Logotech Earns Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute Certification

Label converter Logotech Inc. (Fairfield, NJ) has earned the Label Initiative for the Environment (LIFE) certification from the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute. According to the company, fewer than a dozen label companies nationwide have earned the certification, which requires a review of 35 criteria ranging from clean production techniques to greenhouse gas emissions to management practices. Logotech also holds ISO 14001 environmental certification.

Logotech provides pressure-sensitive labels to the health and beauty aid, vitamin/nutraceutical industries, and other industries. It employs letterpress, UV flexo, and digital presses to generate labels on a wide range of papers, films, foils, and laminates.

“Earning LIFE certification is a great honor for us, and a wonderful reflection on our team’s commitment to environmental sustainability,” says Leslie Gurland, president of Logotech, in a press release. She adds that Logotech also works with suppliers to test and fine-tune environmentally preferable materials. 

Logotech tracks its carbon footprint and makes year-to-year comparisons to ensure it is reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, says Gurland.  Over the past few years, the company instituted a comprehensive recycling program and replaced plastic packaging with post-consumer recycled paper.

It has reduced material usage by “lightweighting” tens of thousands of feet of label liner, using thinner material.

The company is also working with customers to help them understand sustainability in the label business. “We’re educating clients by helping them take a very realistic look at what their objectives are, what existing technologies and materials can do, and how we can create labels that meet their brands’ needs while staying compatible with their environmental values,” Gurland says in the release.  “We’re helping customers make really sound decisions.  That’s our commitment.”