Wrap-Around Cable Labels · Industrial & security
The label protects itself by wrapping over its own print
The short answer: a cable label is cut in two parts — a printed panel and a clear tail. Wrap it round the cable and the transparent part seals over the text, which is then protected by the label itself. No lamination to peel, no print to rub off, and it stays readable for the life of the installation. From £181 per 100.
Any shape within this size — rectangle, round, oval or custom die-cut.
VAT invoice · card or bank transfer · proof before production · ±5 % quantity tolerance
- Printing
- 3 options
- Protection
- 3 options
- Adhesives
- 3
- Sizes
- 71 formats
- Smallest
- 15 × 10 mm
- Largest
- 300 × 350 mm
- Quantities
- 100 → 10 000, more quoted
- Variable data
- available
Printed from £181 per 100. Production 2 to 10 working days after proof approval.
Why not an ordinary label
A cable is the worst surface in the building
It is narrow, round, flexible and often dusty, and it gets pulled through ducts. A rectangular label wrapped round it has a leading edge that catches on everything, and printed text on the outside is rubbed away within a year of handling.
The wrap-around solves both: the clear tail covers the printed panel, so nothing catches and nothing rubs. It is the standard marker in network installations, control panels and anywhere a circuit has to be identifiable in five years without an inventory list.
- Material
- clear polyester film
- Principle
- printed panel + clear tail
- Protection
- the label wraps over its own print
- Printing
- one colour, or full colour
- Adhesive
- permanent
- Numbering
- in the run, from 100
- From
- £181 / 100
Getting the die right
Three measurements decide the shape
The cable diameter
It sets the length of the clear tail: enough to go round at least once and overlap itself. Send the diameter and we size it.
What has to be readable
A port number needs little; a circuit reference with a date needs a panel two or three times larger. Design the panel around the longest text.
How it will be applied
By hand on an installed cable, or on the bench before pulling? A bench job tolerates a longer tail; an in-situ job needs a shape you can wrap with one hand.
Send the cable diameter and a sample of the text with your request — we draw the die and show it on the proof before anything is cut.
Price by quantity
What a run actually costs
Up to 55 × 70 mm, one colour of your choice, gloss lamination — die, setup and printing included.
| Quantity | Run price | Per label |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | £199 | £1.99 |
| 200 | £210 | £1.05 |
| 300 | £219 | £0.73 |
| 500 | £232 | £0.46 |
| 1 000 | £279 | £0.28 |
| 1 500 | £317 | £0.21 |
| 2 000 | £364 | £0.18 |
| 3 000 | £443 | £0.15 |
| 5 000 | £623 | £0.13 |
| 10 000 | £1 071 | £0.11 |
Excluding VAT and delivery. Other sizes, finishes and quantities are priced in the configurator above.
Where it is used
Products that take this material
FAQ
Cable markers — what installers ask us
How does a self-laminating label work?
The label has two zones: an opaque printed panel and a clear tail. You stick the panel to the cable and continue wrapping; the transparent tail passes over the printed area and seals it. The print ends up sandwiched between the film and itself — protected from abrasion, dust and handling.
What do you need from me to make the die?
The cable diameter and the text that has to fit. From those two we size the panel and the tail so the label wraps at least once and overlaps itself, and we show the shape on the proof before cutting.
One colour or full colour?
One colour at £181 per 100 covers almost every installation job — black on clear is the most legible. Full colour at £259 makes sense only for colour-coded systems where the colour carries information.
Can each label carry a different number?
Yes, and it is the usual case: port numbers, circuit references and barcodes printed label by label in the run, from 100. See numbered labels.
Will it survive in a duct or outdoors?
The polyester film and the self-lamination handle dust, friction and cleaning well. For long outdoor exposure or high temperature, tell us — a polyimide or a laminated industrial film may be the better specification.
Still readable when someone opens the panel in ten years.
Self-laminating clear polyester, from £181 per 100.