Jet City Laser, a premium organization providing a complete range of traceability solutions was founded by Jim Wright and Gary Moe in 1994. In partnership with another UID solution providing company, ID Integration, Jet City Laser deals with the two dimensional (2D) Data Matrix marking for item traceability. The Data Matrix marking process witnessed the first commercial application when SPEC 2000 standard was mandated to be used in the Air Transport Association and Jet City Laser became the preferred supplier of this marking process. Later in 2003, when the Department of Defense (DoD) developed the Unique Identification (UID) mandate, Jet City Laser was part of its expert input team. Since then Jet City Laser is recommended for any type of UID data plate, label or Direct Part Marking service. In fact today it's considered as one of the pioneers in 2D Data Matrix and nameplate engraving process in the U.S.

As per the UID standard, all defense related items are traced by means of a unique identifying 2D code, which consists of a serial number, part number, and other data. Starting from unique identification (UID) codes, barcodes, data plates to 2D data matrix codes, Jet City Laser provides every type of marking and engraving method and that too as per the UID compliance standards. And the markings of Jet City Laser are known for their highest quality standards. Not only the Laser marks are durable, they also offer the best legibility too.

Jet City Laser offers 2D data matrix marking on any kind of surface. Ceramics, paper, metals, wood and even glass; the surface could be anything, but the advanced technology based Jet City Laser makes the marking perfect. However, at times marking the 2D Data Matrix code on some metal surfaces such as anodized aluminum can become a tough task. As per the UID mandate, the cells within the 2D code must be of the highest quality and contrast. Metals like anodized aluminum might be a preferred choice for the identification tags placed on parts, but the required level of contrast for 2D Data Matrix coding cannot be achieved on this metal surface.

Major change in Jet City Laser machines

Jet City Laser has become the industry leader with over 300 clients worldwide within a short span of time. Geometry and metal for marking might be different for different clients, but Jet City Laser has able to manage the consistency and reliability across all materials. May be that's the success formula of Jet City Laser. However, of late the company found flaws in few of its laser machines. Some machines couldn't handle the workload. Also marking on parts had to be done two or three times to ensure the accuracy of jobs. It was expensive as well as time consuming. That's why the company decided to go for the CO2 and YAG laser machines from Trotec Laser, Inc., Ypsilanti, MI. After using Trotec Laser, Jet City Laser has increased its productivity up to three times. Today, Trotec's CO2 lasers and FineMarker lasers are Jet City Laser's prominent productivity medium.