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A NEWSLETTER FOR MEMBERS OF THETAG AND LABEL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE, INC.

Art Yerecic Awarded TLMI Converter of the Year

At the recent Annual Meeting held in Dana Point, California, Art Yerecic, President and CEO ofYerecic Label, was named TLMI Converter of the Year.

Presented in conjunction with packagePrinting magazine on an annual basis, the Converter of the Year Award honors and recognizes a member of the converting industry who has made anextensive contribution to the North Americannarrow web marketplace and who has additionallydemonstrated a steadfast commitment to TLMI.

Art Yerecic grew up in his family’s label company and was operating a printing press in his early teenage years. Growing up in a family business cultivated an early entrepreneurial instinct in Art that has over the years molded Yerecic Label into what it is today: A progressive flexographic label company that serves as an industry role model for service, quality, lean manufacturing, and sustain-ability and best environmental practices.

Yerecic Label was an early adopter of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement practices. Art recognized the need to implement these programs into his own company’s structure more than 20 years ago as he intuited the industry was going to quickly evolve into a more and more mature and competitive marketplace. Today, Yerecic Label uses a range of Japanese continuous improvement and visual management tools to monitor every facet of the company’s production processes. In addition to lean manufacturing practices, Yerecic Label has been a pioneer in the adoption of best sustainability practices and the company is currently one of the few 100% landfill-free operations in the NorthAmerican marketplace.

Art has also demonstrated an unwavering commitment to TLMI. He has served on the TLMI Board of Directors since 2004 and has chaired several TLMI Technical Conferences, being an instrumental force in growing and expanding the conference into the success it is today.

November 2014

Art Yerecic with Noel Ward from packagePrinting

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Dear Members,

To begin my first letter in the TLMI Illuminator as the association’s new Chairman, I would like to personally thank past-Chairman DaveMcDowell for his hard work and dedication over the past two years. Dave brought the highest level of professionalism and integrity to his role as association Chairman and it is an honor to be following in his footsteps.

The next order of business is to recognize the individuals andcompanies that were recently honored at the TLMI Annual Meeting in Dana Point, California. I want to congratulate Art Yerecic and Mi-chelle Garza for being awarded Converter and Supplier of the Yearrespectively, two of the greatest honors in our industry. These

awards are given to individuals that demonstrate leadership and an unwavering dedication to TLMI, their own organizations, and to the greater industry, and Art and Michelle exemplify these attributes.

I want to additionally congratulate Yerecic Label and Green Bay Packaging for winning the TLMI Environmental Leadership Award. These awards recognize an association converter and supplier member company for their ongoing commitment to sustainability practices and environmentalleadership. This is the 12th year TLMI has presented these awards, and it is one of my primary goals as association Chairman that TLMI continues to be a leading resource for environmentalcertification and best sustainability practices.

I speak on behalf of the entire TLMI Board of Directors in expressing how thrilled we were with the attendance at last month’s Annual Meeting. This was the highest attended event in TLMI’shistory and the feedback has been outstanding. I want to thank meeting Chair Ingrid Brase forputting together such a great program. I also want to thank each and every member of TLMI’s committees. As a member-driven association it is imperative that TLMI’s goals are in line with the expanding requirements of our membership and our committees are central in making sure we are meeting the needs of our converter and supplier members.

Lastly, I would like to welcome the Board of Directors’ newest members. These include Mike Lane, CEO of Lofton Label; Jan Lehigh, President of Alpine Packaging; Mike Ritter (reappointed), Vice President of Superior Business Associates and Ingrid Brase, Market Segment Director for Henkel Corporation. Also, Craig Moreland, President of Coast Label Company, has been elected to the position of Vice Chairman.

I look forward to serving you over the next two years, and to reinforcing TLMI’s position as the most prominent association in the label and narrow web packaging industry.

Jeff DunphyTLMI ChairmanCEO

The Chairman’s Report

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TLMI Names Michelle Garza Supplier of the YearTLMI awarded Michelle Garza, VPOperations of DantexRBCor, Supplier of the Year during the Awards Banquet of TLMI’s Annual Meeting held in California in October.

Presented on an annual basis, the Supplier of the Year Award honors and recognizes an individual for their ongoing volunteer service and dedication to TLMI, and to the greater industry. Criteria for winning the awardincludes service to TLMI on the association’s board and committees, in addition tocontinuous commitment to the industry as a whole by helping to promote and foster its growth.

Michelle Garza has been active in the packaging industry for more than 25 years, entering her father’s printing plate distribution company in 1989 and working in theaccounting department. From accounting she moved over to product managementand in the five years before the companywas acquired by Dantex, Michelle served as Vice President. She has been an extremely dedicated member of TLMI, serving as both co-chair of the TLMI Technical Committee and a term on the TLMI Board of Directors.

Frank Sablone, TLMI President, comments, “Michelle has been an extremely dedicated supplier member of the association and is the third woman to be awarded Supplier of the Year. Her energy and dedication have been central to making the TLMI Technical Conference an ongoing success and I speak for myself and the entire Board of Directors in congratulating her on receiving this honor.”

