Label & Litho

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November 19, 2015

Christmas Wine Labels

Label & Litho want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. In keeping with the Yuletide spirit, we have found some great gift ideas. For the festive season why not give the merry gift of wine with personalised wine labels? Personalised wine labels are a great way to add a […]

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September 27, 2015

Canned vs. Bottled Beer

There’s long been a debate over which is better – canned beer or bottled beer. In one of the early seasons of Mad Men there’s a great scene where Don Draper is looking after Heineken’s US marketing account. 1960s America isn’t used to bottled beer, or European beer for that matter, and Don has the […]

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September 27, 2015

Avoiding Air Bubbles: Tips and tricks for label application

Pressure-sensitive self-adhesive labels are the most common form of labelling for modern packaging; especially for glass bottle labels. These labels can be printed in the Label and Litho factory using digital or conventional printing presses, using a variety of different stock. An issue we sometimes encounter with labelling is bubbling – which will occur when […]

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September 16, 2015

Judging a beer by its label

Good beers and good books have more in common than you’d think: they’re great to crack open, they make you happy, and we’re not supposed to judge them by their covers… rather, labels… Whatever it is that we’re consuming, whether it’s that new Murakami, a state of the art bahn mi, or the latest and […]

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June 7, 2015

Label and Litho at PrintEx 2015

PrintEx is a showcase of over 8,000 printing and packaging industry professionals, and was this year held in Sydney. The expo is an opportunity for industry experts to highlight new ideas, information, tools and machinery, to help advance the printing world. Label and Litho directors Hamish Kincaid and Angus Kincaid travelled to PrintEx15 to check […]

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This year’s Pride in Print Awards were held at Wellington’s TSB Arena, hosted by Jeremy Corbett and Ali Mau. The annual event is a chance for the country’s label, print and packaging experts to showcase label innovation and advances in printing technologies.   Category winners came from a broad range of printers and print solutions, […]

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Label and Litho Director Angus Kincaid recently attended the AUSPACK 2015 Exhibition in Melbourne where he spent two days scouring the exhibitors’ stands for innovative packaging and processing solutions. AUSPACK is the largest biennial packaging and processing machinery and materials exhibition in Australia and attracts exhibitors from across Australasia. We see the packaging world evolving […]

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Label and Litho recently sponsored the Sustainability Award at the 14th annual Natural Products New Zealand Summit in Rotorua. The Summit attracted natural product makers from across New Zealand, including the likes of Go Healthy, Good Health and Oxygen Skincare. Natural Products New Zealand aim to represent New Zealand based manufacturers invested in producing natural […]

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With the rise in craft beer brands over the past couple of years we’ve seen certain trends start to emerge, particularly when it comes to beer labelling practices. With over 100 craft beer brands now on the New Zealand market, and craft beer making up only 2% of the domestic beer market, having a beer […]

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Label & Litho have become known for our quality and technology. But we’re also fast becoming known for the creative, quirky labels that come from our Wellington factory. Our clients come to us with all sorts of interesting ideas for labels – and we love the challenge of turning these ideas into a reality. A […]

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