Labels to 2011

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• General
• Macroeconomic Outlook
• Demographic Trends
• Consumer Income & Spending
• Manufacturing Outlook
• Retail Sales
• Business Establishments
• Packaging Trends
  • Packaging Outlook
  • Labeling Trends
• Mailing & Shipping Trends
  • USPS Outlook
  • Automation Technologies
• Historical Market Trends
• Pricing Trends
• Regulatory Issues
• Environmental Considerations
• World Markets
• US Foreign Trade

III. TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS

• General
• Bar Coding Trends
  • Growth Factors
  • Applications
    • Packaging & Retail
    • Mailing & Shipping
    • Manufacturing & Distribution
    • Other Applications
• Smart Labeling
  • Technologies & Suppliers
  • Applications
  • Competitive Profile
• Competitive Technologies
  • Direct Printing
  • Electronic Shelf Labeling

IV. RAW MATERIALS

• General
• Paper
  • Types
  • Producers
• Plastic Films
  • Polypropylene
  • Polyvinyl Chloride
  • Other Resins
• Adhesives
• Inks
  • Types
  • Technologies
• Other

V. APPLICATION METHODS

• General
• Pressure Sensitive
  • Attributes
  • Materials
  • Applications
  • Producers
• Glue-Applied
  • Attributes
  • Materials
  • Applications
  • Producers
• Stretch Sleeve & Heat-Shrink
  • Stretch Sleeves
    • Attributes
    • Materials
    • Applications
    • Producers
  • Heat-Shrinks
    • Types
      • Shrink Sleeve
      • Roll-Fed Shrink
    • Materials
    • Applications
    • Producers
• Thermal Transfer
  • Attributes
  • Applications
  • Producers
• In-Mold
  • Attributes
  • Materials
  • Applications
  • Producers
• Other Application Methods
  • Non-Shrink Wraparound
  • Heat-Seal
  • Gummed

VI. STOCK MATERIALS

• General
• Paper
  • Types
  • Application Methods
• Plastic
  • Types
  • Application Methods
• Other

VII. PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES

• General
• Flexography
  • Characteristics & Technologies
  • Applications
• Lithography
  • Characteristics & Technologies
  • Applications
• Screen
  • Characteristics & Technologies
  • Applications
• Letterpress
  • Characteristics & Technologies
  • Applications
• Gravure
  • Characteristics & Technologies
  • Applications
• Digital
  • Characteristics & Technologies
  • Applications
• Variable Information Printing

VIII. FUNCTIONS

• General
• Primary Packaging Labels
  • Food Processing
    • Applications
    • Label Types
  • Beverages
    • Nonalcoholic Beverages
    • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Pharmaceuticals
    • Regulatory Factors
    • Label Types
  • Cosmetics & Toiletries
    • Applications
    • Label Types
  • Other Primary Packaging
• Secondary Labels
  • Retail
  • Other Secondary
• Industrial Labels
• Decorative Labels
• Mailing & Shipping Labels
• Other Labels

IX. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• General
• Market Share
  • Label Stock Producers
    • Avery Dennison
    • Bemis
    • Green Bay Packaging
    • UPM-Kymmene
    • Others
  • Label Printers & Converters
• Competitive Strategies
• Cost Considerations
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Cooperative Agreements
• Manufacturing
• Marketing
• Distribution

