Whether you’re new to ordering labelling solutions or simply new to the Kingfisher name, you may have questions about our production process. How do we operate? Which services do we provide? In short, how do we show up for a customer, from early ideation through to final product delivery?
At Kingfisher Labels, the shape of your collaboration with us depends on you. Every company has a different target market, distinct professional goals, and specific Unique Selling Points (USPs) to rely on. This affects everything from the practical (e.g., the required scale and frequency of a print run) to the creative (e.g., the level of support needed with design and ideation).
We account for these changing requirements at every stage of our production process—which, in its fullest form, is as follows…
Consultation
During initial conversations, we work to define a customer’s label requirements and confirm whether or not we’d be a good fit as a production partner. We also explore how fleshed out your existing ideas are and how our partnership should look. For instance, will we be given a pre-existing label design to work with, or will we collaborate to create the final version? How much input do you want or need?
Design and Preparation
Here, we finalise your design and prepare your labels for printing (or, potentially, just the latter). We ensure that your design is producible with our available label printing technology and methods. And, if necessary, we provide you with technical advice and brainstorm innovative solutions that address specific issues. Essentially, we work as hard as possible to bring your ideal labels to life.
Creation
Once we’re in the creation phase, we leverage our label production techniques, experienced staff and top-of-the-line machinery to actually produce your labels. Our versatile range of in-house technology enables a high level of flexibility at this point. Long runs can be sorted rapidly, just like short runs. Short runs can be completed with maximum efficiency, just like long runs.
Application
Though some prefer to receive their self-adhesive labels in unapplied form, this is the stage at which many choose to benefit from our professional label application services. Whether your product is a beer bottle or a box for a pharmaceutical product, the Kingfisher team is practised in fast, precise application.
Delivery
We conclude our journey with our reliable fulfilment service. Our deliveries ensure your labels and/or labelled products arrive where they need to on time, every time. We liaise in advance about any deadlines or must-meet dates, and we have ample experience with time-sensitive labelling, such as day-dot food and hospitality labels.
Making a Mark Beyond the Production Process
The stages above, the things we do for you, are our bread and butter. But they’re not the entire picture. Beyond the production process, we’re a close-knit team that looks out for one another wherever possible.
And we’re early adopters who pay attention to what’s on the horizon in terms of labelling tech and the shape of our industry.
And we’re a company with strong connections to our local community, regularly committing ourselves to giving back to worthy causes.
For instance, we’ve recently doubled down on our fundraising efforts for the Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity. We hosted a cake sale—as pictured—that raised over £160, and our Operations Manager Matt Smith’s head was shaved by the Downend Flyers Kites U11s Girls Football Club, raising over £100.
Get in touch if you’d like to work with a self-adhesive labelling company that’s willing to go the extra mile—whether for charity or a customer’s unique vision.