The Cellular Concept Certifications Capabilities Awards & Recognition
From our “garage band” roots, when the Yerecic family began manufacturing labels out of the garage of their home, to our current state of the art, cellular process, industry innovating facility, we have grown quite a bit over the last 50 years.
While many things have changed, others have stayed the same; our love for printing, our family roots & our commitment to serve at the Speed of Fresh®.
How do we maximize efficiency and quality? With our winning cellular concept.
Our focus on lean manufacturing led to the creation of cellular teams in the office area. Each team includes a Key Account Manager, Sales Coordinator and Graphic Designer to create a strong unit focused on supporting your products’ needs. Your go-to team helps save you time and energy whenever you need to contact us!
On the production floor, your project goes from raw material, to finished labels in a case, on a skid, and ready to ship in a continuous flow. We have streamlined our production process so we don’t waste time, energy or materials, giving you the highest quality product at the best possible value with an overall goal of exceeding your expectations!
Assuring all customers, suppliers and team members that our facility is a safe, clean and healthy workplace is our top priority. See the information below for descriptions and links for each of Yerecic Label’s certifications. For information on our green certifications, check out our Sustainability page.
SQF Food Safety Certification
In 2020, Yerecic Label continued our committment to food safety by completing our annual SQF Food Safety certification for the manufacture of Food Packaging based on the GFSI Benchmarked Standard.
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Esko HD Flexo Certification
HD Flexo allows print of magazine quality photography and unmatched range of colors using traditional CMYK processes.
Learn MoreYerecic Label invests in our people and processes to provide our customers with innovative, unique and diverse pressure sensitive label opportunities.
With a full team of graphic designers in-house, the sky is the limit in creating eye-catching fresh label designs that connect with shoppers. Our graphic designers are trained not only in printing best practices, but are also in-tune with industry trends, food labeling laws and our consumer research insights to design the most effective label for you.
Check out some of the awards and achievements we have been honored to receive.
At the 2019 TLMI Annual Meeting, Yerecic Label was awarded five First Place Awards for their five entries to the competition, as well as a Best in Class in the Extended Category for their Explore the Flavors of Chef Curtis Stone label.
Three of the First Place award winners were in a new category for Yerecic label, digital. In addition to expanding into digital print categories, Yerecic accomplished another organizational first- the first wine label recognized in a national award competition. Yerecic took home 1st Place awards for the front and back label for Triumph by 1849 Wine Company in the Digital Ink Jet, Wine & Spirits, Color Process – Prime and Non-Prime categories.
At the 2019 TLMI Converter Meeting, Yerecic Label was awarded a L9 World Label Award (WLA) for the Campari Chef Inspired Label in the Booklet Category.
The L9 World Label Award competition is judged by an international panel of judges representing each of the participating member associations. The L9 is an alliance of global label associations created to jointly formulate policies and collect strategic information of global interest to the worldwide label industry. Each year L9 association members are invited to submit entries for the World Label Awards, ensuring the competition is comprised of submissions from across the globe. The 2018 competition included entries from TLMI (USA), FINAT (Europe), JFLP (Japan), FPLMA (Australia), SALMA (New Zealand), and PEIAC (China).
At the 2018 TLMI Annual Meeting, Yerecic Label was awarded a First Place in the Coupon or Expanded Information Label for the Campari Chef Inspired label. The label will be entered into the World Label Awards Competition and published globally in industry magazines.
Yerecic Label was recognized for two labels at the the 2017 TLMI Annual Meeting as part of the TLMI Annual Awards Competition.
The MaxOut!® Dream Greens label (shown right) was awarded first place for the Flexographic Process Prime category. Yerecic Label also received second place recognition in Excellence in Technical Achievement in the Printing of a Farmer’s Market Tomato label in the Flexography – Line & Screen, Tone-Prime category.
At the 2016 TLMI Annual Meeting, two labels were recognized for print excellence as part of the TLMI Annual Awards Competition. The TLMI Awards focus on innovation, technical achievement and print quality. All entrants are confidential and judged by a panel of knowledgeable and impartial experts from label industry suppliers.
The Pub Burger label (shown left) was awarded first place for the Flexographic Process Prime category and also Best In Class for the Flexography and Letterpress category. The label will be entered into the World Label Awards Competition and published globally in industry magazines.
The first winner, the 2015 Eat Chicken National Chicken Month promotional label, was recognized as Best in class in the narrow web water-based flexographic coupon category.
The second label recognized by Flint Group was a Mint Mojito FlagTag! label, printed for North Shore Living Herbs’ promotion of their new potted herb line, in the water-based process category.
In 2015, Yerecic Label was honored with a first place award in Excellence in Technical Achievement in the Printing of a Flexography, Color Process Prime Label. Yerecic Label also received second place recognition in Excellence in Technical Achievement in the Printing of a Coupon & Extended Content Label.
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In 2015, Yerecic Label was honored with an Environmental Leadership Certificate from the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute for the Documentation of Relevant and Replicable Sustainability Practices. Yerecic Label is focused on making continuous improvement to sustainability practices that are tangible and replicable for all label manufacturers.
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“A love of the industry and a passion for continuous improvement are just part of what makes Art Yerecic, President and CEO of Yerecic Label, packagePRINTING’s 2014 TLMI Converter of the Year. ”
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Yerecic Label was honored with the Environmental Leadership Award at the 2014 Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute, Inc. (TLMI) Annual Meeting on Monday, October 13th. In February 2014, Yerecic Label became landfill free by diverting 99.4 percent of waste away from landfills.
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Yerecic Label’s Flint Group recognition was given for Outstanding Print Quality in Water-based Specialty Print.The label that won the award was a design for the National Pork Board’s summer grilling marketing campaign.
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