The Coronavirus pandemic has had a severe impact on the label printing industry, not least due to the disruption of supply chains for Inks, Chemicals & label substrates – often sourced or manufactured in China. However, crises often have the positive effect of encouraging innovative solutions to overcome problems, and to advance emerging trends. One example of this is the increased uptake of cloud labelling software among label printing businesses, as a means of keeping productivity high and operating with a reduced workforce.