Michelle Garza with Tasha Ventimiglia of Tarsus

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In 2014 TLMI set new records for attendee numbers at association events. The following are a list of events for 2015, please make sure to watch for event invitations so you can register early and ensure your place at our 2015 forums.

TLMI Technical ConferenceTuesday, September 1 – Thursday, September 3, 2015Swissotel ChicagoChicago, IL

TLMI Annual MeetingThursday, October 8 –Sunday, October 11, 2015 The BroadmoorColorado Springs, CO

TLMI Converter Meeting Monday, March 9 – Thursday, March 12, 2015The Cloister & The LodgeSea Island, GA

Mark your Calendars for TLMI’s 2015 Events:

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Collotype Labels Wins Best of Show in 2014 TLMI Label Awards Competition for the Company’s Flexo, Screen-Printed Wine Label

Forty-one converters from around the globe submitted more than 230 entries for this year’s TLMI Annual Awards Competition. Winners were announced during the Awards Banquet at last month’s TLMI AnnualMeeting held in Dana Point, CA.

A total of 60 awards were presented in this year’s competition including one Best of Show, 32 First Place Awards and 15 Second Place Awards. A number of this year’s entries came from countries outside of the U.S and Canada including China, Australia, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Germany and Poland. This was the second year that converters submitted entries for the competition’s new Best of Class categories. These new categories include the following processes: digital printing, multi-process printing, offset wine and spirits, flexography and letterpress, flexo wine and spirits, and all other processes (including screen and rotogravure). The 2014 winners for all Best of Class categories are listed as follows, in addition to product descriptions and graphics.

The Best of Show Award went to Napa, CA-basedCollotype Labels USA Inc. for the company’sGirl & Dragon 2013 Malbec label.

The label is a combination printed flexo and screenapplication and includes hot foil stamping, embossingand varnishing. The label also won a Best of Class Award in the flexo wine and spirits category.

Best of ClassDigital CategoryCompany: Collotype Labels Digital DepartmentLocation: Sonoma, CAApplication Name & End-Use: Freakshow, 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon - WineApplication Description & Challenges:“The challenge was that the client wanted the applica-tion’s colors to depict their vision of a circus. The large size of the label required increased precision over a larger surface area and a high number of processes required multiple passes and tightest registration demands.”

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Best of ClassOther Category(Offset, Color Process, Prime)Company: Hammer Packaging Corp. Location: West Henrietta, NYApplication Name & End-Use:Drink Blocks - Beverage

Best of ClassMulti-Process CategoryCompany: ASL Print FX Ltd. Location: Vaughan, Ontario - CanadaApplication Name & End-Use: Sunny & Share Citrus Saison - BeerApplication Description & Challenges:“The application required extremely tight registration in order to print via the screen process and maintain color consistency.”

Best of ClassFlexography & Letterpress CategoryCompany: TVC LabelLocation: Lewisville, TXApplication Name & End-Use: Goliad Brewing Company Redfish IPA - BeerApplication Description & Challenges:“A matte appearance with a ‘classic feel’ wasrequired by the customer.”

Best of ClassOffset Wine & Spirits CategoryCompany: Collotype Labels USA Inc.Location: Napa, CAApplication Name & End-Use:Pacific Rim Mystic Blend, 2013Riesling - WineApplication Description & Challenges:“The label demanded offset printing, hot stamping, screen printing and embossing.”

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Green Bay Packaging and Yerecic LabelReceive TLMI Environmental Awards

At the association’s recent Annual Meeting Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Green Bay Packaging and New Kensington, Pennsylvania-based Yerecic Label each received TLMI Environmental Leadership Awards. This prestigious award recognizes one association supplier and one association converter member that have consistently demonstrated a commitment to progressive environmental practices across a range of areas including solid waste reduction, recycling, waste or energy recovery, the implementation of new ‘clean’ technology and/or processes, and the implementation of an education program.

Calvin Frost, TLMI Environmental Committee Chair, commented, “This is TLMI’s 12th year in presenting these awards. The awards were created in order to recognizecompanies that are demonstrating leadership in the implementation of environmental awareness and best sustainability practices in the North American label and packaging industries.I want to congratulate Green Bay Packaging and Yerecic Label for their high level of excellence in environmental stewardship. As brand owners and packaging buyerscontinue to enforce environmental transparency down the entire packaging supply chain, it is critical that industry converters and suppliers gain recognition for their commitment and the TLMI Environmental Awards and the association’s L.I.F.E. Certification program enable our members to do that very effectively.”

The Converter Award for Environmental Leadership was given to Yerecic Label, aconverter that has created a sustainability culture at every label of their organization by using the L.I.F.E. environmental management system as a guide to continuous improve-ment. The company remains an industry pioneer in the adoption and implementation of best sustainability practices and is currently one of the few 100% landfill-free operations in the North American marketplace. Yerecic Label has additionally reduced chemical

L to R: Martin Olson and Steve Wilcox, Green Bay Packaging and Calvin Frost, Channeled Resources

L to R: Josh and Art Yerecic, Yerecic Label; Calvin Frost, Channeled Resources; and Brian Hurst, Yerecic Label

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waste, replacing solvent platemaking with DuPont’s Cyrel system and all materials are recycled using DuPont’s TR-3 recycling program.

