Custom Hang Tag Printing · Farmingdale, NY
Custom hang tags add a dimension to your packaging that a label on the product cannot. We print them, die cut them and string them to your length in Farmingdale, then bag them in bulk so they arrive ready to apply.
Buyers spend their time on the artwork and then decide the string in the last five minutes. It is the wrong order. The string and the panel count are what make a hang tag work on the product, and both are easier to get right before the die is cut than after.
String
Natural fiber string reads as honest and unfussy. Satin ribbon reads premium. Elastic holds a tag on a shape that has no neck to tie to. Bakery twine belongs on food, mercerized cotton on apparel, and metallic lame or pearlray on a bottle that already carries foil. Length matters as much as material, and it is the one measurement nobody has on hand. Send us the product and we will work it out before anything runs.
Panels
Single side printing keeps the cost down when the tag is doing branding alone. Double side printing gives you a back to work with, and that back is where most brands put the thing that actually sells: usage instructions, sourcing, a care symbol set, or a coupon toward the next purchase. When two sides run out, a folding booklet tag opens to more panels without making the tag any bigger on the shelf.
Everything below runs in our own facility. If a spec you need is not on this list, ask, because the list of what we have made for other brands is longer than the list of what we advertise.
| Spec | What we run |
|---|---|
| Printing | Single side or double side. Four color process with the option to add extended gamut and specialty spot colors for an exact match. |
| Press | HP digital presses ranging from 13 to 30 inches wide, plus a UV inkjet press that makes longer runs more economical without giving up appearance. |
| Inks | Metallic ink, fluorescent ink and premium white in addition to standard process colors. |
| Shapes | Custom die cuts to any shape that accentuates the packaging design. Thousands of dies are already in house and a new one can be ordered for a specific dimension. |
| Construction | Flat tags, or folding booklet tags that open to multiple panels when one face is not enough room. |
| Strings | Natural fiber, satin ribbon, elastic, bakery twine, cords, mercerized cotton, metallic lame, pearlray, jute and colored cotton. |
| Finishing | Foil stamping in hundreds of colors including patterned, glitter, matte and gloss foils. Embossing and debossing. Kaleidoscope variable image for a distinct look on every tag. |
| Delivery | Bagged and delivered in bulk, precut and strung to your specified length, ready to apply. |
A hang tag is the only part of a package a shopper will pick up and turn over before they decide. That is worth understanding before you design one, because the categories below each ask something different of the tag.
Clothing hang tags carry the most freight of any tag format. Size, fiber content, care symbols, country of origin and price all have to sit on a piece of board a few inches across, and the brand story has to survive whatever is left. Apparel is also the category where the string is doing visible work, since the tag hangs in the open against the garment rather than sitting flat against a box. Mercerized cotton and natural fiber string are the usual answers, and elastic solves the sleeve or the shoe that has nothing to tie through. We stock a dozen string types and string every tag to the length you specify before it ships, so the part that gets decided last is the part we have already solved.
Bottleneck hang tags are the standard way to put a story on a bottle without crowding the label. Distillers use them for mash bills, barrel numbers and age statements. Specialty food producers use them for a recipe or a sourcing note on a bottle of oil or syrup. Because the tag sits over the closure, the die shape and the string length have to clear the neck and the capsule, which is why we size those from a physical sample rather than a drawing. Mail us the bottle and our team works out the die shape and the stringing length before anything runs.
Outside apparel and bottles, the tag is usually doing a job the package cannot. A coupon toward the next purchase printed on the back turns a one-time buyer into a repeat one. A variety pack gets a tag explaining what is inside it. Seasonal and limited runs get a tag rather than a new package because the tag is the cheapest thing on the product to change. Digital printing is what keeps that true here, because a short seasonal run costs the same per tag as the flagship and the price does not move when the artwork has twelve colors instead of four.
Prepress, printing, die cutting, stringing and bagging all happen at 24 Baiting Place Road. When a die needs a second look, the operator who cut it is down the hall from the person who proofed the file. Nothing gets brokered out and nothing waits on another shop.
Digital printing lets us hold color consistency run after run. Line variations and multiple color plates are a thing of the past, which means your designer can build something intricate without the price moving because of how many colors are in it.
Nobody knows their stringing length off the top of their head. Mail us a sample of the product and we will tell you what it needs, then cut and string to that number for every run afterward.
If the product inside already carries one of our labels, running the hang tag here keeps the color, the foil and the finish consistent across both. Brand continuity is easiest to guarantee when one facility makes the whole set.
It buys you space your product label does not have. Brands use it for additional imagery, for information that will not fit on the front of the package, and often just as branding that gives the product an air of elegance and a more premium feel. Some manufacturers print a coupon toward the next purchase on one side, which is a straightforward incentive for repeat buyers.
Yes. Single side and double side printing are both standard. If two faces still is not enough, a folding booklet tag opens to more panels while keeping the same footprint on the shelf.
Natural fiber string, satin ribbon, elastic string, bakery twine, cords, mercerized cotton string, metallic lame and pearlray, plus jute and colored cotton. We keep a broad array so the string can match the product rather than fight it.
Yes. Hang tags are bagged and delivered in bulk, precut and strung to your exact specifications so they are ready to apply when they reach you. If you are not sure what stringing length you need, send us a product for sizing and we will determine it.
Yes. Custom die cuts are one of the standard options, and tags can be specialty die cut to accentuate the rest of the packaging design. We hold thousands of dies in house, and for a shape or dimension we do not already have we will order a new die for the project.
Both. Foil stamping is available on hang tags in hundreds of foil colors including patterned, glitter, matte and gloss. Embossing and debossing are available as well, and so is Kaleidoscope variable image if you want each tag in the run to look distinct. Ask for a foil book to see the range.
Every hang tag on this page was printed, die cut and strung on our own equipment at 24 Baiting Place Road in Farmingdale, New York.
Tag size, string type and quantity gets you a price. Send a product and we will size the string for you.
