Desk tops & robots. (equipment and supplies for the food industry)

Food Trade Review, April, 1996

Back in 1989 Tesco issued a directive that all its foodstuffs suppliers should assume the responsibility for product bar-code labelling to strictly defined parameters. Suppliers that were unable to comply ran the risk of being de-listed. It did not take long for the other major retailers to follow Tesco's lead and in-house bar-code labelling perforce became an essential part of the food manufacturers' operations.

These moves created a demand for economical, easy-to-use bar-code label print and apply systems which could be integrated into production lines. With its range of cost-effective desk-top thermal transfer printers and associated label formatting software Telford-based Labfax Systems was in an excellent position to capitalise on this demand and over...

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