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A New Year, and a new change of focus on multi design labelling

Posted by on Feb 2, 2012 in Labels | 0 comments
Many quality brands have taken advantage of the benefits of digital labelling technology to expand their range using multiple designs of labels
One of the most powerful technologies we have benefited from at Mercian Labels is a powerful custom built database that allows us to analyse buying trends amongst our customers. We presented some of these recently at the BPIF Labels Event in late 2011, and after further analyses we are making a small but important change to our market offer. Over the past decade our “Mercian Labels”...
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Q. What is short run labelling? A. 1 to 1 million labels of each design

Posted by on Jan 31, 2012 in Labels | 0 comments
We have settled on our definition of what 'short run' labelling is - and for us its 1 to 1 million labels of each design
Customers often ask us “what do you call  a ‘short run’ of labels?”, and our answer often varies on the circumstances of the customer.  Some customers consider that 500 labels is a long run and ask if its to much for us to handle (no its not!), and others with more established needs consider anything less than 2,000 meters of material (commonly about 1,000,000 labels) to...
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Xeikon 3300 Digital label printer upgrade

Posted by on Nov 10, 2011 in business, Labels | 0 comments
We will be upgrading to the superb quality Xeikon 3300 in the first week of December 2011
  At Label Expo 2011 we announced the exciting news that we are upgrading our digital labelling capability to include the new Xeikon 3300 – the fastest, highest quality, most environmentally friendly digital labelling solution available with fantastic lightfastness, no origination charges and brilliant colour resolution. The installation will take place during the first week of...
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We are Hiring an Operations Manager with NPD responsibilities

Posted by on Jun 13, 2011 in A C Labels, Labels, Security Labels | 0 comments
We are hiring for 4 posts
We are hiring for a fantastic new role in the Group – Operations Manager with NPD responsibilities.  Full details here.  This is a senior role and we are looking for outstanding candidates in the UK with a strong technical background to apply for this role.  If you know of anyone who may be interested, please let them know.
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Looking for people with non RFID ‘ SMART ‘ indicator labels, functional labels and specialist coating interests to join a new LinkedIn group

Posted by on May 19, 2011 in A C Labels, Labels, Security Labels | 0 comments
Do you have an interest in non RFID ' SMART ' indicator labels, functional labels and specialist coating interests?
I am looking to add people to my network who are interested in so called ‘smart’ labels,  indicator labels and functional labelling and packaging. This does not refer to RFID which is already well covered , but innovative coatings and chemistries that either change their environment or indicate that an event has taken place. This is a major research area of The Mercian Labels...
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IPEX review from a labelling perspective

Posted by on Jun 13, 2010 in Labels | 0 comments I’ve been away on holiday recently and so this short review of IPEX from a labelling perspective is a little late, and therefore short.  IPEX isnt really a big labelling show, but there were some points of interest for us. Briefly: Inkjet still marches on some new offerings from Domino and Konica Minolta, but the quality of all the 4 colour inkjet units I saw was still not very good, and...
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