The Supplier Award for Environmental Leadership was given to Green Bay Packaging,a TLMI supplier member that created a “Green Team” more than a decade ago, enabling the company to continuously measure change over what Green Bay employees refer to as a “Decade of Sustainability Improvement.” Through a coordinated effort the com-pany’s Green Team defined waste streams that could be recycled, either traditionally or thermally, and over the course of 10 years byproduct sent to landfills has been reduced by 99%. Green Bay additionally installed a centrifuge to treat and reduce process waste water by 50%.

Both Yerecic Label and Green Bay Packaging have achieved TLMI L.I.F.E. (LabelInitiative for the Environment) Certification. L.I.F.E. is the only certification programtailored to the narrow web label and packaging industry.

TLMI announces that Jessica Harkins Harrell, Technologies Manager for Bryan-Ohio based Anderson & Vreeland, has been appointed Chairman of the TLMI Scholarship Committee. The TLMI Scholarship Committee oversees all the activities for the association’s three scholarship pro-grams; one for juniors and seniors at four-year colleges and universities, one for students attending junior and degree-granting technical colleges and one for the benefit of employees at TLMI member companies. TLMI scholarships are given with the intent to cultivate and encourage students’ interest in pursuing careers in the narrow web label and packagingindustries. Harrell will replace Jeff Dunphy, who has recently moved into his new role as association Chairman.

A recipient of a TLMI scholarship herself, Harrell initially found out about the program while attending the Graphics Communications Program of her alma mater, Clemson University. She comments, “It is an honor to be appointed as the newChairman of the TLMI Scholarship Committee. As a recipient of a TLMI scholarship in 1999, I know firsthand the positive impact the program has on college and university students who are considering careers in the package printing industry. At the time, I found out about the program by coming across a poster in the Communications Program Department at Clemson and I understand how important it is that we continue to get the word out and broaden the program’s exposure. These scholarships are a real asset to college students, and as recipients enter the industry they often work for TLMImember companies so the program is truly a mutually beneficial one.”

Jessica Harkins Harrell Appointed to Chairman of TLMI Scholarship Committee

Jessica Harkins Harrell

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Oak Harbor, Ohio-based acpo, ltd. has recently become L.I.F.E. certified. The company is the 61st facility to achieve TLMI L.I.F.E. Certification.

The L.I.F.E. program was developed in order to assist TLMI members in finding cost effective ways to reduce their companies’ environmental footprint. L.I.F.E. is a program designed specifically for the narrow web marketplace and addresses four key elements of the narrow web printing and converting industry: clean production, energy and greenhouse gases, product and environmentally preferable materials, and management practices.

In market research TLMI has conducted within the brand owner and packaging buyer space over the past two years, nearly 50% of all companies surveyed stress the importance of environmental certification for their label vendors. One in 10 brand owners/packaging buyers cited that their label vendors must prove environmental compliance to remain a viable supplier. One in three brand owners/packaging buyers cited that their label vendors would have to demonstrate environmental compliance within the next two to three years. The pressure placed on label vendors to achieve sustainability compliance is moving environmental transparency down the supply chain and industry suppliers are increasingly prioritizing environmental certi-fication and best practices within their own four walls.

Jack Mitchell, Director of Sales and Marketing at acpo, commented, “We are pleased to join thosecompanies previously committed to sustainability. Project L.I.F.E. will help acpo elevate the environmental consciousness of our company. Being a manufacturer of self-wound overlaminates with water-basedadhesives, acpo has already made a commitment to ecologically sound processes that minimize negative environmental impacts. We will utilize this tool as another component in our continuous improvementefforts.”

The TLMI L.I.F.E. Program is the only certification platform tailored to the specific requirements of thenarrow web printing and packaging industry.

acpo ltd. is 61st Company to Receive TLMI L.I.F.E.® Certification

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DIRECTORS

OFFICERS

CHAIRMANJeff DunphyCEODesign LabelManufacturing

CHAIRMAN-ELECTDan MuenzerVice PresidentMarketingConstantia FlexiblesLabels Division

VICE-CHAIRMANCraig MorelandPresidentCoast Label Company

PAST CHAIRMANDave McDowellPresident/CEOMcDowell Label& Screen Printing

Ingrid BraseMarket Segment Dir., PSAHenkel Corporation

Lori Campbell Chief of OperationsThe Label Printers

Christopher ChePresident/CEOHooven-Dayton Corporation

Gary CooperCEODot-It Labels

Alex ElezajCOO Whitlam Label Company

Daryl HanzalPresidentRitrama, Inc.

Micheal Lane CEOLofton Label, Inc.

Jan Lehigh PresidentAlpine Packaging, Inc.

Charles MacLeanPresident/CEOASL Print FX

Michael RingPresidentXeikon America, Inc.

Michael RitterVice-PresidentSuperior Business Associates

Dan TaylorExecutive Vice-PresidentTaylor Made Labels, Inc.

CounselAnthony MacLeodWhitman, Breed, Abbott & Morgan

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