Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Environment Friendly Rain Ponchos

Rain ponchos are worn by people to protect their body from the rain. These are made of different types of materials. There are the plastic ponchos made of the petroleum derivatives like the PVC. These ponchos are not considered to be environment friendly since these either do not decompose or these decompose after a long period of time using all sorts of chemical processes. There are further variants of these plastic ponchos. These can either be degradable or bio degradable.

The degradable ponchos are the ones which are made from plastic and these can get degraded with the help of the sunlight, heat or even the mechanical stress. The plastics are normally mixed with the some percent of TDPA which causes the plastic to ultimately degrade. The difference with the biodegradable plastic rain ponchos is that these are naturally degraded by the action of the bio-organisms. The plastic material used in the making of this poncho could be derived from natural products like the vegetable (potato, cassava) starch and these plastics are suitably categorized as bio-plastics. At first the starch is extracted from the potatoes and the same is used to make the resins, or call these the bio-resins. These resins are used to make the bio-plastic films which in turn are used to make the rain wear.

The rain ponchos do not allow the water to pass through. These are water resistant as well as thermal insulators. Most of these come with a hood attached to cover your head as well. These can be made both for the males or females. These can also have some important features like the styles and the cuts to make these look more stylish. There are used as a utility item for wearing during the rainy season and also promotional products used for the advertising purposes by the organization. These can even be printed with the logo and name of the company to make these branded products. These ponchos are either stiched or these are sealed by heat.

These make for good promotional products due to their utility value. When it rains, the umbrella is not able to provide the full cover and one of your hands does not remain free as well. This means that holding an umbrella can limit the works that can be done or the number of things which can be carried in hands. With these rain ponchos, these limitations are done away with. These are only meant for the top wear, not the bottom wear. To make for the want of the pants made of these plastic materials, you can go for a long length poncho. By using these, there is a lot of convenience and comfort gained which was other wise be missing when you use the umbrella.

The organizations use these as something new to gift to the people and also develop the image of their brand by getting the name, logo and the design printed on these. You can even make a point by spreading the message of use bio-degradable or recyclable products by using these eco-friendly products.

Different Uses Of The Security Tags

Tags are the identification marks which can be put on the different articles or objects to facilitate their easy identification. These are used on a number of articles to prevent these from being stolen or getting mixed up with other similar articles. These are attached to or affixed with the luggage while moving around or traveling from one place to another. The luggage tags are considered to be important when the luggage is of similar type and you have to part with them especially at the airports. These tags are the name tags which bear the name of the organization or the individual along with the insignia of the organization which provides these tags to the customers. Another purpose served by these is that of the security. The security tags are the ones which are especially designed and made in such a way that they bear the stamps of tampering if anyone decides to tamper with these. Even the luggage tags can be made in such a way that these can secure the luggage from tampering.
Apart from the identification, security or locating anything, another major purpose served by the tags is that of promotion or advertising about the company. This is made possible when these are printed or embossed with the name of the individuals or the organizations and then used either for work or as free gift items. So, the organizations can get the luggage tags or the dog tags made which can be used for putting the name of the person on these. For additional security, these products can be bar-coded or RFID can also be done on these. These do not cost much to make and print. Therefore, the simpler versions are also used as items which can be gifted to the others for using these.
The word ‘dog tags’ is also used in military parlance to refer to the identification tags worn by the dead and the wounded which provided the information about the name, religion and other basic medical information for the further treatment.
These are made from the corrosion resistant materials like the aluminum, stainless steel if these are required for long term purpose. The different militaries of the world have their own systematic way of describing the required information on the dog tags.
These have now become the objects of style or fashion and these are now embossed with the some message, some image or any other thing and then worn around the wrists or neck. People wear these with the spiritual and superstition motive as well.
The ones which are used to be tied around animals like the dogs are made from softer materials so that these do not cause any harm to the animals. When you are taking your puppy out for a walk, you put a string around his neck for easy handling and protection of the puppy. Similarly, there could be other situations where you require to put the name tags on the dogs.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Id Cards And Lanyards Facilitate Easy Distinguishability

Whenever there is a need to identify a particular person or article, people inadvertently ask for some kind of an identity card. The id cards are the chief sources of establishing the identity of a person in relation to his organization or some other institution. The organisations, small or large, develop these cards for their employees so that the other employees of the organization as well as the public can know the personal details of the employee as well as the organisation to which he or she belongs. These cards can be made in different types of products, like the paper, the plastic sheets, wood and others. Depending upon the type of materials used for the making of these, the different print techniques and the different methods of securing the same can be used.

