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      PIA MidAmerica Print Awards — Highlights, 2024

      For 2024, SixB Labels has been awarded four Graphic Excellence (GraphEx) Awards: Best of Category for Flexo/Hot Stamp — In-Line Finishing Combination Print; Best of Category for Tags & Labels — Digital, and Two Awards of Recognition for Tags & Labels — Digital. These print awards are bestowed by the Printing & Imaging Association of MidAmerica, a regional division of Printing Industries of America (PIA), covering Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. Hundreds of entries are submitted in such categories as brochures, calendars, packaging, labels, et cetera. As members in good standing with PIA, the SixB Labels family will always be excited and happy to receive custom label printing awards from this body, knowing that these awards are designed to honor craft, customer service and contributions to the printing industry. This blog post highlights SixB Labels' 2024 PIA honors with a deeper look at each award-winning label.

      [fa icon="clock-o"] 10/2/24 4:44 PM [fa icon="user"] SixB Labels Marketing Team [fa icon="folder-open'] Product Labels, Wine and Spirit Bottle Labels, Awards, Print Awards, Digital Printing, Hotstamp Labels, Food Packaging Labels

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      Warm Up Your Labeling With PANTONE's 2024  Color of the Year

      The PANTONE Color Institute has delivered another shiny new gift to the public, in the form of their announcement of the 2024 PANTONE Color of the Year: PANTONE 13-1023, Peach Fuzz.  PANTONE made the official announcement of their newest choice on December 7, 2023.  Advertisers and marketers, graphic designers, as well as manufacturers and sellers of products from cosmetics to home goods, from clothing to specialty tea blends, would do well to take note.

      [fa icon="clock-o"] 1/9/24 12:22 PM [fa icon="user"] Michelle Feldman [fa icon="folder-open'] Product Labels, Food Labels, Health and Beauty Labels, Wine and Spirit Bottle Labels, Cosmetic Labels, Bottle Labels, Stock Inks

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      PIA MidAmerica Print Awards — Highlights, 2023

      We are exceptionally proud to share our accomplishments in the printing industry, and even more so when SixB Labels wins Graphic Excellence (GraphEx) Awards. This print award is bestowed by the Printing & Imaging Association of MidAmerica, a regional division of Printing Industries of America (PIA), covering Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. Hundreds of entries are submitted in such categories as brochures, calendars, packaging, labels, and much more. As members in good standing of PIA, the SixB Labels Family will always be excited and happy to receive custom label printing awards from this body, knowing that these awards are designed to honor craft, customer service, and contributions to the printing industry.

      [fa icon="clock-o"] 5/10/23 10:02 AM [fa icon="user"] Michelle Feldman [fa icon="folder-open'] Product Labels, Custom Cold Foil Labels, Flexo, Awards, Print Awards, Pet Labels, Hotstamp Labels

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      What Could 2023 PANTONE Color of the Year Offer to Your Labeling?

      Making a vivid splash across the worlds of beauty, fashion, home interiors, graphic design, advertising and marketing, comes the announcement of the 2023 PANTONE Color of the Year: PANTONE 18-1750 Viva Magenta. Made official on December 1, 2022, this startlingly colorful message to the world, embodied in the luxurious blend of red and blue, hot and cool, retro and up-to-the minute vibes that is 2023 PANTONE Viva Magenta,  positively blossoms with its many possible applications. From paint, to signage, to point-of-sale displays, to our favorite medium for marketing messages, labels, Viva Magenta is a vibrant color that you would do well to explore, to discover what it might hold in store for your product or industry. 

      In this blog post, we will deal with PANTONE's newest color of the year for 2023. For a discussion of the newest PANTONE Color of the Year, check out our latest blog post on the topic: Warm Up Your Labeling With PANTONE's 2024 Color of the Year.

      Due to their high visual impact, we love to incorporate these new PANTONE colors into our marketing, and as we have in the past, we have taken the liberty to design some logos for the occasion showcasing this spicy shade, featured here.

      [fa icon="clock-o"] 12/15/22 1:55 PM [fa icon="user"] Michelle Feldman [fa icon="folder-open'] Product Labels, Food Labels, Health and Beauty Labels, Wine and Spirit Bottle Labels, Cosmetic Labels, Bottle Labels, Stock Inks

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      How To Weave Pantone's 2022 Color of the Year Into Labeling?

      Happy Gregorian Calendar New Year, Lunar New Year and a Very Peri PANTONE Color of the Year 2022!

      Personally I am a proud PANTONE Color Products enthusiast, sipping my coffee from a PANTONE 520 Aubergine-hued mug as I write this post. As we were developing our end-of-2021 marketing, I made sure we weaved in the year’s two colors — PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray and PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating. So it should not be much of a surprise that I was waiting in anticipation for them to announce their 2022 Color of The Year: PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri.

      We are so excited to start using the color in our marketing that the SixB team designed some festive logos for the occasion, featured here, incorporating a solid Very Peri in reverse as well as one with an image of fibers and orbs in reverse, as PANTONE has been highlighting in their materials about the color.

