80 Business View Magazine - October 2016
2000 is still in production, today, being made by the
company’s 22 employees in its 36,000 square foot
manufacturing facility in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
Panther maintains a wide network of industry part-
ners, integrators, and resellers, who help widen the
company’s reach. “We do a lot of business in the Unit-
ed States, and Canada is our second largest market,”
says Dow. “But we also do international. This year, we
have systems being installed in Mexico, Brazil, South
Africa, Australia, and India.”
Panther provides both Print-and-Apply labeling sys-
tems as well as Pre-Printed label applicator systems.
Over the years, the company has also created many
special solutions for clients that have since become
standard in the industry. Examples of a special sys-
tem might be one that puts flag labels on thin medi-
cal device cables, and another that is tailored to wrap
and label pharmaceutical bottles moving swiftly on a
conveyor belt. Indeed, it’s been Panther’s continual in-
novations in engineered labeling solutions that have
differentiated it from its competitors.
More recently, the company’s technological expertise
has resulted in some rapid expansion. Dow says that
over the last couple of years, Panther Industries has
moved resolutely into the logistics of the e-commerce
sector and is now a supplier to some of the biggest on-
line retailers, including many Fortune 100 companies.
“Our systems are really tailored to do the e-commerce
business, labeling a lot of different-sized and different-
shaped product - on the fly - in a way that doesn’t need
any human intervention or interaction with the product
as it goes by,” Dow explains.
Another aspect of Panther Industries that separates
it from the competition is the capability the company
