Design yourself a free custom background for new twitter using this Powerpoint or Open Office Presentation Template

Posted by Adrian on Jan 29, 2011 in business, Labels, Open Source | 0 comments I’m quite pleased with our new custom background for the @MercianLabels Twitter account.  Its designed using a free and easy template that we are releasing with this blog post in both Powerpoint  and Open Office Presentation formats. There are other ways of doing custom Twitter templates, even free templates using Powerpoint type files, but none that I could find for the “new...
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What does the labels industry mean by “Fast Turnaround”? Our take on OTIF performance verses spin.

Posted by Adrian on Jan 26, 2011 in Labels | 0 comments How many times have you heard that suppliers are “specialists in fast delivery”, can do “same day delivery” and are “experts in quick delivery”? With the labels industry seeking ever more niche marketing messages to differentiate itself to its customers, I’m seeing more and more of these type of claims, and so as lead time is a key benefit for us to sell to our customers, its...
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AC Labels are recruiting – we have a job in Derby for an experienced flexo label printer

Posted by Adrian on Jan 24, 2011 in A C Labels, Labels, press releases, Security Labels | 0 comments As one of the UKs leading label printing groups, we have an immediate opportunity for a full-time experienced flexographic printer at our AC Labels subsidiary operation in Derby. Benefiting from being part of the Mercian Labels Group, AC Labels are market leaders in high volume variable data barcode labels with an enviable reputation for data integrity. As a member of a small team, you will need...
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Picture of The Mercian Labels Group HQ refitted board room

Posted by Adrian on Jan 23, 2011 in A C Labels, business, Labels, Security Labels | 0 comments Thanks for all of our staff, customers and suppliers for dealing with the disruption in the past 8 weeks as we’ve been refitting and modernising our Group HQ building at Mercian House in Cannock.  This is our spectacular new board room which enables us to showcase our capabilities to clients with AV presentation and new video conference facility. We would be delighted to show customers and...
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Tim celebrated 25 years with Mercian Labels this week!

Posted by Adrian on Jan 23, 2011 in Labels | 0 comments Its not very often that you get to experience an employee’s 25th anniversary of joining a business, and so we were proud to celebrate Tim’s 25th day last week.  Tim joined us soon after leaving school at our old site in Penkridge, and has developed to become one of our most experienced and respected printers.  A rough calculation suggets that Tim has manufactured about 5 billions...
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a revolution in label printing web speed control?

Posted by Adrian on Jan 14, 2011 in A C Labels, Labels, Security Labels | 0 comments Spotted on a press yesterday…. clearly some wag in our factory decided that they had tool much time on their hands in the first week back!
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Consequences of getting variable data print wrong

Posted by Adrian on Jan 4, 2011 in A C Labels, business, Labels, Security Labels | 0 comments Pity the major bank who had to suffer the consequences of getting their variable data handling wrong just before Christmas 2010.  Although variable data printing sounds easy, and the technology has been around for some form or other for many years, its actually the culture and procedures that matter when your data absolutely HAS to be right. At AC Labels, market leaders in the manufacture of...
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