Customark

What Customark does

Customark Ltd is a privately held UK industrial labelling and graphics manufacturer operating from a single facility in Lye, Stourbridge (West Midlands), with 51-100 employees and a history dating to at least 1968. The company designs and manufactures custom labels and graphics for industrial, retail, medical, aerospace/defence, logistics, and food/beverage/cosmetics customers, offering blank and printed roll labels, graphic overlays, membrane keypads, resin domed labels, and a broad technical labelling range (asset, barcode, safety, nameplates, gaskets, in-mould decoration).

Its core technology is a multi-process in-house manufacturing stack: pad printing, UV flatbed digital, screen printing, rotary flexo, digital and laser flat-bed cutting, laser engraving, resin doming, hot foil, wide format digital, and reel-to-reel digital printing. The company also resells thermal label printers and scanners from Zebra, SATO, Toshiba, and Epson, and is an authorised Loftware partner offering Loftware Cloud, NiceLabel Designer Pro, Powerforms Suite, and enterprise LMS label management software, supported by technical service contracts.

The business model is custom, quote-based manufacturing sold via a direct sales-led motion (phone, email, 'Get a Quote' and 'Book a Call' website CTAs), with one-time project revenue from custom label production, hardware resale of OEM printers and scanners, consumables (ribbons, cartridges, self-adhesive labels), and a smaller recurring layer from label bureau services and hardware service contracts. Pricing is fully bespoke, geographic reach is domestic/UK, and the company holds ISO 9001, UL, Sedex, and Made in Britain certifications that qualify it for regulated industrial supply chains.

Name

Customark

Legal name

Customark Ltd

Website

https://customark-limited.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Customark is a UK-based industrial labelling and graphics manufacturer producing custom labels, graphic overlays, membrane keypads, and resin domed products, while reselling Loftware software and major-OEM thermal printers, primarily for UK industrial, retail, medical, and aerospace customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Labelling Manufacturing

NAICS

Printing and Related Support Activities (3231), Printing (32311), Packaging and Labeling Services (56191)

SIC

Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

Folding Cartons & Paperboard Packaging Converting (IMAMAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialty & Functional Labels (Linerless, RFID/NFC, Braille, Smart) (IMALAKAK), Decoration & Branding Services (Printing, Hot Stamping, Metallization, Labeling) (IMALAJAN), Label Stock, Inks, Coatings & Laminates (Materials Supply) (IMALAKAL)

Keywords

• Industrial label manufacturing
• Graphic overlay production
• Membrane keypad manufacturing
• Resin domed labels
• Technical labelling solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Lye

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Industrial Labelling Products: Manufacturing and supplying custom industrial labels including blank and printed roll labels, graphic overlays, membrane keypads, resin domed labels, technical labels, and safety/warning labels. Products are sold as custom-manufactured items with pricing based on specifications, materials, and quantities.
2. Label Printing Hardware & Software: Supplying thermal label printers and scanners from partner manufacturers (Loftware, SATO, Toshiba, Zebra, Epson) along with consumables including self-adhesive labels and thermal printer ribbons. Hardware and consumables are sold as one-time purchases.
3. Technical Support & Service: Ongoing technical support, maintenance packages, and after-sales service for label printing hardware. Service contracts available offering from 3-day to same-day service and repair.
4. POS & Promotional Labelling: Point-of-sale and promotional products including floor stickers, promotional labels, shelf wobblers, branded merchandise, custom signage, and window stickers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Customark manufactures and supplies custom industrial labels and graphics products — including blank and printed roll labels, graphic overlays, membrane keypads, resin domed labels, technical labels (barcode, asset, nameplate, safety, gasket/integrity), and POS/promotional labelling — built to customer specifications using multiple in-house printing and finishing technologies. The company also distributes label management software (Loftware/NiceLabel) and thermal label printers and scanners from SATO, Toshiba, Zebra, and Epson, paired with consumables and technical support services.

