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3 Reasons to Consider SmartSolve Labels

In today’s business environment, more companies are interested in reducing waste, both literally and figuratively. Understanding the amount of waste that your business reduces and taking steps to reduce your environmental footprint makes good business sense. Not only are you taking steps to protect the environment, you are also capturing more customers who value working with companies that promote sustainability.

Businesses rarely pause to consider how their labelling could affect the environment, but traditional adhesives are non-recyclable and must be disposed of. SmartSolve labels, on the other hand, present a sustainable and convenient solution for business labeling needs.

What Are SmartSolve Labels?

SmartSolve offers a quality product that other businesses can be proud to patronize. There are more than a few reasons for this, but the main ones are that SmartSolve labels are high quality, custom printed labels that can dissolve in water – adhesive included – within 30 seconds. This reveals a cleaner container that is available for repurposing or recycling. Since the removal of labels often requires harsh chemicals, SmartSolve labels offer a more eco-friendly solution for consumers and businesses alike.

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Why Use SmartSolve Labels?

SmartSolve labels have several advantages and are suitable for all businesses and industries. Some of the prime benefits include:

1. Award-Winning Technology

SmartSolve labels have been the recipient of several awards from eco-friendly organizations around the world, including The Toxins in Packaging Clearinghouse (TPCH) and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). They are additionally certified by the Forest Steward Council, which sets strict standards for responsible forestry practices.

2. High-Quality Printing

Printing directly onto plastic can make a rendering appear distorted or blurry. Printing on a SmartSolve label allows for the highest quality printing and customization with your logo or colors.

SmartSolve labels are suitable for use in all industries and are especially useful for internal business practices that involve the re-use of containers, like food and hospitality. They also promote environmental sustainability, which will be appealing to your younger customers.

3. How Customers Use SmartSolve Labels

  • Food storage, which allows businesses to seamlessly change out products without scrubbing labels with harsh cleaners.

  • Temporary labeling and customer recycle/reuse programs.

  • Hospital labelling, seamlessly changing for each patient during the disinfection process.

  • Laboratory labelling for sample and specimen containers.

SmartSolve labels have endless applications in various industries and business environments. They are eco-friendly, convenient, and allow for high-quality rendering of images, decals, and typeface. Century Label proudly offers SmartSolve labels to help businesses promote more environmentally conscious practices. For more information about SmartSolve labels and to learn how we can apply your business designs, contact us today.

High-Quality Custom Product Labels That Dissolve in 30 Seconds

A recent study has shown that eco-friendly products are becoming more important to consumers. Specifically, 84% of consumers care deeply about recyclable packaging options, with a large majority making their own efforts to recycle. Based on these statistics, products with eco-friendly packaging offer benefits for customers and businesses who wish to reduce their carbon footprint and utilize recyclable packaging.

What Are SmartSolve® Labels?

SmartSolve Labels are high-quality custom product labels designed to dissolve in water in under 30 seconds. Water, no matter the temperature, will make the labels dissolve off of the packaging, resulting in a clean container that is ready for repurposing. In fact, the labels completely dissolve, leaving behind no sticky residue.

Eco-Friendly

The removal of most labels from packaging requires harsh chemicals. SmartSolve Labels dissolve using just water. Removing labels from product packaging allows consumers to repurpose containers right in their own home, saving costs for trash facilities and keeping more packaging out of landfills.

Environmental Awards

SmartSolve Labels have received several awards and certifications from various eco-friendly organizations. These companies have certified the labels to be eco-friendly and a good use of resources. The labels received “green” certifications from the following organizations:

  • The Toxins in Packaging Clearinghouse (TPCH)

  • Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) 2008

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

  • European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (EU Reach)

  • California Prop 65

  • Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC)

  • Nourish The Planet (NTP)

They are also certified for distribution by the Forest Steward Council (FSC), which has very strict standards for responsible forestry.

Higher Quality Printing

When printing a label onto plastic, it can be very hard to create a high-quality design. Inks do not stick well to plastic and can appear blurry. SmartSolve Labels provide a high-quality label, giving products and their packaging a high-end appearance. Customers love the clean look and the crisp colors. The company uses color-matching technology for labels and trademarked exact colorations.

Uses for Dissolvable Labels

These are some of the most common use cases for labels that dissolve in water:

  • Food storage containers. Dissolvable labels allow consumers to reuse the containers for other storage when the original product is gone.

  • Temporary labels. Businesses can ask customers to return containers in a store-initiated recycling program – saving the business money on purchasing new containers and reducing their carbon footprint.

  • Time-sensitive decals. Kid’s items, like bicycles, skateboards, and balls, often end up discarded due to the fact the child’s interest changesor the character is no longer relevant. Dissolvable labels allow the product a longer life, completely removing the decal.

  • Hospital labeling. A new label for each patient can completely wash away during the disinfection process, making less trash and single-use items for the landfill.

  • Laboratories. Specimen samples or other collections of samples can have their own label. Like a hospital, when sanitizing the container, the label will disappear.

These are just a few of the ideas for using the labels as a way to get ahead in business. Century Label has spent over 30 years innovating new product labeling technologies for companies across the U.S. Hella Cocktail Company and Sun King Brewery both offer up their testimonials on working with Century. For a complete rundown of what Century Label has to offer, check out the home page.

Century Label Makes a Splash with Dissolvable Stickers & the HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press

Based in Bowling Green, Ohio, Century Label provides high quality label and shrink sleeves for manufacturers and distributors of nutraceuticals, foods and chemicals. Replacing its HP Indigo WS4500 Digital Presses, Century Label installed two HP Indigo WS6000 series Digital Presses, increasing print capacity and quality as well as expanding the range of jobs and customers it can serve. When the company was contacted by a leading maker of greeting cards with a project featuring well-known cartoon characters, Century Label turned to the advanced color-matching capabilities of its new HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press.

Charged with printing 12,000 water soluble stickers of 26 different character designs, Century Label developed dissolvable stickers using its SmartSolve label stock. However, color-matching the licensed artwork colors of the beloved children's characters presented another challenge entirely - and an opportunity for the company to show off its new color-matching technology.

Using the HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press's extended gamut, particularly the violet ink, Century Label hit even the most difficult colors spot on. Additionally, the wider web of the HP Indigo WS6600 allowed for more stickers per frame, enabling the company to produce the project faster and with less waste.

"Digital printing has been a high-growth area for us. We love what digital has done for our business," said Seth Hill, director of manufacturing and distribution, Century Label. "In general, our focus has changed and we are going after larger jobs now. This speaks a lot to our enhanced color management capabilities with the HP Indigo WS6600 and WS6000. We have put a lot of effort into driving our color management and that is giving us business growth."

Since installing the two HP Indigo WS6000 series Digital Presses, Century Label's business has continued to grow and flourish, doubling its digital output and printing larger run lengths not possible with previous devices.

Article as published on WhatTheyThink on September 3, 2014.

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