News and Recent Articles About Thermographics

New Market Research Report:

June 15, 2017

Thermochromic Pigment Market to Grow at a CAGR of 5.3% by 2022

Demand for Thermochromic Pigment is Growing Consistently

Research and Markets 22 May,2017

LCR Hallcrest is pleased to report that the latest market research indicates robust growth for Thermochromic products with the strongest advance emanating from the industrial process control segments, specifically the aerospace and automotive sectors.

LCR Hallcrest to Expand Manufacturing Operations in Glenview, IL

April 24, 2017

LCR Hallcrest has consolidated its Tampa manufacturing operations into a new Glenview, IL production facility. This new state of the art plant will significantly increase LCR Hallcrest’s manufacturing capacity for custom products and update and increase high volume label manufacturing capability.

Thermographic Promotional Products and Liquid Crystal Analog Label Production Moving to a New Site at the Main Glenview, IL Manufacturing Location

New: LCR Hallcrest E-Commerce Site Now Servicing Canada

March 21, 2017

Thermometersite offers color change thermometers and temperature indicators as labels, strips or graphics. The site also sells photochromic, thermochr...

New patterns emerge in fabric when the temperature changes

March 14, 2017

Imagine a single-coloured piece of cloth that suddenly displays a colourful pattern when the ambient temperature changes. Upon further temperature change, a completely different pattern shows up.

New Temperature Information/ Training Site for Retail Food Storage & Display Case Monitoring Indicators

March 06, 2017

LCR Hallcrest is pleased to publish a new temperature indicator information/ training website for Safetemp™, the company’s proprietary system of temperature monitors for hot and cold retail food display cases, that fits into existing shelf channels and is designed to complement centralized electronic temperature management systems without power or maintenance. The Safetemp digital system alerts staff to localized (within cold, freezer & hot display cases) temperature excursions immediately allowing for rapid remedy.

New Print Foils Improve Thermax Irreversible Temperature Labels’ Print Quality

January 25, 2017

LCR Hallcrest, the leading supplier of Thermax™ smart irreversible phase change temperature monitoring labels, continues to raise the bar with the improvement to label print quality offered with the new print foil. We compared the current printed labels to labels printed with the new foil and found a slight change of shade and a brighter, cleaner blue and brighter yellow, with a better print quality. Production with the new print foils will begin the first week of February 2017 with inventory moving into the supply chain over the next few months.

New High Speed Digital/ Screen Integrated Printing Capability Targets Custom Temperature Indicators

November 14, 2016

TMC Hallcrest (UK Partner) has developed and installed a multifaceted label printing process that combines the speed, flexibility and attention to detail of digital printing with the vibrancy of screen printing. Smart label solutions to temperature and other process variable concerns require indicating labels that monitor and help manage multiple constraints.

Temperature Sensitive Coating Markets to Grow 6.6% Annually

October 31, 2016

The global temperature sensitive coating market value is expected to reach USD 362.8 million by 2024, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Growing applications scope in traffic road marking and the automotive industry is expected to drive product demand over the forecast period. Temperature sensitive coating has been widely used in thermometer labels including fridge, nursery, forehead and aquarium thermometers.

Rising product demand in the household sector, particularly in economies such as Brazil, India, China and Vietnam owing to growing consumer disposable income, is expected to drive the market growth over the next eight years.

Reversible temperature sensitive coating dominated the global demand and accounted for over 65% of total volume in 2015. This trend is anticipated to continue over the forecast period on account of rising demand from the various application such as textiles, room & refrigeration thermometers, food quality indicators, promotional items, forehead thermometers, temperature sensitive plastics & mugs, and toys.

LCR Hallcrest launches Social Media Sites

September 23, 2016

Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter to keep current on smart environmental thermochromic/ photochromic labels, indicators, thermometers and communication graphics.

LCR Hallcrest Creates a New E-commerce Site

July 26, 2016

Thermometersite offers for sale color change thermometers and temperature indicators as labels, strips or graphics. The site also sells photochromic, thermochromic and liquid crystal inks and coatings.