Product overview

Customark is a UK-based manufacturer and supplier of industrial labelling and graphics products, operating as a single unified product portfolio with multiple product categories. The core offerings include Blank & Printed Roll Labels, Graphic Overlays, Industrial Branding (Direct Printing), Membrane Keypads, Resin Domed Labels, and Technical Labelling. Supporting these are Label Printing Hardware & Software Solutions (including Label Software & Solutions via Loftware partnership, Printers/Scanners from Epson/SATO/Toshiba/Zebra, and Technical Support & Service), and POS & Promo Labelling (Floor Stickers, Promotional Labels, Shelf Wobblers & Shelf Edge). The company also manufactures various sub-products including Packaging Labels, Component Test Labels, Asset Labels, Barcode Labels, Nameplates, Gaskets & Insulators, Safety & Warning Labels, and In-Mould Decoration. Customark operates manufacturing processes including Pad Printing, Screen Printing, UV Flatbed Digital Printing, Laser Engraving, Resin Doming, and Label Bureau Printing services. The product portfolio serves industrial, medical, electronics, aerospace, automotive, and retail sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Blank & Printed Roll Labels Self-adhesive roll labels produced in thermal paper, polyester, and vinyl materials with options for custom adhesion types, finishes, and reeling specifications, intended for manufacturers' in-house overprinting.
• Graphic Overlays

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• LoftwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationCustomark is an authorised business partner of Loftware, global leaders in labelling software. The partnership enables Customark to help businesses of all sizes manage and streamline their labelling processes with cloud and on-premise label management solutions including Loftware Cloud, NiceLabel Designer Pro, and enterprise LMS solutions.
• EpsoncoreTechnology or IntegrationCommercial partner supplying Epson label printers and related hardware. Customark provides ongoing technical support, maintenance, and supplies genuine Epson ink cartridges and maintenance boxes.
• SATOcoreTechnology or IntegrationCommercial partner supplying SATO thermal label printers. Customark offers these printers along with technical support and maintenance services.
• ToshibacoreTechnology or IntegrationCommercial partner supplying Toshiba thermal label printers. Customark provides these printers and associated technical support services.
• ZebracoreTechnology or IntegrationCommercial partner supplying Zebra thermal label printers and scanners. Customark offers these solutions along with comprehensive technical support and maintenance.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Resource Label Group: Multi-site North American label converter offering custom industrial, prime, variable-impression labels and technical labelling solutions - a direct functional peer to Customark's custom industrial labelling offering for manufacturing and regulated end-users.
• Brady Corporation: Global manufacturer of industrial identification products including durable labels, nameplates, asset tags and safety signage. Brady's product breadth and industrial end-market focus closely mirror Customark's industrial labelling and technical labelling portfolio.
• Royston Labels: UK-based specialist label converter producing premium self-adhesive labels, including industrial, security and specialty labels for UK and European customers - a close direct competitor to Customark in the domestic industrial labelling market.
• Industrial Labels Ltd: UK-based industrial label specialist offering durable labels, asset tags, nameplates and barcode labels - a close direct competitor to Customark's technical labelling, asset labels and nameplate product lines for the UK industrial market.
• Label Apeel: UK-based label converter specialising in premium self-adhesive labels with multiple printing and finishing technologies. Closely comparable to Customark in scale, technology stack and customer segments in the UK market.

Broad incumbents

• Multi-Color Corporation: Global label solutions provider serving consumer and industrial end-markets. Overlaps with Customark in industrial labels and graphics production, particularly for premium branding applications, but at substantially larger scale.
• Coveris: European packaging and label manufacturer with strong industrial and consumer labelling operations. Competes with Customark in labels and in-mould decoration across food, beverage and personal care applications.
• Avery Dennison: Global pressure-sensitive label materials giant whose industrial-facing label solutions overlap heavily with Customark's roll labels, technical labels and graphic overlays, though at vastly greater scale and with vertically integrated materials supply.
• CCL Industries: World's largest label converter with healthcare, industrial and consumer labelling divisions. Overlaps with Customark across industrial labels, graphic overlays and technical labelling applications across multiple regulated end-markets.

Regional players

• Skanem: Northern European label and packaging group with industrial and consumer labels across Scandinavia and the UK. Comparable to Customark in product mix but with a different geographic centre of gravity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/customark
• Facebookfacebook.com/CUSTOMARK.LTD
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/customark-ltd

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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