This year Kelgray, a leading data capture solutions provider to the food processing sector, celebrates 35 years in business. The company has been at the forefront of the barcoding and labelling industry ever since its inception.

Based in Crawley, West Sussex, Kelgray has seen a great many changes in the barcode and data capture industry. The biggest of these has been the maturity of the industry, which is no longer seen as a black art and is far more accessible to end users and channel alike.

Although initially focused on label printing and label converting, Kelgray has successfully developed its business to encompass a full range of AIDC products including mobile computers and RFID. The business has also changed its route to market, with Kelgray now focusing on the provision of its own off the shelf software solutions for stock control, proof of delivery and field service, and Kelgray’s eCommerce site, barcodestore.co.uk, offering a comprehensive range of products from all the leading manufacturers for purchase online.

As a long-standing beneficiary of Kelgray’s services, Gordon Anderson, managing director of Anglo Scottish Packaging has witnessed the development first hand "Kelgray has been one of our most reliable suppliers for as long as we can remember. As it has grown and developed, we have witnessed many changes in the company, its staff and the technology it supplies. Over the years, we have made many demands on them and I am pleased to say that they have always been responsive and eager to bring online new products and explore new approaches. What has not changed is their commitment to delivering customer service."