Product Spotlight – 686 White and 687 Clear CryoLabel® Frost for Frozen Tube Labeling These members of our CryoLabel® family are cold-temperature polyesters perfect for laboratory applications involving light to moderate frost build-up. What makes them work so well for frozen tube labeling is a combination of a thin, flexible design married to a strong […]
Do You Need Glove-Friendly Labels? Many customers look for tacky, aggressive adhesives that feel “extra sticky” to solve tough label applications. These adhesives are popular on dirty, contaminated & uneven surfaces. They also adhere to low-surface-energy plastics that emit out-gassing. They bond very well, but they can be a pain to die cut and put […]
Companies and food laboratory scientists involved with the handling and packaging of food products have to be extremely careful of safety practices. Manufacturers are mandated to follow strict packaging and labeling guidelines set by federal legislation. These labels carry all sorts of information through the supply chain, such as handling instructions, inspection legend, net weight, […]
Your inventory data is sacred; it should never be adjusted or compromised in order to fit in a barcode. Nonetheless, variables like surface area and number of characters in your data can influence the way they’re applied to your samples and equipment. That’s why we ask questions first before preparing your order; ensuring barcodes are the […]
Infertility at a Glance A recent study by Medi-Resource Inc. showed that 11.5% to 15.7% of Canadian couples experience infertility. If you do the math, that’s nearly one in six couples. It turns out that one of the top fertility treatment centers in Canada happens to be a longtime customer of ours. In fact, their […]
Easy to Peel Test Tube Labels Easily peel the label for your cryogenic test tube and track your vials – without getting them stuck to your gloves! We discovered our lab and healthcare customers often have a common pain point; Their cryogenic labels stick to their gloves instead of the test tubes they’re trying to […]
This past month, EIM has been making it a priority to rush label orders for our customers who are supporting the fight against COVID-19. We want to be here for you while you kick this virus to the curb! Different Labs, Same Fight. All need Covid-19 labels. Recently, our laboratory and healthcare customers have been […]
Although not nearly as heralded as their human counterparts (human essential workers rule, BTW), high performance labels are also essential and play a large role in helping workers accomplish their mission. Let’s take a look at how different attributes of labels can help you work effectively: Essential workers go above and beyond the call of […]
Got a big, unwieldy clinical study on your hands with extensive documentation needs? The Label Experts have you covered! Day to day, we keep our biomedical, hospital, and university clients readily supplied with cryogenic and color-coded multi-label sets that keep their labs running smoothly—but every now and then we get asked to bring our ingenuity […]
WHOA. We did not see the dramatic spike in demand from labs, biotech and health departments coming at the beginning of the year. In our three decades of making cryogenic labels for diagnostic tests and vaccines, we’ve never had to crank out so many so It’s been a year of pivots, especially for our customers […]
Laboratories are demanding, fast paced environments. Collecting accurate data and avoiding unnecessary confusion and errors are essential to quality research outcomes. All too often research labs and other facilities rely on writing on tape or blank labels to identify and keep track of tubes, vials, microplates, slides, and other pivotal sample and chemical components of […]
Mitochondrial DNA. Blood-spatter evidence. Luminol testing for the presence of blood. OK—so that’s what the popular television shows serve up for forensic fare. It’s exciting and intriguing stuff. All excitement aside, however, there are very practical concerns for real-life forensic work. There must be a clear and unassailable chain of evidence—precisely where barcode labeling excels. […]
