Andy Thomas-Emans is Strategic Director of the Tarsus Labels Group, which organizes the Labelexpo Global Series of exhibitions. He was previously Group Managing Editor of Labels & Labeling magazine. He has been writing about the packaging and printing industry for 28 years, having previously edited British Printer and Packaging News magazines in the 1990s. He has chaired a number of international conferences and seminars including Tarsus Group Label Summits in Latin America, Africa, China, India and Europe. Andy is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining.