In Mould Decoration – Is it for you?
In Mould Decoration or IMD has been around for a long time now. It was almost exclusively the realm of mobile phone lenses and keypads in the late 90s. Film, ink and moulding technology has moved on significantly over the years. For new product design the term IMD or FIM often gets discussed, sometimes all…
Read MoreA Comparison of Graphic Overlays and Membrane Keypads
Being in the printing business for many years we know how confusing some of the technical ‘babble’ can be. Here’s a blog about Graphic Overlays and Membrane Keypads where we’ve cut out the unnecessary technical jargon and condensed it down to a user-friendly explanation. What is a Graphic Overlay? Also known as ‘Operator Interface Panels’,…
Read MoreThe different label types and which should you choose?
At Customark, we offer many different types of labels, stickers and adhesive products. The use case for each labels differs between its application. To help you make your decision, we’ve made a handy guide to distinquish between the variety of label types and when’s best to use them and which type to choose. Roll Labels…
Read MoreAcquisitive Customark buys Prisym consumables division
Customark has bought Prisym ID’s consumables division, less than a month after its purchase of Paramount Labels. Loftware, the US owner of Prisym ID, had decided to divest itself of the profitable consumables division, which sold plain and printed labels, ribbons and NiceLabel labelling and barcode software from its manufacturing site in Wokingham. The deal,…
Read MoreCustomark buys Paramount Labels & Tags
We are pleased to announce the acquisition of the assets and goodwill of Paramount Labels and Tags based in Cannock. Paramount Labels and Tags established in 2008 has an excellent reputation and expertise and backed by an experienced workforce. The Board of Directors at Customark are pleased to be able to expand their product offering…
Read MoreBritish Made Membranes
For a number of years Membrane Keypads and Overlays have been purchased outside of the UK mainly due to cheaper prices. Now is the time to look again at what you purchase, as lead times get longer and shipping container costs go through the roof, there is also a risk of your technical graphics being…
Read MoreHot Buys at Customark Oxford
From all of our many investments this year, the flaming machine at our Oxford branch is one of the most interesting yet. Why is Flaming important? What does it do? Flaming is a process that changes the surface tension of an item for better ink adhesion – like sanding down wood before painting it! Polypropylene,…
Read MoreA New Rewinder for Customark West Midlands
After recent investments at our other sites over the past few months, we thought it was our turn in the West Midlands! A recent purchase of a table top label slitter rewinder from BGM – Bar Graphic Machinery means not only does it help us as a company, our customers will benefit from consistent labelling…
Read MoreYet More Technical Investment at Customark Calne
We are pleased to announce additional investments of a Quadra DVC EVO machine at our technical site in Calne, Wiltshire It’s an economical and cost-effective pick and place machine with a multitude of benefits which include; – This investment will also benefit you as a customer. With more competitive pricing as well as improved accuracy…
Read MoreCustomark in major laser investment
Customark has taken on a raft of new laser engraving equipment and will install more new kit over the coming weeks. In October the graphics and label business took delivery of two additional Trotec S400 high-speed machines at its Calne facility, as well as two other laser engravers – a Trotec S100 and a Rayjet…
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