UK company A4 Labels has invested in a second Daco D350S sheet label converting line to allow it to continue to offer a high level of service to its customers, and to enter new markets with an expanded range.

A4 Labels is a supplier of sheets of labels, which are available in a variety of shapes, sizes and colours. They can be supplied as blank labels for onward printing, or provided pre-printed using either digital or litho. Standard blank labels are offered with a next-day delivery service if ordered by 4pm, while digitally printed labels take two working days to dispatch. Up to five working days are required for litho printed labels.

A4 Labels has been selling labels since 2009 but in 2018 took control of its own supply chain by investing in machinery that enabled all products to be manufactured at the company’s Fishersgate premises in West Sussex. This included its first Daco D350S. At this time, A4 Labels also sought relationships with other label retailers and has since positioned itself as a supplier of labels to the trade for resale.

A4 Labels managing director Colin Hawker commented, ‘As a trade buyer of A4 labels for the best part of a decade, we understood exactly what label resellers need. Namely an excellent quality product, at a competitive price, but as importantly, they needed speed.

‘At our warehouse, we hold over 500 lines of stocked size/material combinations and this means we can offer a next-day service. This promise even includes full pallets if ordered by noon.

‘To ensure we could keep this promise going forward, we needed the extra capacity that a second machine would offer, and after a trouble free two years with our first D350S, and over 12 million linear metres converted, there was never a question that our second machine would also be supplied by Daco Solutions.’

In addition, the new machine has enabled A4 Labels to expand its range by offering SRA3 format labels, which are more frequently sought by the print industry.

‘By offering SRA3 labels, we are able to unlock clients in markets we have not worked with before. We thoroughly researched the market before committing to producing SRA3 labels and are confident that we now have an excellent range of quality materials at unbeatable prices. As with our A4 sheets, we expect to dispatch most of our SRA3 orders within 24 hours, even when we have to make them to order.’