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FOOD AND DRINK LABELLING SPECIALISTS

Originating with expertise in advanced manufacturing, Labels-U-Print ® part of KTEC GROUP has been designing and supplying easy to use DIY desktop label printing systems since we introduced the first barcode label roll printers helping suppliers to Tesco in the mid 1980's. We are Multi-Award winning and famous for helping start-up companies, middle size producers and multi nationals including Coca Cola alike.  We are awarded two UK Government SMART awards for product innovation.

We were the first to introduce full colour variable data label printing machines in 2000 adding the ability to print variable product pictures.

We continue to lead the way with DIY label printing solutions for food and drink manufacturers, distributors and retailers ensuring they are compliant with the latest legislation. 

We now have the largest ISO QA approved blank label production factory in the UK serving more than 10,000 of our installed customers with 5000 plus different size and shaped blank labels on rolls. The blank rolls at low relative cost to using pre-printed labels feed out customers desktop machines allowing rapid printing.  They print labels Just-In-Time and in exact quantities needed for each production batch or order including ingredients, nutrition, allergens, barcodes, expiry date and batch number for traceability when required.  There is very low wastage and zero risk of labels becoming out of date or delaying delivery's.

We are passionate in what we do and always pleased to offer advice and help to install a roll label print system that will suit your budget and business needs.

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0044 1527 529 713

Be sure to contact us to discuss your project for the very best advice available. 

Eur. Ing. Robert Knox BSc CEng IMET

MrDIYDigitalLabelPrintMan

Managing Director - Labels-U-Print ® KTEC GROUP UK


NATASHAS LAW - in force since October 2021

Is named after Natasha Ednan-Laperouse who at the age of 15 passed away due to a severe allergic reaction.

It's a new allergen legislation that requires pre-packed food to be labelled with ingredients and allergens. It helps consumers to easily identify the meal ingredients at the time of purchase or before consumption and especially any items that could cause an allergic reaction.

Our new stand alone touch-to-print compact label printers can be wall mounted or portable, ideal for production kitchens, delivery vans, small stores and take-aways. Read more

TOTAL CALORIES - in force since April 2022

Aimed to combat obesity. It is estimated that overweight and obesity related conditions across the UK affect (63%) of adults and 40% of children and is second biggest cause of cancer.

Since April 6th 2022 is is a legal requirment for cafes, restaurants and takeaways to display calorie information content for food and soft drinks, the trend is to include a total calorie count on each label applied to packaged meals.

Our new Epson C4000 colour label printer connects wirelessly to our App loaded to your tabled or mobile phone. Read more

FULL VOLUME PRODUCTION 

Whatever your product type, you can bet one of our label printers has printed labels for it

The Epson C6000 and C7500 series colour label printers are able to print a few sample designs to help launch new variants or turned on to print hundreds or thousands each day with the ability to change the product picture, ingredients listing, barcode, expiry date and more on the fly, so you get exact quantities of each required either for hand or machine apply. You will be amazed at the 300ml ink tanks and 300mm per second print speed of the C7500G Read More

ANY SIZE ANY SHAPE 

Labels are supplied factory direct low cost unprinted die-cut to size on a roll. We have over 5000 standard rectangle, rounds, squares and shapes. Inevitably you may need a special shape to fit your packaging. It may need to be tapered at the sides for a food tray or watch shaped with a round part and tabs to fit on top of a salad box. Whatever the shape of label on a roll the roll is loaded into the label printer and you print your designs. Check out our cutter list to find the labels size you need Read More


DESIGN SERVICE

Send us a sketch or the package itself, we help design and fit the label to it and send sample prints for approval. You may recognise some of our work, we helped with the famous 'Share a Coke' project personalising the bottle labels with names.

Sometimes we need to make a physical fit test, to be able to create the cut line so ythe label fits snug to the product.

The label should be prominent holding the required information but not hiding the product to be displayed.

THE FULL MONTY - October 2021 - High Fat Sugar or Salt (HFSS)

We have been doing it for some years. Full ingredients, highlighted allergens, quantity declaration % for key ingredients and whats known as the Traffic Light front of pack colour coding for Energy, Fat, Sugar and Salt has been the fashion. The colours automatically vary during label printing to show if low, medium or high levels of each Fat, Sugar and Salt in the meal.  In October 2021 the Governement will make one of the biggest changes and make a legal requirement not to advertise food and drink with high levels. There will be trend to want to display the 'healthyness' of a meal using the traffic light system.  Food and drink that displays the reduced HFSS is a quick to read way will enjoy increased sales. Our BarTender label layout software works at all levels driving simple black only label printers with a basic summary to the Full Monty including estra fine printing meeded for full indredients listing as well as colours for the HFSS, company logo and adding serving suggestion pictures depending on the product to be labelled. 

BARTENDER FREE SOFTWARE 

You will want easy to use software to layout your labels. We recommend the world leading BarTender label design and print software. You can start very simple yet upgrade it as you grow and with our full support. You can quickly drag and drop your pictures, logos and text onto the label and move the parts about quickly for the best look. BarTender has drivers compatible with most label printers making it a plug and play set up. You can try it free. Register and download your free copy of Bartender Read more. Remember to get our help to set it up or ask us to upgrade to the Professional version so we can supply our readymade label template for Natasha's Law, Total Calories and HFSS compliancy all-in-one. 

EPSON COLOUR LABEL ROLL PRINTERS

Proven by our customers as ideal for food labellling having a good print speed and large tanks of durable pigment ink durable for  ambient, refrigeration or deep freeze and providing a low cost per printed colour label. Epson have a unique piezoelectric print head (precision core not bubblejet) that is guaranteed for life with warranty. Celebrating with us and Epson as top ColorWorks partner for many years.

The C4000eBK model best for gloss and MK best for matt finish labels with its compact size can be triggered to print labels from your phone or tablet, making it ideal for food preparation kitchens as well as connection to your PC, Laptop or Mac. Or the C6000Ae for production labels up to 4-inches wide (102mm) and C6500Ae for production labels even up to up to 8-inches wide (203mm). These are our best sellers due to the affordable price, swap-out warranty and bolt-on winders for making neat printed rolls. Click the blue links to read more.

LABEL APPLICATORS

Why stop there, we stock a range of automated label apllicators so after printing as many label as you need and winding to a roll, transfer the roll to an applicator to apply the labels fast and accurately to every product. Read more 

But also check out our range of hand operated and motorised label dispensers to speed up hand apply Read more

        Tel: 0044 1527 529713  sales@ktecgroup.co.uk