Labeling Ideas

We are really pleased to have Sherrie Cline join our team as an Account Manager in Customer Service. Sherrie was previously with Brady People ID and brings a lot of experience of taking care of customers – particularly in the Photo ID sector. Sherrie is going to be working closely with and supporting Nate Fernald, […]

Let’s face it, electronic products can get hot in use, and if something goes wrong, can overheat. Think of all the stories of Sony laptop batteries and various cellphone brands bursting into flames. So what has this to do with labels? Clearly, if an electronic component is likely to generate high temperatures, it does not […]

Exciting News! The Google URL shortener, goo.gl is now available for everyone to use, I can’t wait. Actually, the goo.gl shortener has been around for a quite a while and is really just one new entry into a field with some existing good solutions. Personally I use bit.ly and ow.ly for my URL shortening jobs. However […]

When looking at how you maintain and service your bar code and labeling printing equipment, you have choices to do-it-yourself, pay as you go, or outsource it.  The most common questions companies look at when deciding are “how can we reduce costs and increase productivity?” and “Can we afford to handle maintenance and repairs our self?”  It […]

Sometimes we want our labels to really stand out and be easier to find. At other times, we might want the labeling to be less noticeable, maybe for military equipment, stereo equipment, cell phones, etc. That’s where our Black Polyimide label material comes in. Winco ID’s black Polyimide (Kapton) labels provide all the performance features of […]

Well, here at Winco ID it is the end of another financial year so time to check all our inventory. Because we can make pressure sensitive labels in a huge number of sizes, we have a correspondingly large selection of dies to keep track of. Fortunately, barcoding and barcode scanning makes keeping track of all […]

Growers, harvesters, manufacturers, packagers, and shippers are part of the complex food supply chain that is responsible for delivering safe food to consumers all over the world. The wide variety of products grown and manufactured, the need for more efficient processing to reduce costs, and the volume of fresh and processed food products that must […]

If you are going to be in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire area on October 21st, why not visit with us at the Seacoast Business Expo? The show is held at the Celestica Building at Pease Tradeport and promises to be a great opportunity for networking and checking out some cool local businesses. We will be there […]

In 2007, Congress passed the 9/11 Act  requiring that 100% of the cargo originating in the US that is transported on passenger airplanes be screened in the same way as passenger luggage. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is charged with enforcing this mandate; the deadline for meeting this mandate was August 1, 2010. If you ship […]

The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) is seeking volunteers from the fresh produce industry to guide future traceback procedures and help standardize industry-wide traceability practices. PTI wants to establish groups to address issues in four key areas: 1) guide and promote industry-wide adoption of GS1 standards, including developing best-practices for implementing tracking solutions. 2) identify product attributes […]