Beyond the Product Label: Labeling Solutions for Your Entire Business

Discover labeling solutions beyond product labels, including barcodes, QR codes, variable data, industrial labels, event wristbands, custom ribbons, and more.

Catherina Patino

9/24/20264 min read

When most people hear the word label, they picture the label on the front of a bottle, jar, box, or package.

And those labels matter.

They introduce your product, communicate your brand, and help you stand out on the shelf.

But labels do much more than make products look good.

Behind the scenes, businesses depend on labels, tags, barcodes, ribbons, wristbands, and identification solutions every day to organize, track, identify, communicate, and keep operations moving.

At Xceptional Labels, we’re expanding our capabilities to help with both sides.

From the front of your product to the back of your operation.

Product Labels That Build Your Brand

Product labels remain at the heart of what we do.

Our full-color digital printing capabilities allow us to produce professional custom labels for businesses in industries such as food and beverage, supplements, cosmetics, wellness, retail, and more.

Depending on your application, we offer options including:

White BOPP • Semi-gloss paper • Gloss lamination • Matte lamination • Velvet soft-touch finishes • Custom die cutting

These are the labels your customers see.

But what about all the labels they don’t?

Barcodes, QR Codes & Variable Information

Not every label needs to be identical.

Sometimes information needs to change from one label to the next.

That’s where variable printing becomes incredibly useful.

We can produce labels containing changing information such as:

Barcodes • QR codes • Sequential numbers • Identification numbers • Lot information • Dates • Variable text

These solutions can help businesses identify products, organize inventory, track items, and communicate information throughout their operations.

Instead of thinking of a label only as branding, think of it as a tool for identification and information.

Inventory, Warehouse & Shipping Labels

Walk through almost any warehouse and you’ll see labels everywhere.

Boxes need identification.

Shelves need locations.

Inventory needs tracking.

Products need barcodes.

Shipments need information.

Labeling helps businesses know what something is, where it belongs, and where it needs to go.

Our expanded capabilities allow us to support businesses with labels for inventory, warehouse organization, shipping, logistics, storage, and other operational applications.

Industrial, Equipment & Durable Labels

Some labels have a much harder job than sitting on a retail shelf.

Manufacturing environments, machinery, engines, drums, containers, tools, and other assets may require labels engineered for demanding conditions.

With the right combination of label material, adhesive, and thermal-transfer ribbon, specialty labels can be designed for applications requiring resistance to extreme heat, chemicals, abrasion, moisture, and harsh industrial environments.

These applications can include:

Equipment identification • Asset labels • Manufacturing labels • Engine and machinery labels • Drum and container identification • Serial numbers • Tracking labels • Safety and operational identification

For industries where labels need to remain readable and securely attached over time, we can help identify a material and printing solution suited to the application and environment.

Not every durable label is designed for every condition. Temperature range, chemical exposure, surface type, outdoor exposure, and expected lifespan all matter when selecting the right solution.

That’s why we believe in helping customers find the right label for the application, rather than assuming one material works for everything.

Tell us where the label is going and what it needs to withstand. We’ll help you determine the right solution for the job.

Event Wristbands, Tickets & Identification

Labeling technology isn’t limited to products and warehouses.

It can also support events.

Printed wristbands and identification solutions can be useful for:

Festivals • Conferences • Churches • Schools • Fundraisers • Private events • Attractions • Admissions

Variable information, numbering, barcodes, or QR codes can also open possibilities for identification and tracking depending on the application.

It’s another example of how printing can move beyond the traditional product label.

Custom Printed Ribbons

This may be one of the capabilities people least expect.

Custom printed ribbon can add personalization and branding to packaging, gifts, events, floral arrangements, bakeries, boutiques, and other specialty applications.

Imagine your business name, message, or branding repeated along a ribbon used to finish your packaging.

A simple packaging detail can become another opportunity to reinforce your brand.

Retail Tags & Specialty Applications

Retail businesses often need more than product labels.

Tags and specialty printing can help communicate pricing, product information, identification, barcodes, or other changing information.

Applications can include retail tags, price identification, specialty tags, ticketing, and other business-specific uses.

And sometimes the application doesn’t fit neatly into a category.

That’s okay.

If you have something that needs to be identified, tracked, organized, branded, numbered, or labeled, talk to us about it.

Nursery, Food Service & Operational Labels

Some industries have very specific labeling needs.

Nurseries may need plant identification and tags.

Restaurants and food-service businesses may need labels for dates, ingredients, preparation, organization, or back-of-house operations.

Manufacturers may need production or identification labels.

Retailers may need pricing and inventory labels.

Every industry uses labels differently.

Our goal isn’t simply to sell you a label.

It’s to understand what you need the label to do.

One Business. Many Labeling Needs.

A company might need beautiful full-color labels for the products its customers see.

That same company may also need barcodes for inventory, shipping labels for boxes, identification labels for equipment, variable information for production, or tags for operations.

Previously, those needs might have meant working with several different suppliers.

We’re working toward something bigger at Xceptional Labels:

Becoming a labeling solutions partner for your business.

The question is no longer simply:

“What kind of product label do you need?”

It’s:

“What do you need to label?”

From beautiful product labels to barcodes, QR codes, variable data, inventory labels, durable identification, event wristbands, custom ribbons, tags, and specialty applications, we’re continuing to expand the ways we can serve you.

Because labels aren’t only about what your customer sees.

They’re also about everything that happens behind the scenes to keep your business moving.

Beyond the Product Label

Whether you’re launching your first product, managing a warehouse, operating a restaurant, running a nursery, planning an event, or manufacturing thousands of products, we’d love to hear what you’re trying to accomplish.

Bring us the application.

We’ll help you explore the labeling solution.

From the front of your product to the back of your operation.

Let’s label more than products.

Let’s label the world.

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