Labelmaster, a United States-based manufacturer of regulatory and hazardous materials compliance products, has been in business since 1967. That is also the year Congress authorized the Department of Transportation (DOT) to enact the first federal regulations governing the transportation of hazardous materials. By the 1970s, any business that shipped such materials was required to package them in a specified way, and to identify the contents, both on the package and on the truck or railcar carrying it.
Labelmaster developed the first hazardous waste label, as the company focused its efforts on producing products in compliance with the new government specifications. The label design has been adopted as the standard for markings on all hazardous waste shipments.
The company's products include labels, forms, placards, placarding systems, transportation products, packaging, spill control, shipping supplies, material handling, signs, books, and software. Its product offerings have also expanded into facility management and workplace safety.