2009 Award Competition :
Entry Deadline: June 30, 2009

Call for Entries - 7th Annual Environmental Leadership Award :
Application Deadline: August 15, 2009

2009 TLMI Technical Conference :
September 8-10, 2009

Scholarship Fundraiser :
Tuesday September 8, 2009

TLMI Members Presented with World Label Association Awards

Frank Gerace, Multi-Color/Collotype Labels; John McDowell, McDowell Label & Screen Printing; Michael Buystedt, TLMI Chairman of World Label Awards; Don Kirkland, A&M Label and Vinton Thengvall, Label Technology, Inc.

February 26, 2009 (Naperville, IL): Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) announces eight of the association’s label-converter members have won first-place and/or honorable mention awards in the World Label Association Awards Competition. The awards were formally presented at the recent TLMI Converter Meeting in Naples, Florida.

In its nineteenth year, the winners of the World Label Association Awards Competition are chosen from a group comprised of first-place winners from association label competitions around the globe including TLMI, the Japanese Label Foundation (JFLP), FINAT, and the Australian Label Association (LATMA). Label samples from companies are judged against each other in a variety of categories to determine the ‘World’s Best Labels.’

TLMI converter member award winners and label product names include:

• Label Technology won for the company’s ‘Columbus Salami Specialty Series’ label
• McDowell Label & Screen Printing won for the company’s ‘Flameout Dietary Supplement’ label
• G-3 Enterprises won for the company’s ‘Groth Oakville Cabernet Reserve’ label
• Collotype Labels won for the company’s ‘Wooden Valley’ label
• York Label won for the company’s ‘Caress Exotic Oil Infusions’ label
• National Label Company won for the company’s ‘Dove Therapy Frizz Control’ label
• A&M Label won for the company’s ‘Huggies Bath & Body Wash’ coupon
• Label World won for the company’s ‘Parkside Smoked Cheddar Sesame Crisps’ label

TLMI converter member honorable mention companies include:

• Taylor Made Labels for the company’s ‘Lumos Wine Co. 2007 Gewurztrammer’ label
• Collotype Labels for the company’s ‘Blackstone Sonoma Reserve’ label

TLMI is a member-driven, progressive association that provides forums to address issues critical to the success of the tag and label, packaging, and converting industries in the North American marketplace. For more information please visit TLMI’s website at www.tlmi.com.