Beginning this month, the Tag & Label Mfrs. Institute, Naperville, IL, web site (www.tlmi.com) will provide converters, industry vendors, label buyers and end-user packaging customers with a significant upgrade in online services.

Members and non-members will be able to search for a supplier or a converter based on various types of criteria. Converters can be searched by state, in-house capabilities or primary markets served. Suppliers can be searched based on areas of expertise. For example, materials can be narrowed down to unsupported, pressure-sensitive, film, paper, etc., while inks can be narrowed to UV, water-based, solvent, etc.

After an initial list is obtained from the search criteria, users can print out the general data, view more detailed information on each company, send a group e-mail, or bookmark the page for future reference.