美洲国际标签和包装印刷展览会（Labelexpo Americas）是美国及北美标签和包装印刷行业最大的展览活动 ，是标签与印刷企 业推出或推广新产品的最佳机会。Labelexpo Americas成立于1989年，两年一届，在美国芝加哥史蒂芬会展中心举行，是北美标签和包装印刷 行业最大的盛会。
Labelexpo Americas于1989年推出，是美洲最大的品牌活动。 拉丁美洲印刷商数量不断增加，推动了近期增长的大部分。
美国是最大的单一市场，占全球标签消费量的29％。 与加拿大一起，它在经济上占主导地位。 近年来，拉丁美洲市场增长强劲。 事实上 ，拉丁美洲正在以与发达市场类似的速度安装先进的数字印刷技术。
Labelexpo Americas展目标观众： 标签，软包装和折叠纸盒的打印机/转换器;；品牌所有者；标签和包装设计师；行业供应商和制造商。 观众人数近2万，四分之三的为经理级及以上人物，参与购买决定的达88％，来自90个左右的国家数量。
参加Labelexpo Americas展可实现提高采购新技术：领先于竞争对手；降低成本并提高效率；提供增值服务；吸引新客户；进入新的高价 值利基市场；改善供应链管理；优化工作流程并减少印刷机停机时间；以环保的方式运营。
展品范围(Show Products):
标签，包装印刷，耗材，纸和基材，控制和检查制度，处理和印前，印刷机械，生产加工设备，组件和基础设施，服 务、资讯及通讯。
展会报告(Show Reports):
The 18th edition of Labelexpo Americas has closed on a high note, with a total of 450 exhibitors taking part in the show, which took place between 10-12 September at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.
Spread across 5 halls and covering over 185,000 sqft of floor space, this year’s show themes focused on RFID technology, flexible packaging, sustainability and automation.
Labelexpo Americas 2024 showcased flexo, hybrid and digital press technology new to the US market, along with a wide range of finishing technology combining conventional and digital equipment and sustainable materials.
A total of 12,215 attendees attended the three-day show. Attendees came from 73 countries, with a large number of attendees from North America, Mexico, Canada, Colombia and Brazil - overall international attendance increased by 33% from the last edition. Further increases were seen across the board, with more converters and almost double the number of brand owners and designers in attendance for this edition.
Highlights of Labelexpo Americas 2024 included a unique collaboration between ETI, Lundberg, Martin Automatic and Lemu Group demonstrating a complete label production line including robotic finished roll handling.
Demonstrating the return of flexo, Mark Andy launched its new P-series S9 press, engineered for both flexible packaging and labels markets. Using sleeve technology, the press will be available in a 22in as well as 26in format.
Nilpeter showed the mid-web FA-26 making its North American market debut following its launch at Labelexpo Europe last year.
ABG presented a wide range of equipment including a new shrink sleeve converting system and Turret Seaming Rewinder (TSR750).
Domino launched its K300 compact monochrome UV inkjet printer and presented a wide range of equipment, including N730i and N610i presses and K600i printbar.
Other new launches included Canon’s prototype water-based inkjet press, the LabelStream SL2000, and Durst’s Kjet hybrid press.
In the FlexPack @ Labelexpo zone, Gonderflex demonstrated its P-8009 GFXW single pass thermal laminator-coater incorporating a JetFX digital embellishment system.
Also featured was an RFID Experience (radio frequency identification). Attendees were given the opportunity to learn more about the growth of RFID, see live demonstrations of how smart labels are produced as well as understand how data is stored, tracked and managed.
Labelexpo Americas 2024 was notable for the amount of leads generated and equipment sold off the show floor.
Anna Niewiadomska, Marketing Manager Narrow Web, Flint Group commented: “Labelexpo is an event the entire industry eagerly anticipates. Flint Group’s booth was bustling with activity, and we had productive, insightful meetings with customers, as well as great networking opportunities to connect with potential partners. A big thank you to everyone who visited us! Also, big thanks to the Labelexpo Americas team for hosting yet another fantastic event. It was, as always, expertly organized and a great experience to participate in.”
Robert Rae, Managing Director for Sales at GEW said: “GEW enjoyed our return to Labelexpo Americas, in Chicago. We were delighted to see so much interest in our new UV LED product, AeroLED2, for the label and narrow web market, and we were delighted to turn much of this interest into orders. We were happy to see that the visitor numbers seemed higher than in 2022, with the quality of visitors remaining high. We look forward to returning to Labelexpo Americas in two years’ time.”
Tasha Ventimiglia, Group Director – Americas said: “It has been great to be back in Chicago for this year’s Labelexpo Americas. The amount of new equipment on display this year was truly remarkable and we hope visitors also benefited from the educational and networking opportunities the show offered. I would like to thank all our exhibitors for your partnership and commitment in supporting the growth of the labels and package printing industry in North America. Thank you to all who visited, to TLMI and all our association and media partners. We are looking forward to returning in 2026 from 15 – 17 September!”
