Labels Series: Interesting Facts Part 3

Here’s Part 3 of our labels series - filled with more interesting facts about labels and label printing.

  1. Some of the oldest forms of labelling were built directly into product packaging. Glass, metal, and even stone was stamped with trademarks indicating the name of the craftsman or company who had manufactured it.

  1. The first crude method of label construction involved designing the wine label on a stone then passing an ink roller over it to produce the label.

  1. The Italian wine labels of the 19th and 20th centuries revealed clues about daily life. Their labels displayed coats of arms, landscapes, portraits and medals of the individual wine families.

  1. The birth of the inkjet printer in the 1980s was responsible for an explosion in the use of labels across all commercial sectors.

  1. Today labels are used to communicate a wide range of information about products including how to use, transport, recycle and dispose of them.

  1. Labels became essential to the retail industry in the 1980s with the advent of the barcoded label.

Check back with us again for the last part of this label series!

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Article from https://labelsplus.co.uk/