Archive for January, 2008
Pressure Sensitive Green Labels Is The Word
Posted by Dana Ritchie on January 29th, 2008
Recently I have had several customers ask about “Green Labels”. At first I was not sure of what they were talking about. After some research and talking with my suppliers, there is in fact a small buzz out in the market place for labels to become more green. This is what I have found, we are working on ways to become more green, be it from recycling the trim from our labels, to the type of packing materials used to looking into higher post consumer waste (PCW) in the papers we use to convert labels. Things in the works are new papers being developed out of corn stalks and new recyclable adhesives which is all better for the enviroment. As new developments can along, I will be sure to share them with you.
The MassPlastics 2008 Trade Show Booth 821 March 26th and 27th
Posted by Dana Ritchie on January 28th, 2008
We are excited to be exhibiting at The 2008 MassPlastics trade show in beautiful Fitchburg, MA on March 26th and 27th. Our booth number is 821. We have several new products to show and demonstrate. If you are in the area, please stop by and say hello. We will be showing a new Zebra printer, Bartender barcode software and mobile data collection computers from Hand Held Products, Data Logic and Opticon along with various label materials focused primarily on the plastics industry. For more information, you can contact us 603.527.0256 or visit www.massplastics.com . We look forward to seeing you then.
Lunch with DNP in Laconia, NH
Posted by Dana Ritchie on January 25th, 2008
We were pleased to meet with DNP, the worlds largest manufacturer of thermal transfer ribbons. Tim Duffy, their Northeast Regional Sales Manager met us for lunch at O’s Steak House. Home of the best food in Laconia. We talked about the industry and things that were new to thermal transfer barcode label printing. One the industry first’s that DNP has invented is a longer ribbon, using the same outer diameter of the standard ribbon. The product name is W-127. The way they do this is by using a special thinner liner in which they get 15% more ribbon per roll that does not exceed the manufacturers outer diameter specs. I was told that this ribbon has been in testing for more than a year with better results than their standard length ribbon. We are excited about carrying this line of ribbon because it means fewer ribbon changes and less shipping costs because there is more ribbon per roll. The end user will use less rolls over the course of a year. I want to thank DNP for taking the time to meet and educate us on this product.
Thoughts on the drive from SC to Boston
Posted by Dana Ritchie on January 24th, 2008
My youngest son transferred from UMASS Amherst to the University of South Carolina last week - a smart move on his part at this time of year. While helping him move in, I took the opportunity to visit with our friends at Scansource. Their headquarters is in Greenville SC which about 100 miles from the campus of USC in Columbia. Dana and I have done business with Scansource since the genesis of PaladinID and they are one of our primary distributors of all things bar code and data collection related. I was hosted on my visit by our sales rep Walker Young who took the time to show me the facility and introduce me to a number of the staff folks there. It is easy to forget when you deal with Scansource or any distributor that beyond the voice on the phone is an infrastructure of people dedicated to making your business successful. I was really taken aback when Walker took me in to the main sales area. It is half the size of a football field with approximately 60 cubicles and that does not include the marketing and logistics folks. Very impressive.
I also spoke with Maria Ives in marketing and Christopher Reichardt in product management about some joint marketing programs and some new products. How about low cost replacement batteries for hand held computers? More on both those subjects later.
Anyway, the gang at Scansource couldn’t have been more gracious (that good old southern hospitality) and if you have the chance I strongly recommend you pay them a visit.
By the way, it is 841 miles from Greenville SC to Medfield MA. We left at 5PM and arrived home at 8AM. The good news is that that is the only way to drive through Charlotte, Richmond, Washington DC, Baltimore and NYC without getting crushed in traffic. The bad news is that because it is dark you don’t get to see much of this beautiful country in which we live.
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