Star Label Products

United States

Star Label provides a wide array of digitally printed label solutions and finishing options for the increasingly popular craft beer industry. We offer a broad variety of face stocks and specialty adhesives to create high-quality, eye-catching labels that will withstand the toughest conditions. At Star Label, we operate an HP Indigo Digital press, which allows us to work on multiple brands and SKUs at the same time. The digital capabilities and decorating options on our digital finisher are the perfect solution for local brewers to test new labels and designs while avoiding the high costs of short runs and the wasted inventory space from traditional printing methods. We Can Design and Style Your Unique Label Cheers! The craft beer industry is one where companies can really have fun designing funky, customized labels to tell their brands story and attract new customers at beer fests, tastings, and tours. Whether your label has a front and back, wraps around the entire bottle, or goes all the way up its neck, Star Label can help you design the perfect label to showcase your beer. Not only do craft beer labels come in a variety of styles, but they also appear in many different sizes to fit the diverse offerings of a brewery. From standard 12 ounce bottles up to hefty 64 ounce growlers, we can scale your label up or down to show off your product at any size. In addition to glass surface labels, we also create pressure-sensitive labels for aluminum beer cans. Pre-printed cans often have high order minimums, while shrink sleeves traditionally require long lead times neither of which is conducive to smaller scale, local craft breweries. If brewers simply stock blank cans, however, we can provide high quality, low cost labels with which to wrap them. After the fun of designing and styling your label, the trick is to apply it with an adhesive that will last whether the beer is chilling in the fridge, condensating outside on a hot summer day, or submerged in a cooler full of ice and water. Our selection of adhesives can be applied to cold wet surfaces like freshly brewed bottles of beer to stick and withstand any type of environment. With over 40 years of experience printing labels across a variety of industries, Star Label Products understands the value of a quality label better than anyone. To learn more about our craft beer label capabilities, including how we can design a label that will stick to a cold, wet surface, contact Star Label Products today.

Star Label specializes in creating labels uniquely designed for use by the cosmetics industry, from design and material selection to coating and special finishing touches. Our capabilities include UV flexography, rotary screen printing, and digital label printing, as well as the expert knowledge of which printing method would be best suited to your specific label needs. Common applications for our cosmetic labels include: Lip balm and lipstickEye shadowPowderMakeupNail polishThe cosmetics industry faces a diverse variety of label-related hurdles, from making removable labels for retail packaging, to grabbing a customers attention from the store shelf, to withstanding the rigorous wear and tear that cosmetic products endure with everyday use. Aside from our extensive knowledge of inks, label materials, and adhesives, and our varied printing capabilities, we are also able to offer various decorating options. These options include embossing, foiling, and more the finishing touches that help cosmetic products to stand out in a crowded marketplace.

The pharmaceutical industry has a unique set of requirements for any product labels that they use. These specifications dont necessarily pertain to the label substrate or adhesive material properties, but rather to the manufacturing methods and advanced quality assurance process. Since 1972, Star Label Products has developed comprehensive labeling expertise including in-depth knowledge of the best standards and practices for the pharmaceutical industry. While weve established particular authority with over the counter (OTC) medications and store brand generics, we are also well versed in labels for doctors office-dispensed medication, medical devices, and testing material such as blood analysis strips. Maintaining Integrity with Our Segregated Production Center pharma-picture-022 One of the most important label requirements the pharmaceutical industry demands is the accuracy of label information. To ensure the correctness of all pharma labels we produce, Star Label Products has developed a segregated production center, which includes a single printing press isolated in its own room and an adjacent isolated space with a rewinding and inspection machine. The segregated area allows us to print pharma labels and, once completed, transport them to the segregated machine for rewinding and inspection. We take these precautions to eliminate the possibility of accidental label mixing and minimize access to the labels, thereby protecting the sensitive information they contain. In the pharmaceutical industry, correct labeling is critical; the proper quality assurance process can prevent incorrect dosing or accidental administration. Using state-of-the-art vision inspection equipment from Advanced Vision Technologies (AVT) and ABG Flytec, we scan every single printed label on the scale of individual pixels and compare it to a golden image a client-verified perfect image of the completed label. This QA process, the worlds most accurate inspection system, makes it easy to identify and replace misprinted labels. To meet the stringent demands of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, we guarantee that your custom pharma labels will be 100% defect-free, when inspected with our vision system. To learn more about our pharmaceutical label capabilities, contact our Star Label Products team today.

