Water-Based Inkjet Labels for Extreme Environments

In the pharmaceutical industry, precision in labeling is more than just an operational requirement — it is a fundamental aspect of patient safety and regulatory compliance.

Strategic product labeling is critical in brand management, regulatory compliance, and customer engagement. However, many companies struggle with the shifting demands of product labeling as market conditions, regulatory environments, and operational requirements continually evolve.

Continuing our exploration of the business-focused trends driving in-house label printing, we uncover additional critical reasons businesses are making the strategic shift.

Inefficient product labeling can waste a manufacturer's money and hamper its productivity. Many managers think the solution is outsourcing their labeling needs to third-party printers. This, unfortunately, can lead to excess and cost. The solution is flexible enterprise labeling.

Located near Atlanta, Georgia, Vitalabs has successfully positioned itself as a one-stop-shop for private-label vitamins and supplements, offering over 250 stock formulas of Dietary Supplements, including tablets, capsules, powders, and gummies, available globally.

V-Shapes® is the creator of innovative unit-dose packaging sachets and the machinery to produce them. V-Shapes sachets are a brand-new way to safely, affordably, and sustainably pack products in unique single-dose packaging that can be opened in a single gesture using one hand, ranging from hand sanitizer to honey and more.

At AstroNova, we understand right now with current events, depending on the industry, keeping up with demands may be more critical than ever. As part of AstroNova's commitment to our customers in maintaining a safe and hygienic workplace, we've provided an outline that includes recommended disinfection materials and procedures you may find helpful when cleaning your printer.

Due to recent events, we are receiving requests for expedited orders to help our customers who are actively involved in the fight against COVID-19. One customer specifically, a major American manufacturer of diagnostic healthcare products, is working diligently to produce swab collection kits, among other products to provide to labs and the government.

The Drug Quality Security Act (DQSA) is an important US law that aims to create and establish an electronic traceability system for pharmaceutical drugs. As of January 2015, the new serialization system began.

Our friends at Health Canada have just updated their labeling regulations for natural products. If you’re a Canadian maker of nutritional products, then there are some new regulations that you must keep in mind when selling your products there.

We’re often asked to provide an overview of dietary supplement labeling requirements for products such as vitamins, herbal supplements, and other functional foods.  To ensure your current labels are compliant, here are the requirements for marketing and labeling dietary supplements:

AstroNova visited Progressive Labs in Irving, Texas. It was so fascinating to visit another of our Kiaro! customers and to see the process of manufacturing high-quality dietary supplements, from the mixing to the encapsulating and tableting to the supplement bottle labeling.