ratio Study. To be considered for the Singer Award, … [Read more...] about Four converters win 2024 TLMI Singer Awards for business management excellence
Franklin International celebrates 90th anniversary
Columbus, OH-based Franklin International, a global leader in adhesive, sealants, and polymer technology, celebrates 90 years of operation in 2025. Founded in 1935 as "The Franklin Glue Company," the fourth-generation family-owned and operated business has grown from a small, local enterprise into one of the largest privately held manufacturers of adhesives and polymers in the … [Read more...] about Franklin International celebrates 90th anniversary