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For laboratories, pharmaceuticals & life sciences

Cold storage & cold chain labels for critical identification.

Custom identification labels for samples, materials, and products—from refrigerated processing and frozen storage to transport and use.

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Where will your labels need to perform?

Select every storage and transport environment in your workflow.

Your workflow

One label. The complete cold journey.

Select your conditions to see the application details worth considering together.

Fit the surface.

Consider container material, curvature, and the surface condition when the label is applied.

Keep the ID usable.

Evaluate printing and protection wherever your team needs to read or scan the label.

Test the complete journey.

Assess candidate labels through the actual sequence of storage, transport, and handling.


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Regulated cold workflows

Where cold workflows meet controlled environments.

Cold resistance may be only part of the requirement. Consider cleanroom handling, disinfectants, and sterilization alongside storage and transport.

Pharmaceutical fill-finish

Identify vials, bottles, and process materials through controlled handling, cleaning, and cold storage.

Cell therapy manufacturing

Keep sample, lot, and product identification connected across processing, cryopreservation, and transfer.

Laboratory & QC

Match labels to sample containers, storage conditions, retrieval, and the moments when barcodes need to scan.

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Customer story

Oncology drug manufacturer

Cryogenic storage.
Cleanroom handling.
One label for both.

A pharmaceutical manufacturer developing a new line of oncology drugs needed labels for cryovials that were handled in the cleanroom, wiped down with IPA, and then moved into liquid nitrogen storage.

Their previous labels couldn’t manage both. Print smeared during the IPA wipe-down, and labels that came through intact began lifting at the edges once frozen.

CleanMark engineered a construction combining a
cryogenic adhesive
with an IPA-resistant facestock and protected print, supplied in
cleanroom packaging,
and tested it in the same order as the customer’s process.


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Cleanroom handling

IPA wipe-down

Liquid nitrogen storage

How qualification works with CleanMark

Label qualification shouldn’t take round after round.

Start with a construction matched to your whole workflow. Get the technical rationale, evaluation samples, and agreed production requirements to move forward with confidence.

  1. Share your conditions.

    We review your container, application surface, freeze–thaw cycles, cleaning, and transport as one workflow.

    You get

    A technical contact and a clear application brief.

  2. Get a recommendation with data.

    Review a recommended construction, its technical data sheet, and the reasoning behind the material and print choices.

    You get

    A proposed construction, its TDS, and why it fits.

  3. Test in your actual process.

    Plan production-representative samples, quantities, and documentation around your protocol—including the ribbon if you print on-site.

    You get

    Evaluation samples with agreed supporting documentation.

  4. Carry approval into production.

    Document the approved construction and agree on lot traceability, supply requirements, and change notification before production.

    You get

    An approved specification and agreed supply controls.

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Explore the details

Cold label application guides.

Start with the storage or transport condition, then consider the rest of your workflow.

Application What makes it different What to consider

Refrigerator labels →
 		Chilled storage and movement into warmer handling areas. Condensation, application temperature, and print protection.

Freezer & ultra-low labels →
 		Frozen storage, retrieval, and possible freeze–thaw cycles. Actual temperature, container material, and surface condition when labeling.

Dry ice labels →
 		Cold shipping with packing, movement, and receiving. Direct contact, packaging configuration, abrasion, and the next storage step.

Cryogenic labels →
 		Liquid nitrogen storage and retrieval. Vapor versus immersion, small container curvature, and readable identification.

Common questions

Plan around the whole process.

What is the difference between cold storage and cold chain labels?

Cold storage labels identify items kept in refrigerated, frozen, or cryogenic conditions. Cold chain identification also considers the movement between processing, storage, packing, transport, and receiving. The same label may need to support both.

Can one label handle more than one cold environment?

It may be possible, but the construction should be evaluated across the complete sequence. Storage temperature alone does not establish suitability: container material, application conditions, temperature changes, cleaning, and printing also matter.

Can labels be applied to an already-frozen container?

Applying a label to a frozen or wet surface is a different requirement from applying it at room temperature before freezing. Tell us the surface material, temperature, and whether frost or condensation is present so those conditions can be included in the application review.

Does cryogenic compatibility include liquid nitrogen immersion?

Vapor-phase storage and direct liquid immersion are different exposures. Specify which your workflow uses, along with the container, storage duration, and retrieval process. Candidate labels should be evaluated under those actual conditions.

What matters for labels used in dry ice shipping?

Identify whether the label touches dry ice, sits inside the insulated package, or is on the outer shipper. Packing friction, handling, receiving scans, and transfer to the next storage environment also belong in the evaluation.

Can cold labels also handle IPA, cleanrooms, or sterilization?

These requirements should be specified together. Include the cleaning agent and exposure method, cleanroom or packaging needs, and any sterilization process. Evaluate adhesion and print durability through the steps in the same order as your workflow.