CONVERTER NEWS E Labels Transforms Business With Two Domino Presses E Labels, Pico Rivera, California has transformed its business by embracing Domino digital printing tech- nology, reportedly enabling the California-based label converter to expand into new markets, increase pro- duction efficiency, and better serve customers de- manding shorter runs and faster turnaround times. Owner Carlos Rivera and daughter Jacky Rivera, CFO, oversaw the installation of the company’s first Domino N610i digital UV inkjet label press in 2019, then a second N610i in 2024. Serving customers across food and beverage, cos- metics, pharmaceutical, oil, and other industrial mar- kets, E Labels has built its reputation on delivering high-quality labels while providing outstanding cus- tomer service. Today, the company produces millions of labels annually.
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they are not yet tracking it through their own supply chain. Indeed, companies are making real progress on sus- tainability inside their own operations. Climate is a focus area, with 46 percent of rated suppliers purchasing or gen- erating renewable energy and 38 percent running climate training for employees. However, 78 percent of rated com- panies have no science-based carbon reduction targets. Environmental scores saw the largest gain of any theme evaluated, rising 9.6 points on average over four years. The share of companies reaching Advanced+ sta- tus (scores of 65 or above on the EcoVadis 0-100 scoring scale) more than doubled from 17 percent in 2021 to 38 percent in 2025. Rated companies are performing best on the Labor & Human Rights theme, with an average global score of 59.5. Eighty percent have formal DEI pol- icies and 78 percent have employee health and safety policies in place. Procurement practices tell a different story with veri- fication of supplier performance remaining concentrated on paperwork. Forty-two percent of companies still rely on unverified supplier questionnaires, and just 46 percent require suppliers to sign a sustainability code of conduct. Only 20 percent conduct on-site audits, a number that has barely moved in four years. AI Hurdles Companies attempting to use AI tools are confront- ed with a similar data-readiness hurdle. According to the companion EcoVadis Barometer 2026 report, 68 percent of corporate buyers have deployed AI tools in their sus- tainable procurement programs, with carbon data vali- dation cited as a top application by 62 percent of those buyers. However, the supply base is largely unequipped to support these systems: 30 percent of suppliers provide no carbon data and 26 percent supply only aggregated estimates. “Organizations have built sophisticated tools to analyze supplier sustainability data. The suppliers either don’t have that data or can’t report it in a form the tools can use,” said Sylvain Guyoton, Chief Rating Officer at EcoVadis. “Better software does not close that gap. The measurement prob- lem lives in the supply base itself, and closing it requires sustained engagement over time: structured assessment, scored performance, and documented follow-through.” But much of this supplier capability gap can be closed with targeted engagement and a roadmap for improve- ment. Across sizes and sectors, companies with multiple EcoVadis ratings outperform those rated for the first time by 12 points on average, 63.2 versus 51.5. This means more suppliers improving their sustainability practices and reporting decision-grade data up the chain. “Companies willing to treat supplier engagement as an ongoing process, rather than a one-time compliance ex- ercise, close the distance between what they intend and what they can actually verify,” added Guyoton.
According to Carlos Rivera, investing in Domino digital printing technology has been one of the com- pany’s most significant business decisions. “Customers are looking for commitment on us be- ing able to meet their requirements and deliver on time, and technology is the key,” said Carlos. “As soon as our first Domino press was installed, we started producing labels much faster than we could with flex- ographic printing. About 50 percent of our business moved to digital, and what really surprised me was seeing medium-sized runs transition to digital as well. It was a game changer.” For E Labels, the shift to digital printing has opened new opportunities while allowing the company to offer greater flexibility and respond to customer demand in a highly efficient manner. Jacky said the addition of Domino technology fun- damentally changed the company’s capabilities. “When I started here, we had two flexographic press- es and we weren’t getting many short-run jobs,” she ex- plained. “After adding Domino, we were able to produce smaller runs and multiple SKUs without charging custom- ers more. That’s really where E Labels blossomed.”
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