Joel Carmany (Consolidated Label Company), Lori Campbell (The Label Printers), Doug Kopp, (Kopco Graphics, Inc.), Greg Jackson (Columbine Label Company) and Art Yerecic (TLMI Chairman and Yerecic Label)

Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) recently announced the winners of the prestigious Eugene Singer Award for Management Excellence. One of TLMI’s highest honors, this award recognizes excellence in business management measured and defined by an established set of growth and profitability ratios through the TLMI Management Ratio Study.

The Singer Award is given annually to four narrow web converting companies; each company within a certain sales range category. The 2010 TLMI Eugene Singer Awards were given to the following companies at the association’s recent Converter Meeting in Palm Beach, FL:

• Columbine Label Company - Centennial, CO. The small company category is defined by annual sales of less than $6 million.
• Kopco Graphics, Inc. - Fairfield, OH won for the mid-range company category, defined by sales of $6 - $14 million. This is Kopco’s third TLMI Eugene Singer Award.
• The Label Printers - Aurora, IL won for the medium company category, defined by sales of $15 - $35 million. This is The Label Printer’s second Eugene Singer Award.
• Consolidated Label - Longwood, FL won for the large company category defined by sales greater than $35 million. This is Consolidated Label’s ninth Eugene Singer Award.

TLMI President, Frank Sablone, comments, "TLMI would like to congratulate this year's Eugene Singer Award Winners. The association's converter members continue to realize the benefit of participating in the TLMI Ratio Study, and the tangible ongoing value the study provides to their businesses and to their business planning strategies. TLMI is honored to be able to continue to provide this service to our converter members."

2009
Coast Label Company
Kopco Graphics, Inc.
The Label Printers
Consolidated Label Company

2008
Consolidated Label Company
Coast Label Company
Kopco Graphics, Inc.
GSI Technologies, LLC

2007
Coast Label Company
Spectragraphics, Inc.
Consolidated Label Co.
Belmark, Inc.

2006
Stixon Labels
Luminer Converting Group
Consolidated Label Co.
Belmark, Inc.

2005
Stixon Labels
LGInternational
Consolidated Label Co.
Belmark

2004
Stixon Labels
Taylor Made Labels, Inc.
Consolidated Label
Belmark

2003
Driscoll Label Co.
Consolidated Label Co.
Graphic Solutions, Inc.
Belmark
 
2002
Tech Tag & Label Inc.
Graphics Solutions, Inc.
Consolidated Label Co.
CL & D Graphics Inc.
 
2001
Amherst Label, Inc.
Los Angeles Label
Graphic Solutions, Inc.
Belmark
 
2000
Thomas Packaging Corp.
Los Angeles Label
Advanced Web Technologies
Advanced Labelworx, Inc.
 
1999
Thomas Packaging Corp.
Los Angeles Label
Advanced Web Technologies
Belmark 
 
1998   
API Graphics Inc.
Taylor Made Labels Inc.
Superior Label Systems, Inc.
Belmark
 
1997
Atlas Tag Co. of Canada
Thomas Packaging Corp.
Spectrum Label Corp.
Belmark
 
1996
Mid South Graphics
Label-Aid Systems, Inc.
Thomas Packaging Corp.
Labelgraphics, Inc.
Belmark
 
1995
Atlas Tag Co. of Canada
Label-Aid Systems, Inc.
Labelgraphics, Inc.
Label Art, Inc.
 
1994
Mid South Graphics
Labelgraphics, Inc.
Grand Rapids Label Co.
Tag & Label Corp.
 
1993
Atlas Tag Co. of Canada
Labelgraphics, Inc.
Label America
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc.
 
1992
Artcraft Converters, Inc.
Graphic Solutions, Inc.
Lancer Label, Porter Chadburn Inc. Div.
Tapemark Co.