Industrial & security labels
Two families, one requirement: it must not come off
The short answer: industrial films stay put for the life of the equipment — polyester and aluminium with reinforced 3M adhesives, from £181 per 100. Security films do the opposite on purpose: they destroy themselves when lifted, from £139. Both carry serial numbers printed in the run.
Industrial
Films that outlive the paperwork
Aluminium polyester
Brushed, matt, bright or gold. One colour on metal — serial number, CE marking, voltage, date. The look of a manufacturer's plate without the tooling.
from £181 / 100
White & clear polyester
The everyday industrial label: laminated, reinforced adhesive, printed in one colour or in full colour when a logo has to be exact.
from £181 / 100
Heavy-duty polyethylene
Thicker and more flexible, with a reinforced adhesive, for drums, jerricans and moulded housings that a rigid film would peel off.
from £213 / 10034 sizes, from 15 × 20 mm — the smallest die in our catalogue, for component and cable marking — up to 100 × 105 mm. Permanent, reinforced or reinforced 3M adhesive.
Security
Films designed to fail when touched
VOID polyester
Lift it and VOID stays printed on the object. White, red, transparent, and a 3M grade for the hardest cases.
from £244 / 100
Destructible films
Acetate and 3M polyurethane: the label fragments rather than peels, so a seal can never be moved to another product. The most affordable real deterrent.
from £139 / 100
Holographic polyester
Diffraction a scanner and a photocopier cannot reproduce — for when the risk is a counterfeit label rather than a reopened box.
from £256 / 10022 sizes from 35 × 30 mm to 95 × 105 mm. Permanent adhesive only — a security label that came off cleanly would not be one.
Worth knowing before you plan
Security material does not get cheap in volume
Most label ranges reward quantity heavily: the die and the setup are paid once and the rest is paper. Security films behave differently, because the film itself is the expensive part. On VOID polyester a run goes from £252 at 100 labels to £481 at 3 000 — the price per label still falls from £2.52 to £0.16, but the curve flattens where a paper label would keep dropping.
Two practical consequences: ordering a small run is far less penalising here than elsewhere, and pre-buying five years of seals to « get the price down » rarely pays for itself.
- Material
- Brushed aluminium polyester
- Size
- 75 × 50 mm
- Printing
- One colour
- Adhesive
- Reinforced 3M
- Variable data
- Serial + Code 128
- Quantity
- 300 labels
- Production
- 2 to 10 working days
An example of a real order. Quantities are not capped — we print from a hundred pieces to several million.
Specification
What you choose when you order
| Choice | Options | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Printing | One colour of your choice · full colour | One colour is the norm here, and much cheaper |
| Protection | Gloss lamination · none | Lamination is what survives abrasion and UV |
| Adhesive | Permanent · reinforced · reinforced 3M | 3M for powder coating, plastics and cold metal |
| Variable data | Serial numbers · barcodes · unique QR | Available on both halves of this range |
| Sizes | 15 × 20 mm → 100 × 105 mm industrial | Security films: 35 × 30 to 95 × 105 mm |
| Quantities | 100 to 10 000 online, more on quotation | Any die-cut shape at no extra cost |
Production runs 2 to 10 working days once the proof is approved, then delivery across Europe and the UK.
Price by quantity
Two curves, side by side
Both at 55 × 70 mm: a destructible 3M seal printed in one colour, and a full-colour VOID polyester. The seal is the cheapest way in at 100; the VOID film costs more but keeps the message on the object.
| Quantity | Destructible 3M | Per label | VOID polyester | Per label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | £141 | £1.41 | £252 | £2.52 |
| 500 | £258 | £0.51 | £281 | £0.56 |
| 1 000 | £408 | £0.41 | £326 | £0.33 |
| 2 000 | £689 | £0.34 | £406 | £0.21 |
| 3 000 | £954 | £0.32 | £481 | £0.16 |
Excluding VAT and delivery. Note the crossover: between 500 and 1,000 labels the VOID film becomes the cheaper of the two per unit, because the 3M destructible material is priced by the square metre. The quote tool compares your exact size. Above 10 000 labels, quantities are quoted at volume rates — up to millions.
FAQ
Industrial & security — what customers ask us
What is a reinforced 3M adhesive for?
Surfaces that a normal adhesive only half touches: powder-coated metal, moulded plastic housings, textured casings, cold or slightly oily parts. A reinforced adhesive grabs on contact and keeps building strength over the following day, which is what stops a label lifting at the corners in service.
Why does one colour cost less than full colour here?
Because most industrial and security labels do not need photographs. A single colour on aluminium polyester starts at £181 per 100 and a destructible seal at £139, while the same materials in full colour start higher. Rating plates, warning labels and warranty seals are typographic objects — one colour is usually both cheaper and more legible.
Do security labels get much cheaper in volume?
Less than other ranges, and it is worth knowing before you plan. On VOID polyester the run price goes from £252 at 100 labels to £481 at 3 000 — the price per label falls from £2.52 to £0.16, but the material itself is expensive, so the curve flattens where a paper label would keep falling.
Can industrial and security labels be numbered?
Yes — both halves of this range carry variable data. Serial numbers, barcodes and unique QR codes are printed label by label in the same run, from 100 labels, which is what turns a rating plate into a traceable unit and a seal into an auditable one.
How small can these labels be cut?
Industrial films go down to 15 × 20 mm — the smallest standard die in the catalogue, for component and cable marking. Security films start at 35 × 30 mm and run to 95 × 105 mm; industrial films go up to 100 × 105 mm.
In this range
Every product under Industrial & security
Stay for twenty years, or fail on purpose.
Reinforced 3M films and tamper-evident stocks — from 100 labels.