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COMPANIES | 01/15/2020

QR codes: instant contact between consumer and manufacturer

SUNTRANSFER of Argentina, offers the footwear, clothing and manufactures industry, the new tool to increase sales.


​The QR application is generalized in all consumer goods, footwear and clothing are one of them.

​With more than 45 years of experience in the manufacture of labels and thermotransferable prints, SUNTRANSFER continues to add value to a wide variety of materials and components used in the footwear and textile industry. The objective is to cover the needs that go from the purely aesthetic, to the strictly functional, with the focus always on innovation. Its slogan confirms this: Art, Technology and Comfort.

What is the QR?

"Among the numerous transfer printing services, one of our specialties is the creation and elaboration of QR labels, which are increasingly used in footwear and clothing," Victoria Mordjikian, of the product development area, told us.

“It is a printed module that stores the encoded data to connect to a website. Through the photo of a QR taken with a cell phone, the consumer of a product can immediately enter the manufacturer's website and access all its content: information, offers, product description, commercial network, customer services, etc. An instantaneous interconnectivity between manufacturer and consumer that boost business and services”.

"Through QR, permanent communication is established between both parties, and in addition to free access to the manufacturer's site, the consumer can be part of their social networks and even communicate via WhatsApp."

​Uses and features

Extending information on the use of QRs, the representative of SUNTRANSFER said that “they will always contain the data that was introduced at the time of creating them, and their useful life is unlimited. The printing size of a QR is important, since it must be large enough to be recognized and decoded by the smartphone reading application. It is recommended not to print them in less than 3 cm2 (1.2 inches)”.

Other alternatives in decorative and functional transfers

Among the other SUNTRANSFER products for the footwear and manufactures industry, it can be listed among the main ones, the 2D and 3D transfers for insoles and flip flops, to apply by pressure and temperature, and systems of emptiness. Transfers for soles and bands of footwear; for belows tongues; leather covers for soles applicable in injection moulds; labels of numbering, composition and brand; and reflective transfers, are some of them.

The company has vast experience in the specialty, and adds to its products the machines and technology for its application, in order to provide a complete service. It produces its own inks and processes the papers, which allow it to be competitive, even facing international suppliers. For this reason, it has increased its presence in the regional market, where it already has a good volume of exports.