Contact:

Dale (DJ) Jacoby
Badger Tag & Label Corporation
920-994-4348
Fax 920-994-2040
e-mail: dj@badgertag.com

Badger-Tuff™ Combination Tag and Label
Allows Complete Versatility

Random Lake, WI -- Badger Tag & Label Corporation has developed a combination tag and label that uses their innovative Badger-Tuff stock. This allows companies the versatile uses of a separate tag and label but at a cost savings since it's one piece. The additional benefit of this tag/label is that it can be printed on using a thermal transfer method.

Badger began development of this tag/label when approached by one of their clients, Howard Precision Metals Inc. Howard needed a pressure-sensitive label to adhere directly to their finished products but also needed to run a steel band through a tag either on one end and attach it to products or through both ends and attach it to loads. Their cooperative efforts resulted in a tag/label combination that addressed all the issues and has proven successful in all applications.

Badger-Tuff, as a stock, exceeds the requirements of the most demanding applications. It is UV stabilized, waterproof and chemical resistant, withstands temperatures from 220° F to -70° F, and is puncture and tear resistant. Badger can print on the stock in up to four colors. The options to diecut, score and perforate and add glue to be self-adhesive as a label application make Badger-Tuff one of the most versatile stocks.

Howard, as part of the steel industry, is just one example of good applications for the Badger-Tuff tag/label combination. Diecasting, stamping, and metal fabrication are other industries that could use this type of tag/label. And, with a variety of features to specify including wiring, stringing/looping, lamination or self-lamination, reinforced holes, diecutting, scoring, perforation, and numbering, Badger is capable of developing custom tags and labels that address virtually any application.

"Badger welcomes the kind of challenge that Howard brought to us," says Dick Thiel, Vice President of Badger Tag & Label. "It's through businesses working together that new product developments take shape that can benefit other companies as well."

Badger Tag & Label Corporation has been producing custom tags and labels since 1935. Headquartered in Random Lake, Wisconsin, they serve clients throughout the nation. They work with both paper and synthetic stocks and deliver the finished pieces in rolls, sheets or fanfolded. With a variety of finishing options, Badger provides a custom piece from initial design through complete printed tags and labels.

For more information about the Badger-Tuff combination tag/label, including a free sample, call Badger Tag & Label at 1-800-331-4863, visit their web site at www.badgertag.com or e-mail: sales@badgertag.com

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