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Mercian Labels are recruiting

Posted by on Aug 27, 2009 in business | 0 comments Mercian Labels are recruiting for 1 role, and also offering 2 graduate internships under the new West Midlands Graduate Internships scheme. The new position is an ‘apprentice’ type job in our factory in Cannock, learning all about our production and industry from grass roots levels. We are also offering 2 graduate internships: in IT (open source / zimbra / PHP development) and...
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new website for Label Lock™

Posted by on Aug 27, 2009 in business, Security Labels | 0 comments We are really pleased with the overhaul of our  Label Lock™ security labels website showcasing our premium low residue and dual layer security seals that we have designed and developed in recent years, and launched in 2008.  You can check it our here.
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linkedin in labelling

Posted by on Aug 26, 2009 in business | 0 comments I was first introduced to linkedin.com in late 2008, but until recently did not consider social networking sites to be a useful business tool.  However, in respect of linkedin.com I am warming to the concept, and finding it useful.  Not radical, but useful.  It is far away more suitable for professional communication than the dreaded facebook (at which I closed my account sometime ago), and I...
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looking for a new UK open source support supplier

Posted by on Aug 24, 2009 in Open Source | 2 comments When we first started to explore the possibility of moving to open source in 2007, I looked into a number of possible open source support companies and settled on working with Senokian Solutions Ltd, who have been very good for us.  Unfortunately Senokian Solutions Ltd have now ceased trading, and their entrepreneurial MD Jake Stride has moved onto other areas of open source software development...
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Mercian Labels heritage, the Kingdom of Mercia and the Black Country

Posted by on Aug 21, 2009 in business | 0 comments Its quite common for new members of staff to ask “Why are we called Mercian Labels?”  Well to be honest I dont know the original reason why the company was named so in 1969, but as far as I can tell its because we are located firmly in the old Kingdom of Mercia, and the original founders had ambitious plans to expand further than original town of Penkridge - which we most certainly...
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How to design prepress artwork for flexo printing using continuous engraving ‘in the round’ sleeves

Posted by on Aug 6, 2009 in Labels | 0 comments Mercian Labels are early adopters of technology in the label printing industry, and one area where we have been trialing new products recently is in the area of continuous sleeve technology for flexography, the mainstay printing technology for global label printing.  Sometimes these projects require us to tackle some interesting problems, and yesterday we encountered and solved one interesting...
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