      [fa icon="clock-o"] 2/1/22 2:01 PM [fa icon="user"] Sara Shereen Bakhshian [fa icon="folder-open'] Specialty Labels, Product Labels, Digital Labels, Labels, Food Labels, Die-Cut Labels, Health and Beauty Labels, Wine and Spirit Bottle Labels, Cosmetic Labels, Digital Printing, Bottle Labels, Four Color Process Labels, Packaging Labels, CBD Labels, Eco-Friendly Labels, Pet Labels

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      Loftware NiceLabel Software: Our Latest Simplifying Labeling Tool

      UPDATE: on March 19, 2024 the Loftware Cloud & NiceLabel On-premise software product editions were launched and continue to be available for a value-added purchase with SixB Labels. Learn more about the latest offerings, garner a complimentary trial or seek an upgrade please visit our page here and/or contact us at hello@sixb.com.

      What if you could start producing professional-looking labels without needing IT, the cost of training, or paying a label manufacturer more to print the specific content onto labels? We have some good news for you!

      At SixB Labels, we make an ongoing effort towards Simplifying Labeling for our clients. To further that aim, and bring you the highest quality in products and services for your labeling needs, we are offering Loftware NiceLabel Software. The Loftware NiceLabel robust product line includes: both on premise and cloud-based labeling platform solutions (that SixB offers offline); and desktop solutions in Designer and PowerForms versions (which we sell online and offline).


      [fa icon="clock-o"] 11/18/21 4:34 PM [fa icon="user"] Michelle Feldman [fa icon="folder-open'] Labeling Products, Product Labels, Barcodes, Labels, Label Design Software, NiceLabel, Software

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      The Story Behind The SixB Labels Shop

      At the time of this post's initial writing, it is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century and actually in the midst of a 10-day period where we will witness in palindrome with the number's making up each day's date being in the same sequence whether it is read forwards or backwards. So on these auspicious days, it makes the most sense to share the backstory on a business initiative of ours that was about 5 years in the making: launching an e-commerce arm to our business that was mutually beneficial to our customers and those garnering such a title, all the  while being sustainable to our business.

      [fa icon="clock-o"] 1/21/21 1:21 PM [fa icon="user"] Sara Shereen Bakhshian [fa icon="folder-open'] Specialty Labels, Product Labels, Labels, Business Labels, Die-Cut Labels, SixB Labels, Packaging Labels, Eco-Friendly Labels, Essentials, Social Distancing

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      What are Some of the Biggest Label Trends for 2021?

       As we noted in a recent blog post, as a producer of custom labels, SixB Labels makes a significant, ongoing effort to stay on top of industry trends for our customers. Here of late we have been considering the upcoming year, 2021, with an eye to future trends, which we expect to be an outgrowth of some of what we witnessed in 2020.
       
      The effects of the pandemic have been profound on how business is conducted. They include the change to working from home, virtual meetings, increased online shopping, the move from bigger brands to local suppliers, direct-to-consumer sales, drop shipping, and the growth of smaller online retailers (like our online store).  These trends are here to stay, even after Covid-19 is vanquished.  In the midst of these ongoing challenges, the good news is that the printing industry, and label printing in particular, have proven themselves resilient and flexible — willing and able to embrace change.

      [fa icon="clock-o"] 12/21/20 4:30 PM [fa icon="user"] Michelle Feldman [fa icon="folder-open'] Product Labels, Resources, Digital Labels, Labels, Health and Beauty Labels, Cosmetic Labels, Digital Printing, Four Color Process Labels, CBD Product Labels, Eco-Friendly Labels

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      PIA MidAmerica Print Awards — Highlights, 2017 - 2020

      As we now enter the final quarter of 2020, SixB Labels looks back with satisfaction over the last four years of accolades received from the Printing & Imaging Association of MidAmerica, a regional division of the larger organization, Printing Industries of America (PIA), covering Texas, Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri. The SixB Labels Family is pleased to be members in good standing with PIA. And we are just as happy to be the recipient of a number of custom label printing awards from this body because there is no better compliment than respect from a jury of one's peers— the reward for our proud participation in the PIA.

      [fa icon="clock-o"] 10/21/20 2:14 PM [fa icon="user"] Michelle Feldman [fa icon="folder-open'] Specialty Labels, Product Labels, Events, Digital Labels, Labels, Food Labels, Wine and Spirit Bottle Labels, Cosmetic Labels, Flexo, Awards, Print Awards, Pet Labels, Hotstamp Labels

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      Craft Beer By The Can: Three Important Elements to Know

      As a custom label manufacturer, SixB Labels makes a significant, ongoing effort to stay on top of industry trends. We have been producing labels for beverage industry clients for decades, and in the last few years we have observed a growing trend among beer craft brewers to switch from bottles to cans.
       
      Canned packaging is quite the trend, despite the fact that when many consumers think about craft beer, the typical image that comes to mind is of a table or a bar with drinkers raising long-necks to their smiling lips. Craft beer in bottles, especially those of dark amber or green glass, is iconic and a staple. Not only has craft beer been distinguished by its high quality and flavor profiles, but by its sparkling, eye-catching packaging.
       
      So it may come as a surprise to some that American craft beer in cans is becoming increasingly accepted by consumers, as well as a more common sight in breweries and stores. To better appreciate how this part of the beverage market has changed, it is helpful to know three things about how craft beer — an industry valued at $23.5 billion and growing fast — creates its niche in the beer marketplace.

      [fa icon="clock-o"] 9/2/20 6:30 PM [fa icon="user"] Michelle Feldman [fa icon="folder-open'] Labeling Products, Product Labels, Resources, Digital Labels, Labels, Four Color Process Labels

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