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Budget’s too tight to mention?  Wherever you are located, there is no escaping the fact that nearly everything is increasing in price.  Energy, raw materials, labour, the list is endless.  That is why it is so important that in these challenging times, where your budgets are being asked to do more and more, you are not dealt a nasty surprise once you’ve purchased your new codi ...

At Linx, we believe efficiency is: using your resources (equipment, materials, time, energy and teams) in the most productive manner. Put another way: it’s getting the most out of what you have, without having to spend more.
Wherever you are in the world, whatever you’re producing, improved efficiency would make a difference to your bottom line and Linx is the perfect partner to provide this.

A laser mark can be used as an important security feature to avoid the counterfeiting of your products.

2020 will go down in history as a challenging time for food producers.  It is vital that food supplies to supermarkets and shops are uninterrupted and rigorous hygiene maintained – but we should not forget the importance of the printed information that is provided to the consumer when it is on the shelf.  There are heavy fines for batch and date codes that do not meet the requi ...

We’ve all been there, at the end of the day starving hungry, rushing into a supermarket (remember the good old days!) and picking up something to eat.  Consumers may give a cursory glance at the best before date on the package, just to check that the item is safe to eat.  They give no thought, and why should they, as to how much research and development has gone into the ink displaying the information on the package.

This is the second in our series looking at reducing operating expenses and here we will be examining what is ‘Total Cost of Ownership’ (TCO), why it is so often overlooked and undercalculated and what you should consider in your TCO calculations.

Let’s face facts, humans are the most likely component to add an error into a system.  They can become complacent, bored and switch off, even momentarily, leading to errors.  And when it’s a repetitive task they are being asked to perform, the chances of something going wrong is much higher. Let’s be clear, what is human error?  It is defined by Merriam-Webster as: “A person' ...

Has demand for your products changed since the start of the year? The change in consumer demand as a result of the lockdown conditions imposed by governments around the world has created new problems for producers. Some industries have seen a sharp decline in demand, for example automotive, but others have seen huge increases in demand in the scale typically seen in the run up ...

Choosing a high quality, reliable printer which delivers a low total cost of ownership is key. Here at Linx, we have designed the perfect solution with the introduction of two new printers; the 8820 and 8840, engineered specifically to offer high quality printing even in tough environments – and with a low cost of ownership.

Is your current older coding equipment costing you more to keep running? Or limiting your production efficiency? It is normal for us to want to keep marking and coding printers running for as long as possible and limit a capital outlay... But there comes a time when we need to really think about what the impact is of keeping our industrial printing equipment going when it come ...