subject: The Range Of Uses That Self Adhesive Labels Can Have [print this page] It is very much ingrained in to society to ensure that we can lay claim to what is ours. Increasingly, the way we prove that something is ours is to label it. But labelling has come a long way since your mum sewed your full name into the back of your socks while you were at school, with self adhesive labels now used in all walks of life.
Labelling has become a crucial business tool in recent years, with individual part numbers and barcodes meaning that every product and service must be individually categorised. Not only that, but there is often a lot of additional information that needs to be conveyed, and companies frequently use the range of self adhesive labels that are available to mark their products safely and efficiently.
There are a wide range of commercial uses for labels, with barcodes being just one. Stickers are still an excellent commercial tool for promoting a business, and as such are still widely produced. Print and design technology is now such that self adhesive labels can display a high quality image of the company's logo, making the stickers a good marketing tool at trade fairs and on produce and merchandise. They can be manufactured in varying shapes and sizes in order to match the very different dimensions of each company's logo. Digital printing presses have made it viable to run low level jobs for a much more reasonable price than in the past, meaning it is now financially worthwhile for a company to order a print job of even the smallest number of labels.
The technology involved in the manufacture of self adhesive labels has progressed greatly, with tamperproof, waterproof and highly durable anodised labels now readily available. Tamperproof labels are an especially important product in reducing retail crime and fraud. Also known as 'tamper evident' labels, they are made from materials that are designed to show evidence of tampering if removal of the sticker is attempted. This can be useful to determine whether customers have broken a warranty agreement. For example, if a product can only be returned or refunded if it has remained unopened or has not been tampered with, a tamper evident label will make it easier for the company to determine whether the terms of any guarantee have been broken.
Everywhere we look items are labelled, with the importance of separating the vast numbers of similar products, items and services becoming ever clearer with companies desperate not to lose out at inventory with the economy proving to be so harsh. The range of labels on offer means that companies can protect their profits by ensuring that they can keep track of all their stock at all times.
