Labels

Diversified Labeling Solutions (DLS), Itasca, Illinois, has expanded its RFID label business with the addition of a new Mark Andy flexographic press with an inline Tamarack RFID inserter. As a leading national label supplier, DLS has seen significant growth in the demand for RFID labels...

Wise, a manufacturer of quality tag and label products to the trade, has announced the successful audit of the Quality Management System (QMS) at its Anderson, South Carolina label manufacturing facility. The objective of the audit was to ensure that the QMS is implemented and in compliance with the ISO 9001:2015 standard...

After two years in which printers juggled staff turnover, price increases and inventory depletion, 2022 was supposed to be a return to something like normal. But many issues from 2021 carried over, with paper and raw materials topping a list of concerns for label suppliers across the country — more specifically, where to find them...

Diversified Labeling Solutions (DLS), Itasca, Illinois, announced that Bill Johnstone has been appointed to the role of CEO. He succeeds outgoing CEO, Jim Kersten, who retired at the end of 2022. With more than 30 years of experience in the print and label industries, Johnstone brings a wealth of knowledge to his new role...

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, announced that its portfolio company, ID Images (IDI), a premier provider of product identification solutions, has acquired Summit Labels and Precision Label in separate transactions. The acquisitions bring the total number of add-on investments for IDI to seven since becoming a Sole Source Capital portfolio company…

For as much progress as there has been in the print industry, it’s still common to see fulfillment and distributor locations use pick or pack lists to pull items and separately print a shipping label after the product has been pulled and packed. But there’s a bigger picture at play here...

As part of Print+Promo Marketing's 2022 Top Suppliers list, we asked some of the top-ranked suppliers about how they managed to continue to grow and bounce back from the pandemic, their thoughts on where the industry stands, their future plans and more. Read on for our conversation with Jim Kersten, CEO of Diversified Labeling Solutions, the No. 16 supplier on our list...

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, announced that its portfolio company, ID Images, Brunswick, Ohio, has acquired Hickman Label, Lebanon, Tennessee. The acquisition marks the fifth add-on investment for ID Images since it became a Sole Source Capital portfolio company in August 2021...

Diversified Labeling Solutions (DLS), Itasca, Illinois, announced that Jim Kersten, CEO, will retire at the end of 2022 following nearly 12 years of service to the company and a 44-year career in the print industry. As part of an orderly and planned leadership succession process, current Chief Operating Officer Bill Johnstone will succeed Kersten as CEO, effective Jan. 1...

Diversified Labeling Solutions (DLS), Itasca, Illinois, has added an HP Indigo label quoting tool to the DLS Label Portal™. This new tool is an expansion of DLS’ QuoteNow™. It allows DLS distributors to receive immediate quotes for HP Indigo label print jobs, in addition to the existing flexographic quoting options...