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Product and Machinery Labels

Facility Signs and Markings

  • Signs of the Times - New Signage Standards Lead the Way to Facility Safety (10/23/2007)
    New signage standards launch a worldwide movement towards an international, symbol-based language.
  • Changes in Standards Begin a New Era in Safety Markings (08/27/2007)
    Revisions to ANSI Z535.2 (Environmental and Facility Safety Sign Standard) and ANSI Z535.4 (Product Safety Sign and Label Standard) establish a universal communication system to help prevent injuries.
  • Clarion UL Exit Signs (05/2008)
    This paper provides a comparative analysis of the Exit Sign technologies recognized in the UL 924 standard - selfluminous photoluminescence, selfluminous radioluminescence and electrical - and includes the quantifiable and sustainable attributes that make photoluminescence the only UL 924 Exit Sign technology that provides fail-safe emergencynOT sURE, nEVER HAVE DONE IT exit guidance and is a Renewable Energy Solution.
  • Enhancing Your Safety Program with Safety Signs (06/2007)
    This paper will cover the history of safety sign standardization, describe the current relevant standards and give concrete, practical steps towards implementing a company-wide strategy that uses the latest technology for the visual communication of safety in the workplace.

Photoluminescent Techonology

  • Clarion UL Exit Signs (05/2008)
    This paper provides a comparative analysis of the Exit Sign technologies recognized in the UL 924 standard - selfluminous photoluminescence, selfluminous radioluminescence and electrical - and includes the quantifiable and sustainable attributes that make photoluminescence the only UL 924 Exit Sign technology that provides fail-safe emergency exit guidance and is a Renewable Energy Solution.

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