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2011 chilli crop

Posted by on Mar 11, 2011 in business, Labels, Open Source | 2 comments
germinating the 2011 chilli crop in moist boxes, ready for 2 weeks in the airing cupboard
For new followers of this blog, its a tradition that I grow chillies for summer bbqs and hot winter curries when I’m not doing labelling!  You can see previous years crops here and here, and my inspiration from Alan at The Open Sourcerer blog here. Last week I potted out the 80 seedlings ready for a bumper harvest of chillies this summer.  There is some friendly banter with other...
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Wow – raw material inflation moves to the next level with pricing on dispatch!

Posted by on Mar 10, 2011 in A C Labels, Labels, Security Labels | 0 comments
PP film prices are now not fixed between ordering and dispatch!
Today I’ve had this communicated to us from an industry supplier about plastic film pricing. “…there have been two ‘game changing’ developments in film supply…… 1. We have 2 major film manufacturers who will not accept ‘price as ordered’. They maintain that polymer is moving too quickly and therefore price must be agreed on dispatch. 2....
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QR barcode labels – where are they being used?

Posted by on Mar 9, 2011 in Labels | 0 comments
(Image courtesy of JumpScan.com)
This morning I saw this great infographic on the increasing adoption of QR barcodes on labels and other packaging that I thought I’d share. We have written about QR barcode labels on this blog before, and can see an increasing trend towards their usage in the UK.  With a growth rate of 1200% in the past 6 months of so, its a labelling trend set to continue, and we are happy to help UK...
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PRESS RELEASE – Total Quality manufacturer AC Labels provides ultimate assurance to customers.

Posted by on Mar 1, 2011 in A C Labels, press releases | 0 comments
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PRESS RELEASE 1 March 2011 Derby, UK Total Quality manufacturer AC Labels provides ultimate assurance to customers. Derby manufacturer AC Labels have crossed the ‘final hurdle’ in providing full reassurance to their customers that they are a quality force to be reckoned with. Since the original company ACL hit financial difficulties in 2009 as sales of phone cards collapsed,...
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