Label Company Receives Boost From Director

Specialist security and short run label printer Mercian Labels has announced that a major shareholding has been bought by Hugo Gell, a main board director of the company.

Specialist security and short run label printer Mercian Labels has announced that a major shareholding has been bought by Hugo Gell, a main board director of the company.

Hugo Gell said: "The core competencies of Mercian Labels are right for today's marketplace.

The company is well positioned to compete in an increasingly demanding environment, catering for short runs and security labels in industry-beating response times and using a very wide variety of materials, adhesives and applications.

This investment underlines my commitment to the exciting future of an expanding, highly innovative company and its people." He added that a period of significant investment is now underway as the company develops its speciality in tamper evident security labelling.

Building on record performance in 2005, the company is one of the few UK labelling companies to successfully make the transition to a second generation management team in a highly competitive marketplace.

Mercian Labels managing director, Dr Adrian Steele, said: "I am delighted that this investment deal has been completed and we can look forward to an exciting future with Hugo on board the senior management team.

Our new product range of security labels are selling exceptionally well internationally and we just can not keep up with demand at times.

With this investment we are very well placed to develop the business further, creating more jobs and securing the future of the business." Established in 1969, Mercian Labels specialise in fast printing of small runs of custom printed self adhesive labels for UK businesses and it claims a growing market in high security seals for organisations worldwide.

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