It is interesting to note what all things that the companies do facilitate the easy identity of the people. Id cards are one of the most important and commonly used tools for the same. These can be used for introducing the employees to the outsiders. These can also be used for gaining the access through the manual and electronically operated access control systems. These are also used as a way of distinguishing the employees of or the people associated with the organisation in an agglomeration of the people, be it some seminar or conference or any other event. These id cards can be attached with the different types of lanyards as well, which are themselves used for the branding as well as for identification purpose. The customised lanyards can also be created by getting the name and the logo of the company printed or weaved on these. You can either place the identity card in a card holder, and then attach the same with a conference lanyard when you are going to the conference, or you can simply make use of the holes provided in the plastic id cards to tie the lanyard. The people attending the conference can easily recognise the organisation and its employees from the colour of the conference lanyards.

While there is a need to use these identification marks for easy distinguish ability, the companies also keep it mind the distance from which this visible distinction has to be made. Therefore, it is not just the id cards but also the different colours of the custom conference
lanyards which are helpful in identifying a particular organization from a distance. The selection of the lanyards can also be done on the basis of the number of other uses it can be put top in a conference or otherwise. Therefore, the ones which can hold the pens and can also be the cell phone holders might be more useful.

Besides these, there are the custom wristbands which can be used for this purpose. These can also be used for showing the support to some common cause. These can be made in different colours and can have any message printed on these.

Showing Off Your Strength For Support By Wearing Charity Wristbands

There are a number of concerns which bring people together to muster up support for them. This support could be financial or even for the sake of solidarity. The charity wristbands are one of the methods to express the solidarity or support and also to raise the finance for the same. These can either be distributed free among the public to spread the awareness about the cause or the same can also be sold out in the retail shops for a price. The proceeds of these sales can then be used to finance the cause.

The charity wristbands serve as a very convenient way of generating the awareness about the concern and appending the name of the organisation to these can directly relate to the organization supporting this cause. This ways companies develop their own goodwill and generate positive publicity about themselves.

The charity wristbands are different from the custom lanyards since the primary function of the former is to show the relation whereas the latter are meant to show the distinction between the people. Using the former, the people can be identified as belonging to a cause whereas using the latter, the people are identified to be from different organizational or hierarchial level.

The wristbands have little utility value and are mostly for showing the support whereas the lanyards can be providing some utility as well. The wrist band bands can alternatively be the pieces which adore your hands r wrists. The lanyards are not decorative pieces. These can be used to carry different types of objects like the pens, the cell phone holders, bottle opener, id cards and many other items which are of some use. By fixing the pens or the cell phone holders or the bottle opener in the lanyard, you are ensuring these are readily available to you whenever their need arises and that the same are not misplaced or lost or forgotten. These can always remain tied to the string coming around your neck as well as into your pocket. The lanyards are used by the organizations to create distinctions between the different levels of the employees by making the different colour ones for each of the different levels.

And, it is not only the people who are distinguished or identified using the lanyards, there are the means for the pet identifications as well. There are the dog tags which are used for the same purpose as well as for holding the dog. The use of the unique and beautiful dog tags can be done while the dog is participating in the dog show or some other activities related to the dogs. Using these dog tags, the identification and the beauty of these dogs can be further enhanced. You can even get the same to be printed with the name of the dos, the name of the owner of the dog as well as the contact details so that if the dog is lost and anyone spots it, it can be sent home without any problem.