A panel of label industry experts has reviewed the votes for the 2009 Label Industry Global Awards and announced that the winner of the prestigious R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award is the well-known label consultant, Michael Fairley.
He was selected as the overall winner by the international label industry judging panel at the FINAT/ESD Congress in Antalya following a review of the online votes against the criteria. The award is sponsored by Avery Dennison.Widely regarded as the label industry guru, Mike Fairley has been writing and talking about labels for more than 30 years. According to award judges Fairley is both the founder of Labels & Labeling and the Cowise International Publishing Group and a successful industry consultant.
He has consistently been at the forefront of introducing the latest innovations in label materials, technology, markets and applications, as well helping label industry supplier and converter companies to implement their education, training and marketing strategies.
The industry panel also outlined that Fairley has written or contributed to many label technical and market reports as well as for his own consultancy company and has been a regular speaker at label industry conferences, summits and congresses throughout the world.
