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NAPM-NH April Meeting
Posted by Dana Ritchie on April 13th, 2010
PaladinID was been invited to the April 21st meeting of NAPM-NH as a guest supplier. I am excited to have accepted this invitation. I will have a new Datamax printer to show along with various types and designs of labels we provide to our customer base. Our labels and ribbons work in all thermal transfer bar code printers. I will also have a special prize for the raffle. It will be an IPod-Touch . I look forward to meeting this group and anwsering any questions regarding bar coding or label printing you may have.
“PaladinID has been providing solutions for over 23 years to companies that have to identify and bar code their products. Our specialty is designing custom engineered labels that require outside the box thinking. Call us with your label application that is difficult to solve and we will be glad to help. We are experts in this space and have the applications to back it up”.
Autovation Trade Show
Posted by Dana Ritchie on April 10th, 2010
Autovation 2010
PaladinID will be exhibiting at Autovation, The Utility Technology Conference And Exposition put on by Utilimetrics in September 2010. We are excited to be part of this growing industry. Our booth number is 304-306. We are currently making appointments for September 12-15. We look forward to talking to you.
MPrint LP1000 For Sale
Posted by Dana Ritchie on April 1st, 2010
I have a customer who would like to sell their MPrint LP1000 thermal transfer label printer. It was never used and in mint condition. I am not sure of the market for this type of equipment, but if you have a need for this or know someone who does, please do not hesitate to call Dana Ritchie at PaladinID, 888.972.5234.
2009 Done!
Posted by Dana Ritchie on January 21st, 2010
I wanted to thank my customers for another record year at PaladinID. We finished very strong and debt free, despite a so called down economy. We continue to find niches where others have walked away. Our specialty is custom engineered label and bar code printing equipment. Everytime the economy dips, companies look to reduce costs and find more efficient ways of manfucturing their products. Again, thank you to all our customers for a great 2009 and looking forward to an even better 2010.
RFID Summit in Maine!
Posted by Dana Ritchie on November 17th, 2009
We are pleased to be invited to the first RFID Summit put on by the Manufactures Association Of Maine to be held on November 19, 2009 at the Holiday Inn West, Portland, ME. We will be showing the lastest Datamax H Class 6310X bar code label printer with an on-board scanner. This is an exciting new product. We will also have bar code label samples on display. As we do at every networking event, we will have company T-shirts for everyone just for stopping by. Please stop by and introduce yourself.
Northeast Supply Chain Conference
Posted by Dana Ritchie on September 13th, 2009
We will be at the NESCON exhibiting in booth 16 on October 5th 2009. We will be show caseing a new Datamax printer along with various types and styles of labels we have developed for our customers. Our product line includes bar code printers, bar code scanners along with thermal transfer labels and ribbons. Please stop by and say hello.
Smart Meter Labels
Posted by Dana Ritchie on June 5th, 2009
We launched a new product on Tuesday that is a special outdoor colored label. What makes this label unique is that is can be run through a thermal transfer printer. This give companies the ability to have their logo and/or color codes on their labels and be able to print variable data on a label that is resistant to fading for up to 10-15 years. What is interesting about our launch is the press release and who has picked it up, Yahoo Finance and Morningstar to name a few. Even news outlets in the UK have printed it. There is a buzz right now in the energy sector, specifically in smart meters. I am excited to see where this goes. Will this product have interest just nationally or international? Stay tuned, I will keep you updated.
Markem LP 8400 Story II
Posted by Dana Ritchie on May 15th, 2009
I apologize for not keeping this blog up to date. I thought I would have more time seeing that we are in a recession. I just wanted to give an update as to where we are at with the testing on the new inks. The testing is completed and our new inks tested better for fade resistance than the labels that were produced off of the Markem LP 8400. As a company we were estatic that after two years we finally recieved the results we were trying to achieve. The Markem LP 8400 was the only solution known to produce a colored label that could be outside for many many years. There were no flexographics inks available to compete with this old technology. We hired a chemist and put together a research team to find a solution for an outdoor colored label application. After two years of testing and trying different things, we finally hit it. We now offer a special outdoor flexographic ink that can withstand the rigors of the sun. The customer was thrilled because their Markem printer was on its last legs and the company, Markem, was not supporting this equipment anymore. I will talk more on this subject as time allows. I believe I have a product that is unique in the industry that will have many applications, stay tuned.
Smart Meters Are All The Rage!
Posted by Dana Ritchie on May 10th, 2009
Everyday in the news you hear about Smart Grid Technology. This is one industry that is going to boom over the next 3-5 years. One of the best things about this industry is that it has the potential to reach over a 100 million homes with new equipment, services and support and that the products are typically made here in the United States. The upside for vendors in this industry is huge. We at PaladinID are excited because we just released a product that will fit into this new Smart Grid system. The product is a fade resistant flexographic ink for bar code labels that can be put outside and not be effected by the sun. The reason this is such a significant breakthrough is because until now, this technology did not exist. Companies are requesting color for their outdoor label application and the only solution was to use an outdated and unsupported Markem LP8400. We worked with a chemist for over two years to come up with a solution. What this means is we have a special line of colored inks that can be used on a label and then run through a thermal transfer printer to print variable information. We are excited about this new product and feel it has great potential.
Thermal Transfer Outdoor Colored Labels
Posted by Dana Ritchie on May 2nd, 2009
I my 22 years of being in the bar code labeling industry, one thing that has frustrated me is that there were no solutions for outdoor colored labels that could run through a thermal transfer printer, be it a Zebra, Datamax, Sato or Intermec etc. In order to make labels, a flexographic press is used. The inks that are used do not have fade resistant properties that last more than 2-3 years outdoors. I know this niche is very small in who could benefit from a colored label that would last 10-15 years outdoors, but I wanted to see if it could be done. The key to all of this was to have a colored label that could run through a thermal transfer printer and last for many years. In my quest to source this product, I was told it does not exist from 8 of my sources. I was determined to get this product developed and then find a market. As more and more companies are competing for market share, they have to come up with new and innovative ways to showcase their products. Statistics show that color greatly improves marketability. A chemist was hired and after two long years of development and testing, we finally have an approved product. We can now offer most colors of inks on a label and is capable of running through a thermal transfer printer and stand up against the sun and elements. Where we see an untapped market is outdoor drum labeling, welding cylinders and electrical appliances such as transformers, smart meters. We will be issuing a press release for this new product in the coming months. Any questions, please call me at 603.527.0256 or email me at dritchie@PaladinID.com .
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