Confession – I enjoy walking the aisles of specialty Health & Beauty stores looking at labels. I cannot help it; I love to see beautiful well-designed labels, also I like seeing the really bad labels almost as much. When I see less than desirable labels, I consider what might have gone wrong and what could … [Read more...]

How do you decide what is the correct label material for your product? Why use Polyester over Vinyl or Vinyl over Polypropylene for labels? Polypropylene, Polyester and Vinyl are the most common materials used to make labels (when choosing from plastic based materials) and I have been asked these questions many times … [Read more...]

The longest label in the world? Who knows, but a 2000' Label in 1 Foot Increments has got to be right up there. When a Geo Fabric distributor sells their materials to large contracting groups, how can each party be assured the right amount of fabric has been accounted for? One of the world's largest manufacturer of … [Read more...]

There is a huge difference in the label adhesive needed for a retail fiber box vs. a jet engine part. There is nothing worse than having your beautifully designed label not stick to your product except having the label you purchased to be removable stick like grim death. Using the correct label adhesive can … [Read more...]

A long term label project with a happy ending. We never know who is on the other end of the line the first time we answer a call requesting help. Some projects are simple bar code tracking labels that we have been making since the early 1980’s, and then there are the projects that creep along for years. About 4 … [Read more...]

Adding serialization to your labels creates an easy way to track individualized parts, products or assets during their circulation. The first consideration when starting to serialize labels is how will the data be used? Questions you should ask are: Are the serial numbers strictly a set of serialized digits i.e. … [Read more...]

Metal Product and Equipment Tags Metal tags are used for a variety of reasons, but are most often used when they are in an environment that needs to be highly durable. Metal tags are extremely tough and are best for identification of machinery when delicate paper labels and even durable polyester would not last very … [Read more...]

Magnetic Labels Have you ever labeled a warehouse only to find that some of your location labels need to be moved to a different position? Are you tired of wanting to transfer a label somewhere else, only to find that you need to print a whole new label off? Well, if that sounds like you, then what you are looking … [Read more...]

There are many, many types of labels out there but do you know what asset labels are? How do asset labels differ from other labels? Are they unique to an industry? What information do they present? Well, to answer your question, asset labels are used to identify maintenance and operational purposes. They are most … [Read more...]

For a company, being able to know if a product has been tampered with can not only save time, but money as well. When a cash machine is tampered with, a blue dye explodes out of it. Wouldn’t it be nice if that same principle could be applied to labels? The problem is that there are customers out there that want to … [Read more...]

Black and Red Colored Ribbon to comply with GHS 5609 Mandate for Marine Immersion. Classifications of chemicals materials has been standardized by the United Nations so as to create a more uniform way to identify hazardous products. In doing so the process of producing product labels for chemicals being shipped around … [Read more...]

Advanced Barcode & Label Technologies stocks a wide selection of industrial thermal transfer labels. Industrial thermal transfer label supplies include receipt paper, tags, thermal transfer paper and ribbon for all labeling solutions. … [Read more...]

We work with you to produce barcode location labels made of durable polyester that are designed to suit your labeling needs - not our production capabilities. We encourage producing samples for testing before production begins, this way any problems are uncovered before your labels are installed. Racking labels can … [Read more...]

ABLT stock labels are printed 1 color black with the words "Warranty Void if Removed" laminated with protective clear polyester on rolls of 1,000.   Void if Removed Security Labels - Once labels are applied the word Void appears if someone tries to remove the label. Destructible Security Labels - After … [Read more...]