The catalogue
Six categories, one press floor.
Labels, cartons, commercial stationery, in-store promotion, tags and custom work. If it is printed on paper, board or film, it is worth asking us about.
Browse by category
Six categories, keyed to the six units of the press.
Not sure which one your job belongs to? Send a sample or a photograph and we will tell you.
Industries served
Nine sectors, each with its own idea of what “good enough” means.
A cosmetics label and a chemical drum label are both labels. Almost nothing else about them is the same — the substrate, the adhesive and the finish all change with where the product ends up.
Food & Beverage
Labels that hold up to cold storage and condensation, and cartons that survive the trip to the shelf.
Pharmaceuticals
Small-format labels and mono cartons where batch, expiry and dosage have to stay legible.
Cosmetics
Metallised and transparent labels, foil and spot UV — the finish is most of the product.
Garments & Textiles
Brand tags, size and care tags, punched and strung ready for the floor.
Electrical & Electronics
Rating plates, serial and warranty labels on stocks that resist heat and handling.
Automotive
Part and batch labels for components, on adhesive that holds through oil and vibration.
FMCG
High-volume label and carton runs where colour has to match across every reprint.
Chemical Industry
Hazard, handling and content labels on substrates that stand up to solvent and abrasion.
Retail & E-commerce
Price and barcode labels, shipper marking and the printed inserts that go in the box.
Process
From file to finished box.
Five steps, in this order, every time. The one that saves the most trouble is the second — colour and die-line get approved before plates are made, which is the last point at which changes are free.
- 01
Requirement & artwork
Size, quantity, substrate and finish are agreed, and we check the artwork for bleed, resolution and the position of the die-line before anything else happens.
- 02
Prepress & proofing
Artwork is imposed, plates are made and a proof goes back for approval. Colour is signed off here, not after the run.
- 03
Press run
The job runs on the multicolour offset press, with sheets pulled and checked against the approved proof through the run.
- 04
Finishing
Lamination, foil, die-cutting, creasing, numbering, punching and binding — whatever the job specification calls for.
- 05
Dispatch
Counted, packed and ready for collection or delivery, with roll-form work wound to the core size you specified.
Start an enquiry
Tell us the job and we will tell you what it needs.
Size, quantity, substrate, finish — or just a photograph of the thing you want printed. Whichever you have, it is enough to start.
Looking for the story behind the press? Read about Balaji Arts.