Expert's Opinion

From Labelexpo to LOUPE & the Next Decade of Narrow-Web 

Jules Lejeune talks about the changes and acceletation of FINAT, as well as how the European perspective is relevant to a global audience.

For over three decades, Labelexpo Europe has been the global meeting point for the label and narrow-web community, and FINAT has stood alongside it as a long-term association partner. The move from Labelexpo to LOUPE (Labels and OUter Packaging Embellishment) from 2026 is more than a rebrand. It signals a structural shift: (self-adhesive) labels remain the anchor, while the ecosystem widens, geographically and technologically, towards adjacent narrow-web and outer-packaging embellishment. FIN...

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