Product Development

For the companies that want to transition or expand their offerings into the hottest topics of labeling & packaging; The Converting Group has comprehensive programs & methodology for your business to stay competitive and minimize risk in the process:

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Establish

Your current technology & financial state.

The goals of your business in the short, medium, & long term.

Connect

Your team to the world's top OEMs & custom equipment engineers.

Educate

You on the landscape of technologies out there and which makes the most sense for you.

Support

The procurement negotiations.

The communication between your company and the OEM for priority service.

RFID Labels & Tags

The Converting Group has a comprehensive program for getting converters into the RFID business. We provide methodology for everything from end-user solutions; to trade suppliers; and ultimately guiding clients on how to manufacture encode and convert RFID labels & tags themselves

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The Opportunities & Our Proven Methodology

If you're one of the skeptics of RFID becoming an essential offering - it might be in your best interest to take a second look.

Major box retailers & logistics companies are currently making the shift to RFID product operations. UPS has recently announced their full commitment. This will eliminate the use case for manual bar-code scanning company-wide & significantly improve their efficiency over time. How do we know this? not just from news, we played a significant role in setting up their RFID supplier.

The opportunity lies in the obvious - when one major company makes a shift most competitors will have to follow. In fact, Amazon has a full sunrise 2027 plan for standardizing thier vendor offerings over the next 3 years, as highlighted at the GS1 summit in 2026. A sea of business is starting to open up and we have the accounts that need converters to take on overflow work.

The catch? RFID insertion is not as simple as die cutting labels. Companies can experience up to 30-40% waste in the early trial & error period when purchasing equipment with no plan, as we've seen first-hand. This is why we have created a program to get converters into the RFID space without getting burned. We call it the "Crawl, Walk Run" method. We proudly partner with Free Hand Engineering to provide a solution to any RFID needs.

Crawl

We educate you applications, use cases, and how to sell RFID to your clients - including integration solutions.

Walk

Once you're ready to sell we'll introduce you to basic insertion and supply pre-programmed tags. During this phase we begin the manufacturing training necessary to convert effiecently.

Run

After understanding the basics - We prepare you for the entire manufacturing process including programming, insertion & converting. This will include how to manufacture with minimal to waste, providing the right machinery, & promoting your business as a supplier to those who don't want to take the leap.

Digital Print & Finishing

We have comprehensive programs get traditional printers & converters to understand the business model, equipment and strategy to take advantage of the growing competitive market for digital print for labels and flexible packaging.

Learning the digital business

Digital print is an exciting opportunity for labels & flexible packaging; and theres room for it in almost all business models due to its symplicity. However not all digital is built the same. we guide you through the favctors.

Connecting with the right press OEM

There are a number of different print technologies out there and each OEM has a different business model. We help you select based on your overall priorities.

Understanding digital finishing

One of the caveats to digital is the die cutting & embellishment machinery to go with your press. This is a whole investment of it's own. Our Technical Advisors help you find the right finishing to pair with your press.

Strategize timing & procurement

We understand there are a great deal of financial considerations with investing in the business line. We help negotiate with the OEM price & provide financing solutions if needed

Training on your overall system

Once you have your equipment purchased, we'll be there from installation we'll work with you and the OEM to assure the right level of training is being provided to run the equipment for profitability

Continuous support with the OEMs

For the life of your equipment, The Converting Group is here to support . Troubleshooting. busines advice, application consulting, & prioritized communication with the OEM

Smart Prime Labeling

We leverage our knowldge in digital printing with our programs in RFID to help companies create the ultimate offering. A smart label with premium graphics for brand offerings.

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The Opportunities & Your Business

While smart prime labeling may sound as simple as print, finish convert; the value of purpose of this consulting is not for the brand - it's for how the converter can offer it, while staying competitive.

No matter the level of control you want in your process - we have a solution. We have a network of TCG Certified Trade Printers across North America that will can take any part of the process and still deliver it to your customers under your brand. These are heavily vetted companies and protected by strict non-circumvent agreements for your accounts protection.

If you want a greater level of control and are willing to invest in the equipment - this is our specialty at The Converting Group. We take an unbiased approach to getting you with the right OEM and creating a custom strategy to meet your goals.

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Crawl

We educate you applications, use cases, and how to sell RFID to your clients - including integration solutions.

Walk

Once you're ready to sell we'll introduce you to basic insertion and supply pre-programmed tags. During this phase we begin the manufacturing training necessary to convert effiecently.

Run

Digital Finishing Consulting

Taking the leap & buying a digital press is daunting enough - then you find out you'll either need to go hybrid which has limitations or a whole second of-line die cutter that could end up being as much as the press. We are here to help. The Converting Group is proud to be the official Digital Finishing Consultant for HP Indigo Net-New Customers.

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What We Do for HP Customers & Alike

The Converting Group Technical Advisors are comprised of veteran equipment reps - many of whom spent majority of their career in off-line finishing & converting. This doesn't just give us the technical knowledge on the right machinery, but the finer details as well:

Who does certain aspects better? What companies have the best service & support programs? What companies have massive lead times, and who is ready to ship tomorrow? and the big one...What's out there in the used market? This knowledge not only gets you informed on the right machinery, but could directly save or profit you 10s of thousands of dollars from what we've seen.

This program & all others alike are worked out between us and the OEMs to assure using our services comes at no added price to the machinery.

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