Label Converting in Japan - A Market Survey and Analysis

Reviews the Japanese economy and economic performance, looks at Japanese converter growth and profitability issues, highlights the continued major usage of letterpress and hot foil technology and low usage of flexo, looks at the types of ancillary equipment used, identifies key markets and applications for Japanese converters, determines where the industry sees future growth opportunities for labels, assesses industry investment intentions and what converters would like to see happen to stimulate future growth and investment.

About the label converting surveys:
Introduced two years ago to help label converters and suppliers understand the differences between the established and growth label markets, the technology and materials trends by region, label industry growth and performance patterns, understand the markets and applications for labels and look at the opportunities and barriers for future growth.

Chapters in each survey include: market and economic trends, types of products manufactured, technologies and materials used, product and customer base, future growth, and industry requirements to stimulate growth.

Format: Booklet

Michael Fairley has been writing and speaking about label materials, label technology and label applications for more than twenty-five years, both as founder and editor of Labels & Labeling and as an international consultant writing label industry market and technology research reports for the likes of Frost & Sullivan, Economist Intelligence Unit, Pira and Labels & Labeling Consultancy. He has been a speaker at more than 350 conferences and seminars.

He is also the author of the Encyclopedia of Labels and Label Technology and a key contributor to the Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology and the Encyclopedia of Occupational Health & Safety.

He now works as a consultant to Tarsus Group plc – which organizes and runs the worldwide Labelexpo shows and publishes Labels & Labeling – as well as regularly speaking at international conferences around the world.