The Indian label industry faced several challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic. The supply chain and logistics industry was under heavy pressure due to travel limitations and a shortage of resources. The hit on the logistics industry impacted the supply of raw materials. The prices of paper, chemicals, adhesives, metal and other products shot up significantly. The Finnish paper mill strike also impacted the availability of labelstock in India.
In the run-up to the InkWeek series of webinars that PrintWeek is organising from 21 to 25 March 2022, the focus of the March 2022 issue of PrintWeek was ink, especially how ink has rallied to the industry’s defence.