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Company profile PLA

TAG
YING

ags Ltd is based in the A look at one BOSS member’s niche operations
heart of Liverpool and
Temploys 28 people.
Founded in 1908, it has been
supplying tags to customers for
three generations. But it certainly
isn’t stuck in the past; on the
contrary, it has invested in the Tags Ltd
most modern tag manufacturing
equipment in the UK, giving it a at a glance: range from the traditional manila reliability of the company, and
powerful competitive edge. tag – which is the cheapest and this undoubtedly helped during
As a result, the company is Tags Ltd offers two types most environmentally friendly the challenging economic
happy to receive artwork on of paper tags: standard, tag – to the glossy shopfront conditions.
email before image-setting the which are 225gsm and article. We also use lots of As well as dealing direct with
print plates. It then prints the come in 10 different sizes; synthetic materials, providing customers, Tags Ltd also handles
selected material, flexographically and non-standard, which more strength and durability. trade work. Hockedy: “Typically,
or lithographically, before high can be thicker or thinner, And because of our niche two of our four automatic
speed paper washer, brass unusual sizes and be approach and the scale of our stringing machines are running
eyelet and string applications printed in brighter colours. operations we are able to buy trade work and with our hand
on its state-of-the-art tag It also has a range large quantities of our preferred finishing department, we have
manufacturing equipment. of water-resistant tags, materials, allowing us to pass the capacity to finish a huge
including the most on highly competitive prices to quantity and range of different
Clear focus popular choice Tyvek customers.” tags. However, due to our
Uniquely for a British tag (the original nonwoven fully automatic tag machines
manufacturer, Tags Ltd focuses technology first developed Trade services it is often cheaper for us to
solely on tag production and in 1955), semi-rigid The company is very busy at manufacture the whole tag.”
printing. This single-minded plastic and tough tag. In the moment, although Hockedy With the recession officially
focus, coupled with its huge addition, it sells paper- acknowledges that there was a over and customers happier to
experience, makes it a clear covered plastic (which small diminution in business in start spending again, Tags Ltd
choice for manufacturing and looks and feels like paper 2009. Unlike some of its rivals, looks set for a bright future.
finishing virtually every type of but won’t tear), shopfront however, Tags Ltd had been
tag requirement. tags, trade finishing and a around long enough not to n FOR MORE INFORMATION,
MD Mark Hockedy described range of other tags which have been taken by surprise PLEASE CALL MEMBERSHIP
to us what his company offers include swing tickets and by the downturn. It also has a DIRECTOR DALE WALLIS ON
to customers. “Basically, we can metal tags. good core of loyal customers 07736 828450 or EMAIL
supply any kind of tag. This could who value the expertise and dale.wallis@bpif.org.uk

22 BOSS TODAY | June 2010