Talen Tools

Steps and sources

• Mar 2026
  Rollout · Netherlands Dutch hand-tool maker (4,500 products, 75 staff): first products with the QR Code powered by GS1 in late 2025, almost all own-brand products about six months later, with GS1 partner Linnq. An inline printer at each assembly workstation prints labels on demand, so a new QR code with the batch number can be printed for each batch; batch data is on the list of next uses. The code fits on a 28 mm handle. Private-label products for retailers are next In the code: GTIN (the label in the case: qr.talentools.nl/p/01/08712448298728, same number as the EAN-13); link to manuals, videos and maintenance tips Source ↗

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What such a code looks like

QR with GS1 Digital Link

https://id.gs1.org/01/09506000134352

(01) 09506000134352

GTIN: product number

How this code is built →

Illustration: the type of code and the data named in the steps above, filled with GS1 example values. The real codes of the company contain its own numbers.

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