• COMPANY PROFILES
  • Acucote Incorporated
  • Alcan Incorporated, see Rio Tinto Group
  • Alcoa Incorporated
  • Altivity Packaging LLC
  • American Fuji Seal, see Fuji Seal International
  • Anheuser-Busch Companies Incorporated
  • Applied Extrusion Technologies Incorporated
  • Arizona Chemical Company
  • Automatic Business Products Company, see TimeMed Labeling Systems
  • Avery Dennison Corporation
  • Banta Corporation, see Donnelley (RR) & Sons Company
  • Bemis Company Incorporated
  • Brady Corporation
  • CCL Industries Incorporated
  • Cortegra Group Incorporated, see Menasha
  • Curtis Fine Papers
  • Donnelley (RR) & Sons Company
  • Dow Corning Corporation
  • Epsen Hillmer Graphics Company
  • Exxon Mobil Corporation
  • Fasson Roll North America, see Avery Dennison
  • FLEXcon Corporation
  • Fort Dearborn Company
  • Fuji Seal International Incorporated
  • Green Bay Packaging Incorporated
  • Illinois Tool Works Incorporated
  • Intermec Incorporated
  • International Paper Company
  • Lintec Corporation
  • Loparex Group
  • MACtac, see Bemis Company
  • Menasha Corporation
  • Miami Systems Corporation
  • Morgan Adhesives Company, see Bemis Company
  • Milprint Incorporated, see Bemis Company
  • MPI Label Systems
  • Multi-Color Corporation
  • Nashua Corporation
  • Nitto Denko Corporation
  • Nordenia International AG
  • Paxar Corporation, see Avery Dennison
  • Perfecseal Incorporated, see Bemis Company
  • Precision Printing and Packaging, see Anheuser-Busch
  • PROMA Technologies, see Scholle Corporation
  • Promo Edge Company, see WS Packaging Group
  • Renaissance Mark, see Fort Dearborn Company
  • Rio Tinto Group
  • Ritrama Duramark Incorporated
  • Scholle Corporation
  • Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
  • Smyth Companies Incorporated
  • Spinnaker Coating LLC
  • Standard Register Company
  • Stora Enso Oyj
  • 3M Company
  • TimeMed Labeling Systems Incorporated
  • Tradex Converting AB, see Brady Corporation
  • UNOVA Incorporated, see Intermec Incorporated
  • UPM-Kymmene Corporation
  • Vacumet Corporation, see Scholle Corporation
  • WS Packaging Group Incorporated
  • Zebra Technologies Corporation
• Other Companies Mentioned in the Study

LIST OF TABLES

SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Summary Table

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• 1 Macroeconomic Indicators
• 2 Population & Households
• 3 Consumer Income & Spending
• 4 Manufacturers' Shipments
• 5 Retail Sales
• 6 Business Establishments
• 7 Packaging Shipments by Material
• 8 US Postal Service Mail Revenues & Pieces of Mail Handled
• 9 Label Sales, 1996-2006
• 10 Label Prices
• 11 US Foreign Trade in Labels

SECTION III -- TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS

• 1 World Bar Coding Equipment Market
• 2 Smart Label Sales

SECTION IV -- RAW MATERIALS

• 1 Raw Material Use in Labels

SECTION V -- APPLICATION METHODS

• 1 Label Sales & Shipments by Application Method
• 2 Pressure Sensitive Label Shipments by Material
• 3 Glue-Applied Label Shipments by Material
• 4 Stretch Sleeve & Heat-Shrink Label Shipments by Type & Material
• 5 Thermal Transfer Label Shipments by Material
• 6 In-Mold Label Shipments by Material & Molding Process
• 7 Other Adhesive Label Shipments by Material

SECTION VI -- STOCK MATERIALS

• 1 Label Shipments by Stock Material
• 2 Paper Label Shipments by Type
• 3 Paper Label Shipments by Application Method
• 4 Plastic Label Shipments by Application Method
• 5 Other Label Shipments by Application Method

SECTION VII -- PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES

• 1 Label Shipments by Printing Technology
• 2 Flexographic Label Shipments by Type
• 3 Lithographic Label Shipments by Type
• 4 Screen Printed Label Shipments by Type
• 5 Letterpress Label Shipments by Type
• 6 Gravure Label Shipments by Type
• 7 Digital Label Shipments by Type

SECTION VIII -- FUNCTIONS

• 1 Label Demand by Function
• 2 Primary Packaging Label Demand by Market
• 3 Food Label Demand
• 4 Beverage Label Demand
• 5 Pharmaceutical Label Demand
• 6 Cosmetic & Toiletry Label Demand
• 7 Other Primary Packaging Label Demand
• 8 Secondary Label Demand by Market
• 9 Retail Label Demand
• 10 Other Secondary Label Demand
• 11 Industrial Label Demand by Market
• 12 Decorative Label Demand
• 13 Mailing & Shipping Label Demand
• 14 Other Label Demand

SECTION IX -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• 1 US Label Sales by Company, 2006
• 2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures

LIST OF CHARTS

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• 1 Label Sales, 1996-2006
• 2 World Label Shipments, 2006

SECTION V -- APPLICATION METHODS

• 1 Label Shipments by Application Method, 2006

SECTION VII -- PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES

• 1 Label Shipments by Printing Technology, 2006

SECTION VIII -- FUNCTIONS

• 1 Label Demand by Function, 2006

SECTION IX -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• 1 US Label Stock Market Share, 2006
• 2 US Finished Label Market Share, 2006
• 3 Avery Dennison Label Operations