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Handheld Inkjet Printers For Package Date Coding: A Practical Guide For Small Manufacturers

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Handheld Inkjet Printers For Package Date Coding: A Practical Guide For Small Manufacturers

Small manufacturers and contract packagers face a familiar dilemma when it comes to date coding. Regulatory pressure keeps mounting. Customers demand lot traceability. And the old methods—manual labels, rubber stamps, outdated thermal coders—just...

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Hot Stamping Polypropylene Parts at AFM Engineering

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Hot Stamping Polypropylene Parts at AFM Engineering

When silk-screened marks start failing in the field, it's rarely the ink that gets blamed first. Production teams troubleshoot pre-treatment...

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How Premium Hot Stamping Dies Transform Luxury Leather Branding: The ROYCE Success Story

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How Premium Hot Stamping Dies Transform Luxury Leather Branding: The ROYCE Success Story

When ROYCE needs to create lasting impressions on its luxury leather goods, it turns to precision hot stamping technology. Since 1974, this Secaucus,...

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Custom Magnesium Hot Stamping Dies

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Custom Magnesium Hot Stamping Dies

Vintage Editions, a specialty wood manufacturing company in North Carolina's foothills, operates a 1923 Hooper Slat printer that continues producing...

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How Does Hot Stamping Preserve the Artistry of Historic Bookbinding?

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How Does Hot Stamping Preserve the Artistry of Historic Bookbinding?

Anne Krawitz owns the AKA Bindery in Philadelphia specializing in custom clamshell boxes for valuable books and documents, as well as a full range of...

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Hot Stamping Dies Transform Wood Products: How Vermont Bowl Company Achieves Premium Branding

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Hot Stamping Dies Transform Wood Products: How Vermont Bowl Company Achieves Premium Branding

Hot stamping lets woodworking teams add a crisp, permanent brand to products without labels, solvents, or fussy setups. Below you’ll find a practical...

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Why Leather Goods Manufacturers Keep Replacing Their Magnesium Dies

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Why Leather Goods Manufacturers Keep Replacing Their Magnesium Dies

A leather goods manufacturer came to us last year ordering magnesium dies. They needed custom hot stamping dies for their wallet line, and like many...

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The Complete Guide to Making Perfect Touchmarks

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The Complete Guide to Making Perfect Touchmarks

Steel stamps are an ideal option for making a touchmark because they offer a long-lasting, cost-effective tool that can be easily customized. Adding...

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Portable Inkjet Printer Gun for Large Character Printing and Coding

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Portable Inkjet Printer Gun for Large Character Printing and Coding

Portable and lightweight, hand-held inkjet printer guns allow users to directly mark substrates in the field with a portable, easy-to-use, hand-held...

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