Custom Industrial Graphics
When Standard Won't Stick
As a manufacturer, you require custom labels, tapes, nameplates and tags. And you can’t depend on a commodity supplier to handle the design, procurement and management of your industrial graphics.
Over the past 30 years, the team at Supply Technologies has discovered that manufacturers face critical challenges related to industrial graphics, including specialized graphic components, supply chain volatility, and inventory costs. Supply Technologies is uniquely positioned to address these core issues directly.
Supply Chain Disruption & Risk
Manufacturers face increasing supply chain disruptions that threaten production schedules and delivery commitments.
Traditional purchasing agents often lack direct relationships with material manufacturers, converters and ink suppliers, limiting their ability to secure materials when primary sources fail.
High Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Manufacturers struggle with high total costs of ownership driven by excessive transactional costs, administrative burden, and inefficient material acquisition processes.
Many lack the technical expertise to identify value-engineering opportunities, leaving them using outdated and more expensive materials.
Inventory Loss & Degradation
Buying large orders to secure the best price often results in costly scrap when revisions are made to the label design.
Furthermore, labels stored on the manufacturing floor in non-climate-controlled environments can degrade, as manufacturers typically guarantee only a two-year shelf life in controlled environments.
Technical & Application Failures
Manufacturers often lack the in-house expertise needed to correctly specify materials and adhesive systems for complex applications.
When failures occur—such as labels falling off products—they struggle to identify the root cause.
Struggling to Meet Quality & Compliance Goals
Manufacturers struggle to establish and maintain quality procedures that ensure consistent color matching across production runs, leading to rejected batches and customer complaints.
They face the daunting task of navigating complex regulatory standards—such as UL or CSA recognition requirements—without dedicated compliance expertise.
Your Global Partner in Industrial Graphics Procurement & Management
Supply Technologies’ Industrial Graphics Division seamlessly supplies custom labels, decals, tapes, tags and nameplates to the world’s leading manufacturers. Our goal is to enable our customers’ manufacturing facilities to build their products better, smarter and faster than ever before. Through focused attention to diverse and growing needs, we have revolutionized the way companies plan, source, transport, distribute, and manage their industrial graphics inventory.
We offer the industry’s most comprehensive Industrial Graphics Programs.
By partnering with Supply Technologies, you benefit from a sophisticated approach to procurement and management, strategically engineered to enhance daily productivity and improve process efficiencies.
Think of Supply Technologies as the air traffic control for your custom industrial graphics needs. While printers (the planes) focus on the job immediately ahead, we oversee the entire operational network—managing the routes, vetting multiple carriers, ensuring the materials (fuel) are robust, and redirecting resources immediately if a problem occurs on the ground, ensuring your production processes always arrive on time.
Planning, Design, and Technical Services
Supply Technologies recognizes that the initial phases of every Industrial Graphics program are absolutely critical to resource management and end-product success. Our global team of industry experts and strategic suppliers work closely with you to:
- Specify materials and adhesive systems for your label application
- Design artwork and blueprints
- Provide prototype samples
- Define quality procedures for consistent color matching
- Conduct educational and engineering seminars
Sourcing
Sourcing is critical to your bottom line when aiming to drive down costs without sacrificing quality. Supply Technologies’ vast global resources and experience give us unrivaled buying power and access to the finest materials from the lowest cost quality providers.
Collectively, our Industrial Graphics Division:
- Has established international sourcing specialists to continually enhance our global supply chain
- Has established international sourcing groups
- Handles multiple volume ranges
- Manages all commercial relationships
- Initiates vendor consolidation programs
Performance Testing and Compliance
Technical perfection is a hallmark of Supply Technologies. All products, regardless of origin, are meticulously inspected and tested against rigorous criteria, including:
- Abrasion Resistance
- Chemical Resistance
- Color Matching
- Heat Aging
- Heat/Cold Resistance
- Ink Adhesion
- Peel Adhesion
- Tensile Strength
- Weathering and Xenon Exposure
Precision Inventory Management
Supply Technologies’ Industrial Graphics Division seamlessly outfits you with a precision inventory management program. We customize your program to exact distribution and floor specifications. We combine cross-industry best practices with the principals and techniques of:
- Kanban
- JIT (Just-In-Time)
- JIT II®
- VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory)
- Materials Management
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Supply Chain Management
This ensures that we meet every requirement you have to improve your production processes. We are strategically positioned in over 75 global locations to support your Industrial Graphics needs around the globe.
Tactical Process Analysis
Our Tactical Process Analysis Team identifies potential areas of improvement to your ROI and operational efficiencies through a comprehensive material-flow analysis. Targeted areas include transactional, administrative, and inventory reductions, along with a space-optimization assessment.
Custom Industrial Graphics Offerings
The Supply Technologies Industrial Graphics Division provides a complete portfolio for all your requirements, focusing on achieving the right balance between meeting your exact specifications and delivering the final product at the lowest cost.
| Labels |
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| UL & CSA Labels |
| MRO Labels |
| Tamper-Evident Labels |
| Wire Marking Labels |
| Warning Labels |
| NFC/RFID Labels |
| Security Labels |
| Tapes |
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| Security & Packing Tapes |
| Conspicuity Tapes |
| Graphic Tapes |
| Double-sided Foam Tapes |
| Embossed Tapes |
| Adhesive-Backed Materials |
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| Low Surface Energy Adhesives |
| Solvent Resistant Adhesives |
| Sopund & Vibration Dampening |
| High-Heat Resistant Adhesives |
| Nameplates |
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| Domes Emblems |
| Metal Nameplates |
| Badging |
| Non-Labels Applications |
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| Tags |
| Membrane Switches & Graphic Overlays |
| LCD Displays |
| Manuals |
The Benchmark In Performance and Reliability
Supply Technologies has diversified Industrial Graphics Industry Experience across numerous sectors:
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Consumer Electronics
- Electronic Controls
- Heavy Duty Trucks
- HVAC
- Industrial Equipment
- Lawn and Garden
- Outdoor Power Sports
- Semi-Conductor
Ready to Apply a Smarter Solution?
The Supply Technologies Industrial Graphics Division gives you a crucial competitive advantage by functioning as a strategic procurement and supply chain management partner. Our comprehensive approach involves leveraging global resources and experience to gain unrivaled buying power and access to the finest materials from quality providers, thereby establishing cost competitiveness across all markets.
By managing all commercial relationships and sourcing from proven worldwide label supplier groups, we are strategically positioned to service any account around the globe.
Let’s Talk
If you are facing challenges with supply chain stability, technical specifications, or inventory costs for your custom labels, nameplates, tapes, tags or more, let’s talk. We encourage you to contact our team to discuss your current requirements, get something quoted, or explore how our value-engineered services solve your specific procurement challenges.