A manufacturer of Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) for today’s hybrid electric vehicles was required to label the energy storage systems with important warnings for the end consumer. The label they used was fading relatively quickly when exposed to the outdoor elements of sunlight and heat. The added heat of heavy-duty vehicle operations would cause the label to […]
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GAO Report on UID Progress
The GAO (General Accounting Office) recently released a report on the IUID Program and has made suggestions of areas in need of improvement. Check out the full report here. One item that will be of interest to our Defense Contractor customers is that the GAO asks the DoD to do a better job of putting […]
Have You Taken Our Survey Yet?
Our iPad giveaway is almost over. If you haven’t yet participated in our survey, you still have time though. We will enter you into our drawing for a brand new iPad just for answering a brief set of online questions about your labeling. Our partners at Datamax-O’Neil are sponsoring our survey, which ends midnight on Wednesday, […]
More Changes to Food Labels?
According to a recent survey conducted by the International Food Information Council (IFIC), more Americans want additional information on food labels. The IFIC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that communicates science-based information about food safety and nutrition to health professionals, government officials, and consumers. The “Consumer Perceptions of Food Technology” survey shows that 24% percent […]
Cognitive Printer Cxi Review
In order to maximize the benefits that on-demand label printing can bring, there has been a need over the last few years to move from large centrally located label printers to smaller ones that are located right where the label will be used. This trend means that for this “distributed printing” model, the tradition industrial printers […]