Mercian Labels Ltd

Mercian Labels™ is an award winning manufacturer of custom printed self adhesive labels, cartons and security seals.

Businesses choose us because we consistently deliver short lead times and superb service.

For 45 years we have been trusted by business of all sizes, from UK wide entrepreneurial business start-ups placing their first label order, to global ‘blue chip‘ companies and ‘trade‘ buyers seeking strategic partners to help them grow their businesses.

We operate from 2 manufacturing sites in the UK with 50 employees and benefit from over 9,000 business customers, exporting to over 20 countries across 6 continents. We hold the highest BRC ‘A’ food hygiene accreditation in addition to UKAS certification to the ISO 9001:2008 quality standard.

Our technical specialities are in digital label & carton printing and high volume variable data & barcode labels. We also manufacture Label Lock™, the premium brand of tamper proof security seals, and Gammatex™ radiation indicator labels.

Our default 3 day lead times for digitally printed labels are legendary in the UK label printing industry. You can read recent testimonials from some of our thousands of satisfied businesses who chose Mercian Labels™ as their preferred label printer.

We are also proud to hold BRC ‘A’ grade accreditation for food labelling and UKAS certification to ISO 9001:2008.

We are proud to be specialist labelling innovators. We conduct significant innovative research to develop new products and technologies. We do new product development well.

Our employees including scientists, engineers, printers, coating specialists and software engineers combine into project specific teams to tackle labelling challenges. Our major suppliers are strategic partners which we combine with our our own resources and knowledge to develop innovative products that perform.

We have an in house dedicated NPD team with a significant budget that is dedicated to R&D, initiating new products and processes, and answering custom needs. Responding to specific development requests from customers, the R&D team works closely with the end user throughout the product development process, ensuring that the end product conforms tightly to required specifications. Our flexible approach allows us to take on projects that often do not interest larger suppliers.