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Durable Aluminium Asset Tags

2021-08-23T11:25:14+00:00

IMEC Media’s Aluminum Asset Tags are designed with extreme durability to withstand the harshest environments for indoor AND outdoor tracking applications. You determine label content of company name, asset number, and/or bar code information. These aluminum bar code labels are constructed of anodized aluminum face stock, with a high-performance permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive and/or holes for mechanical attachment. The adhesive is designed to permanently bond to high surface energy metals and plastics, and textured and contoured surfaces. These aluminum asset tags have excellent resistance to chemicals, abrasion, solvents; and will withstand exterior exposure in the harshest environments, including extreme cold, heat and UV. Product Features • Designed [...]

Durable Aluminium Asset Tags2021-08-23T11:25:14+00:00

Tetra Pak & Veolia Team Up for Packaging Sustainability

2021-08-23T11:25:21+00:00

Tetra Pak has secured a significant packaging sustainability boost by partnering with recycling specialists Veolia to ensure that all material components of its cartons have end-use recycling value. While the paperboard component can already be converted into cartons and paper towels, Veolia’s systems will also enable the polymer and aluminum (PolyAl) mix to be converted into industrial applications such as oil canisters and pots (HDPE) as well as crates and plastic pallets (PE Alu). In essence, this means the overall value of used Tetra Pak beverage cartons is expected to double, making the value chain for collection and recycling more efficient [...]

Tetra Pak & Veolia Team Up for Packaging Sustainability2021-08-23T11:25:21+00:00

Thermal Transfer Printing V Direct Thermal, What suits your needs?

2021-08-23T11:25:28+00:00

Most modern tabletop labels printers like those from Intermec, Zebra, Datamax, Sato and others are able to print in thermal-transfer and direct thermal modes. But there is a big difference in how this is achieved and why you would use one method or the other. Let’s look at them. When you send a file with label content to your printer, it is sent to the print head which heats up in specific areas to create the image. These areas are basically microscopic dots that create words, images, etc. Printers are rated in dots per inch, usually 203, 300 or 600 dpi. [...]

Thermal Transfer Printing V Direct Thermal, What suits your needs?2021-08-23T11:25:28+00:00

RFID Tag Technology – A look back 10 years on

2021-08-23T11:25:36+00:00

This article was originally written in 2010, an interesting read now to look back on RFID tag and its adoption as a technology since then. Most label converters have passed over the opportunity to move into RFID tag production because they cannot see a way of making profits from what is, on its own, a low value commodity item. Most of the big projects in the RFID sector have involved RFID inlay manufacturers making deals directly with end users. These large-scale roll-outs have had met with mixed success. Procter & Gamble and other CPGs, for example, have said they cannot get [...]

RFID Tag Technology – A look back 10 years on2021-08-23T11:25:36+00:00

Label Printing and Packaging Industry – Some Predictions for 2019

2021-08-23T11:25:46+00:00

For the label printing industry in 2019, the manufacturing sector appears headed towards a continuing and faster pace of consolidation. Some markets are now going through the inter-generational change that occurred in Australia in the last 15 years. Combine this with the increasing sophistication of consumers requiring higher quality labels and you will see some converters sell rather than take on the necessary capital costs.   Owners and participants in the supply chain, especially around food, are wanting greater adoption of sophisticated track and trace technology to manage the growing concerns surrounding product authenticity and precision recalls.   For brand owners, [...]

Label Printing and Packaging Industry – Some Predictions for 20192021-08-23T11:25:46+00:00

Custom Label Printing Terms & Definitions

2021-08-23T11:26:07+00:00

Custom Label Printing Terms & Definitions – We’ve compiled a list of label definitions ranging from common to technical terms to help you better understand the complexities of custom label printing. 4 Colour Process: Printing process that uses a combination of the four standard inks: cyan, magenta, yellow, and ‘key’ black (CMYK) to produce full-color results. Adhesive: A substance capable of holding materials together by surface attachment. Absorption: In a paper, the property which causes it to intake liquids or vapors when in contact. In optics, the partial suppression of light through a transparent or translucent material. Across x Around: How [...]

Custom Label Printing Terms & Definitions2021-08-23T11:26:07+00:00

IMEC Media Are Proud of Their ISO 9001 Certification

2021-08-23T11:27:01+00:00

IMEC Media ltd are proud of their ISO 9001 Certification. Encompassing a network of standards institutes in 162 countries, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the world’s largest developer and publisher of international standards. ISO 9001:2015 is the globally recognised standard for quality systems, and IMEC Media Ltd is proud to have earned the certification. ISO certified companies, such as IMEC Media Ltd, must create and follow a carefully crafted quality control system that meets the ISO standard. To ensure ongoing compliance, we must internally evaluate our adherence to that system, all the while being regularly audited by a 3rd [...]

IMEC Media Are Proud of Their ISO 9001 Certification2021-08-23T11:27:01+00:00

Label Copy Position – IMEC Media Knowledge Base

2021-08-23T11:27:12+00:00

Label Copy Position: This is the first part of our new knowledge base features, we aim to provide vital information in a simple manner to our clients new and old. Here’s how different application methods affect the label orientation: For hand-applied labels, the direction usually does not matter. For machine-applied labels and labels that will go through a secondary printing process, the label copy position is critical. If the labels are printed in an incorrect position, your entire process will be affected. Auto-applied labels are typically applied to vials, boxes, or bottles. Therefore, the orientation of the label artwork in relation to [...]

Label Copy Position – IMEC Media Knowledge Base2021-08-23T11:27:12+00:00

Label Printing For Food Products

2021-08-23T11:27:20+00:00

Are your labels as appetising as your food products? IMEC Media Ltd manufactures a wide range of labels for food. Our expertise in the production of labels has made us the provider of choice for many companies and their products. Depending on possible application, food labels have a broad range of demands that involve many factors. For example, where will the product be stored? At what temperature? How long will the product be shelved and how it will be shipped? These are just some of the factors to be considered when deciding on the type of label that would best fit your products needs. [...]

Label Printing For Food Products2021-08-23T11:27:20+00:00

Thermal Paper Price Increases – The Trend Continues for 2018

2021-08-23T11:27:25+00:00

At the beginning of 2018, we got more bad news for thermal paper prices, with more price increases announced. After few months of chemical and paper shortage that started in 2017, the critical situation stays unchanged in 2018. The short supply of leuco dye with increasing demand lead to higher cost for regular paper supply. The world thermal paper suppliers have announced the price increase one by one. Mitsubishi HiTec Paper is increasing its thermal paper prices for deliveries from July 1 2018, Prices will be increased by up to 10% globally. Koehler Paper Group, a leading manufacturer of thermal paper [...]

Thermal Paper Price Increases – The Trend Continues for 20182021-08-23T11:27:25+00:00