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Adapting to the drastic changes of recent months, and determined to keep the label industry connected in the face of the global pandemic, Labelexpo Global Series recently organized its first Virtual Label Summit, in association with Labels & Labeling magazine. The week-long conference featured a different theme each day and attracted 333 delegates to the live event from North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Registration is still possible, and presentations and additional learning materials can be accessed for three months following the event.
The conferences kicked off with day one focusing on an international view of the label industry amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The first session, ‘A look inside the post-Covid pressroom’, featured virtual factory tours of Indian converter Kumar Labels – with company founder Anuj Bhargava accompanied by L&L India and Southeast Asia editor Aakriti Agarwal – and US converter MacArthur Corporation – with Christie Wong Barrett and Th