Label Design

What Label Design does

Label Design Ltd. is a privately held Canadian pressure-sensitive label manufacturer founded in 1990 by Frank Oudesluys, a former CCL and Avery Dennison executive, and headquartered at 310 Southgate Drive, Guelph, Ontario. The company operates a single SQF Food Certified production facility and produces custom pressure-sensitive labels across six product verticals: food, household and apparel, industrial, automotive, health and personal care, and specialty (including extended-content/Lift & Look labels). Its print platform supports up to 10 colors using UV curable or water-based inks, with photo vision quality control deployed both on-press and on converting equipment to verify every label. Distribution is direct and domestic, primarily within Ontario and across Canada, accessed via the corporate website, a toll-free line (1-888-488-9930), and a request-a-quote workflow.

The business model is project-based custom manufacturing sold directly to enterprise and mid-market customers, with pricing established per quote rather than through published rates. The company generates revenue primarily through one-off label orders tied to specific customer SKUs and applications, complemented by sustainability-related services such as liner waste recycling and supplier-integrated sustainable material advisory. Its competitive positioning rests on SQF food-safety certification, three decades of facestock and adhesive expertise, and an experienced leadership bench led by General Manager Manuel Garces (M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Queen's University) and an internally promoted Plant Manager. There is no parent company, no institutional funding, and no disclosed revenue or financial scale, consistent with a privately held small-to-mid-market regional manufacturer.

Name

Label Design

Legal name

Label Design Ltd.

Website

https://labeldesign.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Label Design Ltd. is a privately held Canadian manufacturer of custom pressure-sensitive labels, founded in 1990 in Guelph, Ontario, and serving food, industrial, automotive, health/personal care, and household customers across Canada via its SQF-certified production facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pressure Sensitive Label Manufacturing

NAICS

Packaging and Labeling Services (561910)

akta.pro primary industry

Pressure-Sensitive Labels (PSL) (IMALAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialty & Functional Labels (Linerless, RFID/NFC, Braille, Smart) (IMALAKAK), Decoration & Branding Services (Printing, Hot Stamping, Metallization, Labeling) (IMALAJAN), Pharmaceutical Labels & Patient Information Packaging (Labels, IFUs, Booklets) (IMALAIAK)

Keywords

• Pressure sensitive labels
• Custom label manufacturing
• Food certified labels
• Industrial label printing
• Extended content labels

Headquarters

HQ city

Guelph

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Pressure Sensitive Label Manufacturing: Custom manufacturing of pressure sensitive labels for various industries including food, household, industrial, automotive, and health & personal care. Labels are sold primarily in Ontario and throughout Canada.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Label Design is a custom manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labels, printing up to 10 colors using UV curable or water-based inks on state-of-the-art presses. The company produces labels for food, household & apparel, industrial, automotive, health & personal care, and specialty (extended content) applications from its SQF Food Certified Guelph, Ontario facility, with photo vision quality control systems on press and converting equipment.

Product overview

Label Design is a pressure sensitive label manufacturing company offering a unified portfolio of label products across multiple industry verticals. Their core offering is pressure sensitive labels, supplemented by specialized product lines including Household & Apparel Labels, Industrial Labels, Food Labels (SQF-certified), Automotive Labels, Health & Personal Care Labels, and Specialty/Extended Content Labels. The company provides in-house expertise in material selection, printing technology (up to 10 colors using UV curable or water based inks), and converting capabilities, supported by photo vision quality control systems both on press and converting equipment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pressure Sensitive Labels Custom-manufactured pressure-sensitive labels that adhere to surfaces without heat, water, or solvents, used across multiple industry verticals including food, automotive, industrial, health, and personal care applications.
• Household & Apparel Labels Labels designed for household containers and apparel/garment items, featuring a wide variety of die shapes and substrates to fit diverse containers and withstand adverse conditions such as chemicals and abrasion; includes apparel strip and round-shaped size stickers for clothing.
• Industrial Labels Labels for fasteners, filters, tools, mechanical parts, and drum warning labels, engineered to adhere to multiple surfaces under challenging conditions with proper material selection and adhesive chemistry for item tracking and optimal adhesion.
• Food Labels High-end, food certified labels with excellent consumer appeal using high quality papers and films combined with carefully selected adhesive technology, printed on state-of-the-art equipment in an SQF-certified production facility.
• Automotive Labels Labels for automotive warehouse and manufacturing facility component tracking, designed to be durable and adhere long-term in the presence of grease and other tough environmental and industrial conditions.
• Health & Personal Care Labels Labels for health and personal care items such as shampoos, lotions, and hand sanitizers, featuring high-end shelf appeal and special traceability with specific printing requirements for point-of-purchase sales.
• Specialty Labels (Extended Content / Lift & Look Labels) Promotional and extended content labels including Lift & Look labels that double or triple usable label space, providing consumers with additional product information and helping to increase sales.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Sticker Mule: Sticker Mule is a digitally-native label and sticker printer with a self-serve e-commerce platform. Comparable as a competing pressure-sensitive label supplier where Label Design's traditional quote-based model is being disrupted — represents the digital transformation competitive threat to manual label converters.

Direct peers

• Multi-Color Corporation: Multi-Color Corporation is a major global pressure-sensitive label converter serving CPG, food, beverage, H&PC and industrial customers. Directly comparable as a peer of the same product category (premium decorative pressure-sensitive labels) serving similar end-market verticals; though recently taken private, it remains the closest mid-to-large-scale analog to Label Design.
• AWT Labels & Packaging: AWT Labels & Packaging is a US-based pressure-sensitive label converter serving CPG, food, H&PC and industrial markets. Comparable as a mid-market PSL converter with similar multi-vertical customer mix and premium-printing focus.
• Fortis Solutions Group: Fortis Solutions Group is a North American pressure-sensitive label and flexible packaging converter serving CPG, food, beverage and industrial markets. Comparable as a multi-vertical mid-market label converter competing for the same brand-owner RFPs that Label Design targets in Canada.
• Resource Label Group: Resource Label Group is a North American pressure-sensitive label converter serving food, beverage, H&PC and industrial customers. Directly comparable as a multi-vertical premium PSL converter with similar end-customer mix and vertical specialization.
• Brook & Whittle: Brook & Whittle is a North American manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labels, shrink sleeves and flexible packaging for premium consumer brands. Comparable as a similarly positioned specialty PSL converter serving food/beverage/H&PC with extended-content and decorative labels.
• Century Label: Century Label is a US-based pressure-sensitive label manufacturer serving food, beverage and industrial customers. Comparable as a mid-market PSL converter with a similar heritage (multi-decade operations) and SQF-quality positioning competing for the same regional CPG accounts.

Broad incumbents

• Avery Dennison: Avery Dennison is the leading global supplier of pressure-sensitive label materials and a major converter. Directly comparable as Label Design's founder spent years at Avery Dennison before founding the company, and its core product line (pressure-sensitive labels for food, H&PC, industrial, automotive) overlaps Avery's specialty label convertor business.
• CCL Industries: CCL Industries (formerly CCL Label) is the world's largest pressure-sensitive label converter with global operations. Directly comparable because Label Design's founder previously worked at CCL and the company's core product — pressure-sensitive labels — is the same specialization that CCL dominates.

Regional players

• Collotype Labels: Collotype Labels is an Australian-headquartered premium pressure-sensitive label converter. Comparable as a heritage PSL converter focused on wine, food and consumer goods; serves as a useful international analog for Label Design's specialty/extended-content label positioning although geographically non-overlapping.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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