Something New Is Taking Shape at CERM. See It at LOUPE Americas 2026.

New products. New developments. Real customer stories. And a few things we’re not ready to reveal just yet. CERM is heading to LOUPE Americas 2026, September 15–17, with plenty to talk about — and even more to show.

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Publish date: 10 August 2026

Event / Tradeshow

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CERM at LOUPE Americas 2026 | See What’s Next

There are trade shows where you show what you have. And then there are trade shows where you show where you’re going next.

For CERM, LOUPE Americas 2026 will be the latter.

From September 15–17, we’re taking over booth #3419 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, with new products, new developments, live demonstrations, customer stories and a few surprises along the way.

Some of them we can tell you about today. Others? You’ll have to stay tuned.

What we can tell you (so far): latest innovations and developments

At LOUPE Americas, visitors will get an up-close look at some of the latest CERM innovations developed to help label, flexible packaging and folding carton converters automate more of their operations, make better use of their data and manage increasingly complex production environments.

That includes the latest developments in AI, production scheduling, quality management and traceability, together with new CERM products and innovations making their first appearance at the show.

And yes, there is more coming.

AI that does the work: meet Lexis

AI gets talked about a lot.

We’d rather show you what it can actually do.

CERM Lexis is our cloud-based AI platform designed to automate one of the most time-consuming administrative tasks in the label and packaging industry: turning incoming customer emails into CERM sales orders.

Lexis reads incoming emails and attachments, identifies the customer and relevant order information, and prepares it as structured CERM business data, ready for a user to review and confirm.

Less manual data entry. Faster order processing. More time for your customer service team to focus on work that actually needs their expertise.

Want to see it happen?

Visit our booth for a live demonstration or join Product Manager Fran Boey on September 15 at 2:30 PM on the Spotlight Stage for:

AI in Production, Not on a Slide: How CERM Lexis Saves Hours of Your Customer Service Team — Automatically.

More Information About the Spotlight Stage

Scheduling doesn't have to take all day

The production schedule changes. A job takes longer than expected. A machine becomes unavailable. Priorities shift.

And your carefully planned schedule suddenly needs another round of manual adjustments.

CERM Scheduling Optimizer is built for exactly that reality.

Using CERM production data and scheduling parameters, the cloud-based optimizer automatically evaluates production possibilities and generates an optimized schedule — helping planners spend less time manually sequencing jobs and more time managing the exceptions that actually require human decisions.

At LOUPE, you can see the Scheduling Optimizer in action and talk directly with the CERM experts behind the technology.

Quality and traceability are getting an upgrade

For converters serving industries such as food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and consumer goods, producing the job correctly is only part of the challenge.

You also need to be able to prove it.

At LOUPE Americas, CERM will preview new developments around Quality Management and Traceability, designed to give converters greater control over quality processes and better visibility throughout production.

Our new Quality Management Module introduces digital checklists that help centralize quality records connected to production jobs, supporting more standardized and documented quality processes.

We’ll also showcase developments in traceability that make it easier to follow what happened throughout production — and access the information when you need it.

See both in action at booth #3419.

But don't just take our word for it

This year, some of the most important voices at our booth won't be ours.

They'll be our customers'.

The CERM Studio returns to LOUPE Americas with a new lineup of Studio Sessions featuring CERM customers, partners and experts.

These aren't traditional product presentations.

They're conversations about what actually happens when technology meets the reality of a busy label or packaging operation.

What challenges were customers trying to solve? Where has automation made the biggest difference? What have they learned? And what would they tell another converter considering the same journey?

Expect real experiences, real results and real people talking about how they're using CERM every day.

We'll be revealing the complete Studio Sessions program soon.

One workflow. Eight technology leaders. Follow The Label Trail.

Modern label production doesn't happen inside one system — and neither should innovation.

That's the idea behind The Label Trail, a guided experience at LOUPE Americas that brings together eight leading technology companies to demonstrate the complete label production process, from concept to consumer.

Avery Dennison, CarbonQuota, CERM, Esko, Flint Group Digital Xeikon, Grafisk Maskinfabrik (GM), KURZ and SCRIBOS have joined forces to showcase how technologies across sustainability, carbon measurement, automation and smart packaging can work together across the production chain.

Follow the trail, visit the participating booths and experience the workflow from beginning to end.

And then there's what we're not telling you yet...

We've been busy.

LOUPE Americas won't only be about showing you the latest version of what CERM already does.

We're bringing something new.

New developments. New announcements. New ideas about what the future of CERM — and MIS for the label and packaging industry — can look like.

And when you arrive at booth #3419, you may notice that it's not only our technology that's evolving.

Let's just say CERM might look a little different in Chicago.

That's all we're giving away for now.

Don't ask for a generic demo. Bring us your challenge.

If you're coming to LOUPE, don't spend 30 minutes watching someone click through software features you may never use.

Bring us your workflow instead.

Tell our experts what's slowing your business down.

Maybe customer service is spending hours manually entering orders. Maybe production scheduling depends too heavily on one person. Maybe you need stronger traceability. Better quality processes. More visibility. Fewer disconnected systems. Or simply a better way to connect everything from estimating to invoicing.

We'll start there.

Our CERM experts can use your one-on-one session to focus on your operation, your challenges and the areas where automation could make the biggest difference.

Personalized demo slots will be available throughout LOUPE Americas, and we recommend reserving yours before the show.

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