Biotech & Life Sciences
Labels for labs, not lifestyle brands.
Cryogenic storage, chemical wipe-down, and scan-critical data. Facestock, adhesive, and print method specified as a system — because a label that falls off at −80°C is a traceability failure.
What a lab label has to survive.
Cryogenic storage, IPA wipe-down, and a code that still scans at the end of the product life. We spec facestock, adhesive, and print method together — a polyester film with a general-purpose adhesive is not a cryogenic label.
San Diego is a life-science market. We manufacture for vials, reagents, kits, and secondary packaging. We make the physical label perform in the environment you specify.
San Diego is a life-science market. We manufacture labels for vials, reagents, kits, and secondary packaging that have to survive conditions that destroy a standard construction.
We make the physical label perform: readable type, scannable codes, adhesive that holds in the environment you specify.
Applications
- Cryogenic vials and tubes (−80°C and LN2)
- Reagent and kit labels
- Clinical and laboratory sample ID
- Serialized and lot-specific variable data
- GS1-128 and DataMatrix
- Tamper-evident seals on closures
Construction notes
Cryogenic performance depends on facestock and adhesive together. A polyester film with a general-purpose adhesive is not a cryogenic label. Thermal print that smears under IPA is not a lab label.
Tell us the temperature, the solvent exposure, the container, and whether the code has to scan at the end of the product life. We will recommend a construction and, for ultra-low applications, a sample you can put in your freezer before you approve the run.
Inspection
Barcode quality and print consistency are checked before shipment. If your protocol requires a minimum scan grade, put that on the RFQ.
Questions labs actually ask
Do you make cryogenic labels for -80C and LN2?
Yes. Facestock and adhesive are specified as a system. A polyester film with a general-purpose adhesive is not a cryogenic label. For ultra-low work we recommend a sample you can put in your freezer before you approve the run.
Will the barcode still scan after IPA wipe-down?
If you put solvent exposure and a minimum scan grade on the RFQ, we spec print and coating for that. Thermal print that smears under IPA is not a lab label.
Can you provide REACH or material compliance documents?
Yes. When you ask, we pass through the film and adhesive supplier's documentation — REACH and similar forms.
Can we test a sample in our freezer first?
Yes, for ultra-low applications. Send temperature, container, and data requirements.
Where are the labels manufactured?
San Diego Label LLC, 4887 Ronson Ct # F, San Diego, CA 92111. Independently owned since 1987.