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Why would I want to print my own color labels? The world has changed quite a bit in the last few years. People demand more of their brands. They want small, customized products and they want them quickly. They want more variety which means more SKUs and more labels. Manufacturers have to be more flexible…

Most modern tabletop labels printers like those from Zebra, Datamax, Sato and others are able to print in thermal-transfer and direct thermal modes. But there is a big difference in how this is accomplished and why you would use one or the other. Let’s look at them. When you send information for label content to…

Demand for thin, film-based products is changing the face of the release liner market. And as the label industry grows and evolves, so too does the release liner market. Suppliers are adapting to the latest trends, and manufacturing products accordingly. A push for improved sustainability is another market driver,  reducing waste through thinner caliper material, lowering transportation…

Vegan or not vegan – this is the question. With the barcode app from Codecheck, this can be found quickly and easily. Anyone who has the app on their smartphone simply scans the barcode printed on the product and immediately learns whether it is free of animal substances or not. Barcode App: healthier shopping “Can contain traces…

If you are shopping with your credit card on the Internet, you must enter the “Card Verification Value” (CVV) or the “Card Security Code” (CSC) in addition to your credit card data during the payment process. This is a three- or four-digit code, which can be found on the back of the card. You can imagine that…

Thanks to the advent of Smart Labelling and Packaging, we can now customize the packaging of children’s chocolate individually: To do so, you must enter online the action code of a newly purchased package. Picture source: Kinder Chocolate You can then upload an image for the front and select a greeting for the back. In this way, chocolate packs can be…

The parquet specialist Retol optimizes its logistics and shipping processes with our Weber Legi-Air 4050E. The label Print Apply System helps the automation of the prefabrication: combined with orders for goods and orders generated with Retol production orders. The employees scan the product bar codes on the corresponding goods and assemble the packaging units. The EDP system generates a…

Food & Beverage Traceability Weber Packaging Solutions looks at how automation in food and beverage production can help to deliver increased quality assurance and traceability. What is Traceability? According to Irish & EU Food Law, “Traceability” is the ability to trace and follow a food, feed, food-producing animal or substance intended to be, or expected…

For years’ craft brewers chose glass bottles to package their beer. The glass container was seen as the only viable option for small operations. Brewers were able to buy glass bottles in bulk and then label them on-site with minimal investment in packaging equipment. For many consumers, they believed the quality of the beer would…

If you’ve chosen pressure-sensitive labels for your beer bottles then you already know these will be easy to apply. Just remove the liner and stick the label to the bottle, right? Easy enough, but what about when you have hundreds or even thousands of bottles to label? And you want them on straight? If you…

The craft beer market is booming! With more competition on the store shelves, brewers need to utilise their labels as a power marketing tool more than ever. One of the best ways to do this is with eye-catching pressure-sensitive labels. We’ve put together 4 reasons why pressure-sensitive labels are best. But first, what is a…

Beer Manufacturing to Pharmaceutical Manufacturing We all know one beer is pretty easy to handle but what about 20 or 30 or even a 100 a minute? Weber recommends pressure-sensitive labels for beer, wine and even fruit juice bottles. Weber can label virtually any product, while meeting with all regulatory guidelines, regardless of shape and…

The day is almost here for the 3rd Annual National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Expo which is being held on January 26th 2016 at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin and Weber Packaging Solutions Ltd are delighted to be exhibiting a number of our Manufacturing and Supply Chain Solutions once again. To attend and see…

Linerless label technology is by no means new to the label industry. For many years labelling systems engineers and label converters were watching for a safe labelling solution that would reduce expenses and material waste. Up until 2015, Weber could not see a viable solution that would address both issues while meeting the needs of…