Clear Labels

[Carbon]

Hello! I'm looking to set up clear labels for our initial batch of beers. Something very much what like Heineken did:

http://hispanicprwire.com/uploaded_pictures/5678_1_lr.jpg


Anybody have any idea on cost? Anyone you can point me to? And has anyone tried using a Chinese company for these labels?


Thanks!

[PanConsulting]

Look at Spear Labels. The cost would be dependant on quantity, size, number of colors, etc.

http://www.spearlabel.com/

[Carbon]

Thanks for the reply. Sorry I should have been clearer, but we are looking for clear adhesive labels. Not pressure sensitive labels. THX!

[PanConsulting]

If you look at their web site you will see that they are one of the label suppliers for the Heineken bottle you were referring to. It is a clear pressure-sensitive label. They make various types of labels. One may be suitable for your application.

[drewseslu]

You want want to give the folks at the Tallgrass Brewery in Manhattan, KS a call. They are using clear adhesive lables IIRC.

[Rob Creighton]

Tallgrass is now entirely in cans according to their website but I have never heard of a clear adhesive for wet-glue cut and stack labels. The pattern (which comes from the label pallet would distort the label art which defeats the point of having a clear label. It would have to dry completely clear. I may be wrong but the concept seems to defy logic.

I have seen a white poly and a foil label done with wet glue. It has a special static treatment which makes it marginally more expensive and I have only seen it from the big guys.

[owen williams]

Call Jeff Harris at Goldcoast Graphics/AWC Packaging @ (951)270-1664. Very high quality and reliability.

Owen
Successful Brewery Consulting

[Carbon]

Thanks for all the suggestions! Would still welcome more!

Thank you!

[gitchegumee]

I get clear pressure-sensitive labels from Taiwan. A set of two--neck and body--cost me about $0.035 in orders as small as 3,000. Flagging can be a problem when the bottles aren't completely dry. Good luck!

[Carbon]

Great tip! I have been thinking about going to India or China to try and get these at a better cost.