WS
Packaging Group, Inc. has acquired Label World, a full-service printer located
in Rochester, N.Y., specializing in labels and flexible packaging printing.
“Label
World has built its business with an ongoing commitment to the highest
standards of customer service, helping its customers succeed by delivering
labeling and packaging solutions for brand owners,” said Rex Lane, chief
executive officer of WS Packaging. “The company leverages the problems and
challenges of a competitive marketplace and turns them into opportunities.
“From
delivering outstanding print quality to engaging in ongoing improvements in its
operations, Label World has an established lean culture that’s enabled it to
become a market innovator in terms of quality, efficiency, and
cost-effectiveness,” Lane added. “And it’s a driving force that has helped
Label World to be named among the Best Workplace in the Americas from 2006 to
2012 by Printing Industries of America.”
Pressure-sensitive
labels are the core business for Label World. The company also provides a
complete range of custom label solutions beyond basic and prime labels,
including tags and inserts, point of purchase, extended content labels,
plow-folds, and pouches and packets. Additional capabilities include specialty
material stocks, varnishes and stamping for premium effects, direct thermal
paper and tags, and thermal transfer paper and films.
“All
of us at Label World are extremely excited to become part of WS Packaging Group
because of our likeminded commitment to our customers’ success,” said John
McDermott, president and CEO, Label World. “And now, having the opportunity to
solve customer problems and challenges with a much broader scope of product and
service capabilities creates an even stronger position for success.”
Label
World was founded in 1985 by Bob and Janet Allardice. Its growth has been
fueled by investments in capabilities to produce prime labels for the
specialized needs of brand owners in the health and beauty, pharmaceutical,
nutraceutical, wine, and specialty beverage markets.
The
company has a longstanding commitment to sustainability within its operations
and the supply chain by becoming a zero landfill company and earning L.I.F.E.
certification by the Tag and Label Manufacturer’s Institute (TLMI). In
addition, TLMI awarded Label World its Environmental Leadership Award in 2011.
WS
Packaging Group, Inc., with more than 45 years of experience, is one of the
largest printing and label converting operations in North America. It operates
21 manufacturing facilities and produces high-quality packaging products. Its
customers range in size from small businesses to large, high-volume
manufacturers and consumer product goods companies doing business locally,
nationally, and in marketplaces worldwide. WS Packaging Group is majority owned
by J.W. Childs Associates, L.P. (JWC), a private equity firm based in Boston,
Massachusetts, investing in middle-market growth companies. Since 1995, JWC has
invested in over 40 companies with a transaction value of more than $12
billion.
