Join me at the Alexander Watson Associates (AWA) M&A Executive Seminar in Chicago April 16. Download the program and application form here.
I will be speaking about 'M&A Opportunities and Pitfalls in the Label Industry'. A growing label market with more than 15,000 companies world-wide offers opportunities for both strategic and financial investments.
Although growth in the label market has slowed in the mature markets, we predict above GDP growth in the coming years both in the mature and emerging markets. The label industry has a lot of factors going for it such as the spread of industrialization and retailing in the emerging economies where labels are needed. In North America each person consumes 25 m2 of labels per year. In many emerging markets the consumption is still at only 3-5 m2 of labels per person per year with a huge upside for growth! In the mature markets such as North America and Western Europe continued legislation and QR codes are demanding more and more information on products, which leads to bigger and bigger labels. Intensified fight for consumer attention on the shelves requires more attractive labels. RFID tracking and functional use of labels will increase their use. Digital printing opens up new markets for small runs of customized labels. All these factors will continue to give above GDP growth also in the years to come.
About half of the worlds converters are now in the emerging markets. Consolidation is happening in the mature markets with much more to come forced by a combination of fierce competition and the fact that many first generation owners are getting closer and closer to have to sort out the unavoidable generation shift. Many new label companies are popping up in the emerging markets. The balance is shifting with many M&A opportunities in both emerging and mature markets.
Label Companies for Sale.com hopes to help facilitating this process.
I will be speaking about 'M&A Opportunities and Pitfalls in the Label Industry'. A growing label market with more than 15,000 companies world-wide offers opportunities for both strategic and financial investments.
Although growth in the label market has slowed in the mature markets, we predict above GDP growth in the coming years both in the mature and emerging markets. The label industry has a lot of factors going for it such as the spread of industrialization and retailing in the emerging economies where labels are needed. In North America each person consumes 25 m2 of labels per year. In many emerging markets the consumption is still at only 3-5 m2 of labels per person per year with a huge upside for growth! In the mature markets such as North America and Western Europe continued legislation and QR codes are demanding more and more information on products, which leads to bigger and bigger labels. Intensified fight for consumer attention on the shelves requires more attractive labels. RFID tracking and functional use of labels will increase their use. Digital printing opens up new markets for small runs of customized labels. All these factors will continue to give above GDP growth also in the years to come.
About half of the worlds converters are now in the emerging markets. Consolidation is happening in the mature markets with much more to come forced by a combination of fierce competition and the fact that many first generation owners are getting closer and closer to have to sort out the unavoidable generation shift. Many new label companies are popping up in the emerging markets. The balance is shifting with many M&A opportunities in both emerging and mature markets.
Label Companies for Sale.com hopes to help facilitating this process.
