The Science of Labelling - and the Labelling of Science

Accurate sample identification is an absolute requirement of any scientific investigation or analysis. The Brady Corporation, a world leader in identification solutions, has been supplying comprehensive answers to the challenges of laboratory labelling for many years, and has now formed a specialist team to help scientists with their sample identification problems.

Scientific labelling presents many challenges: hostile environments, extreme temperatures, widely varying surfaces and sample shapes and sizes. Brady has a catalogue of over 100,000 products and more than 90 years’ experience to help solve the most challenging applications. There are special labels for most commonly used laboratory consumables – microscope slides, well plates, vials, “straws”, centrifuge tubes, flasks and many others. There are self-laminating labels that will survive freezing (in liquid nitrogen!), autoclaving, and solvents like xylene and ethanol. Brady’s unique Freezerbondz™ labels can be applied directly to frozen surfaces with guarantees on adhesion and long-term legibility. A comprehensive range of label creation software, printers, readers and automation systems complements the label range.