Jet
Label & Packaging, Western Canada’s largest producer of labels and printed
tape for a broad range of industries, has installed a single-pass RFID
inserting system involving an existing Mark Andy flexographic press and an RFID
application unit from Tamarack.
Engineers
from Mark Andy retrofitted an existing press at Jet Label’s manufacturing
facility to allow room for the Tamarack components. The resulting single-pass
RFID insertion sees label stock briefly opened for RFID inlay, then relaminated
via finishing operations. The new system then verifies RFID function with a
reader system after die-cutting.
RFID
labels are becoming increasingly popular in Canada and the U.S., to streamline
processing issues and reduce costs. Jet Label selected the Tamarack system for
its unique ‘profiling’ motion that smooths inlay feeding, allowing for
insertion at increased speeds.
For
Jet Label, a comprehensive line configuration eliminates the need for multiple
production steps. “The new RFID inserting system will immediately impact our
customers, chiefly through faster turnaround times,” said Darrell Friesen,
President & CEO of Jet Label & Packaging Ltd. “By combining various
features and capabilities, the RFID equipment will streamline this labeling and
printing niche in a precise and expedient fashion.”
With
manufacturing facilities in Edmonton and Vancouver, Jet Label produces labels
and printed tape efficiently and cost-effectively for a diverse portfolio of
customers, including grocery stores such as Safeway and Sobeys, international
forest product companies such as Canfor and West Fraser, consumer product
companies such as Bee Maid Honey and Arctic Chiller, industrial application
companies such as Acklands Grainger, Gregg Distributors, and All Weather
Windows.
Jet
Label also supplies parking and boarding passes and baggage tags to the
Toronto, Calgary, and Edmonton International Airports. The Edmonton Police
Service has also been a long-standing customer.
In addition to Edmonton and Vancouver, Jet has sales and distribution
operations in Calgary, Prince George, Kelowna, Surrey, Saskatoon and Winnipeg.