As the name suggests, security labels are created for critical items that demand the highest form of protection against tampering and illegal handling. Security labels, which contain information such as serial numbers and bar codes, help to track and monitor valuable assets throughout manufacture and transport. In order to service the unique needs of security label products, Star Label has developed a line of destructible labels that provide evidence of tampering and make unauthorized transfers virtually impossible. These labels break apart at even the slightest attempt to remove. Other labels leave the word VOID or a checkerboard pattern on the product if attempted to remove. Destructible labels provide easy, accurate, and secure identification and tracking capabilities to protect assets from unauthorized transfers by immediately indicating any evidence of product tampering. Constructed to endure a wide variety of temperature ranges and environmental conditions, the labels offer strong resistance to heat, scuffing, and chemicals. Star Label has been providing customers with premium labels since our launch in 1972; our commitment to the latest technology is reflected in labels that offer the highest levels of security, including long lifespans and the ability to withstand the toughest environments. Designing Labels for Crucial Applications Security labels from Star Label can be printed with any barcode, custom text, or serial number required for a particular product line. These labels provide excellent brand protection and safeguard companies most valuable assets. Relied on by experts in security, aviation, law enforcement, and counterfeiting, our tamper-proof labels play a vital role in protecting property and ensuring safety for a wide variety of applications. Our 37, 000 square foot facility is fully equipped to allow us to manufacture the best custom labels on the market with emergency services available at no extra charge.

Refrigeration To ensure proper application, adhesives must match the production and storage environments. A label with a freezer-style adhesive may become detached at room temperature in the same way that a room temperature adhesive may unadhere in a cool or cold environment. An adhesive designed for refrigerated environments will not effectively adhere if applied at room temperature or stored in a frozen environment. Product Shape While most labels are applied to smooth, flat surfaces, this is not always the case in the food and beverage industry. Many products most notably, cuts of meat and cheeses are vacuum packed and present incredibly varied application surfaces. The stiff label substrate and brittle adhesive that work well on flat cardboard packaging will perform poorly on irregular surfaces offered by natural food products. Instead, conformable substrates and aggressive, flexible adhesives are a must. Backings The material from which labels are peeled off is an important factor that rarely receives attention. The backing must be matched with the adhesive of the label and the speed and environment of application; not all materials are compatible, and high-speed application machines require different combinations than hand-application methods. Standard, lightweight paper packing, for example, is suitable for dry, by-hand, room-temperature application but will fall short in a damp environment where a high-speed application machine is used to apply the labels. Wide Range of Applications Throughout our 40 year history, Star Label Products has built a high degree of expertise in the particular demands of the food and beverage industry. Over the years, weve created specialized labels for an incredibly broad variety of food and beverage items, and we specialize in labels designed for indirect food contact. Products we have manufactured labels for include: Soft drinksCraft beerCandySnack foodsMeatPoultryWine and spiritsSeafoodDressingsCondimentsPastriesSoups and stewsMilkCheeseDairySpecialty productsThis long list of hurdles all of which Star Label Products is well equipped to handle only scratches the surface of the unique considerations that must go into food and beverage labels. It does not take into account highly specialized labels, such as collectible lift-off wine labels, FDA and other governmental labeling regulations, the appropriateness of digital printing, and a slew of other variables. To discuss the unique needs of your upcoming food or beverage label product, contact Star Label Products today.

The household products industry poses unique challenges to label manufacturers in two ways: the nature of the products and the uncommon shapes of the product packaging. Active ingredients, either chemically or naturally derived, are what bind all household cleaning products together. By their very nature, these compounds will break down packaging labels if they are made from the wrong material. Likewise, unorthodox shapes, such as spray bottles and large handled jugs, can create application challenges for some household product label manufacturers. For more than 40 years, Star Label Products has designed labels explicitly for use with chemical combinations found in household cleaning products. Drawing from our extensive library of previously produced labels, we know the exact combination adhesive, label substrate, ink, printing process, and coating material that will work best with your product, whether it is derived from petroleum or citrus fruits. Star Label Products is also well equipped to handle the unique shape requirements often posed by household product labels. We are capable of developing label die-lines to fit any packaging. Testing Services for Unique Requirements For clients with products that contain chemicals we have not yet worked with, or who would like to try other label combinations, we offer testing services; we are happy to provide samples of labels that have performed well in the past and send them to clients for trial. We also accept product samples at our facilities and test labels in-house. For testing that is more involved, our suppliers of label material have full in-house testing laboratories. To learn more about Star Label Products long list of household product labeling solutions, contact us today.