Label Printing & Label Printers on the Central Coast

Digital Label Services works from 7A Melissa St, Green Point, on the south-eastern Central Coast between Erina and Kincumber. From that one premises we supply printed labels, colour label printers, commercial presses, label stock and genuine consumables to manufacturers, food producers, distillers, brewers, distributors and retailers across the region. Everything ships or is delivered from here.

The label printing Central Coast businesses ask us for covers a wide spread of work: allergen-compliant food labels for the Berkeley Vale and Lisarow manufacturers, cellar-door and craft beverage labels at Erina and Kincumber, barcode and shipping labels through the Somersby and North Wyong estates, and asset and rack labels for the industrial units off Manns Road at West Gosford.

Where on the Central Coast are you actually based?

Our premises is at 7A Melissa St, Green Point NSW 2251, between Erina and Kincumber where Avoca Drive runs down towards Brisbane Water. Green Point has no industrial estate of its own. The region’s industrial land sits at West Gosford and Somersby, and we deliver to both.

Driving times from here are short by regional standards. Erina is around 5.5 km, roughly six minutes along Avoca Drive. Gosford is about 8 km, West Gosford around 11 km, Somersby approximately 20 km, Tuggerah about 26 km and Wyong around 30 km. There is more about Digital Label Services and the 30-plus years of packaging industry experience behind it.

What do you supply besides the labels themselves?

The business was established because customers could not find competitively priced digital inkjet label stock and printer support in one place. That still shapes the range. We supply printed product labels in low, medium and high volumes, digital label printing for short runs and versioned artwork, and barcode label printing for retail, warehouse and despatch use.

For businesses printing in-house we supply colour label printers and commercial label presses, overprinting systems, label applicators and packaging equipment, plus genuine consumables and label stock and label printer repairs and service. Equipment selection advice, installation, training and technical support come with the equipment rather than as an afterthought.

The label printing Central Coast manufacturers ask us for most often:

• Product and packaging labels for food, beverage, cosmetic and chemical manufacturers
• Barcode, carton and pallet labels for warehousing and despatch
• Asset, rack, bin and shelf labels for industrial units and distribution centres
• Short-run and versioned labels where artwork or batch data changes between runs
• Genuine inks, ribbons, printheads and label stock for QuickLabel, Epson ColorWorks and TrojanLabel
• On-site installation, operator training, servicing and technical support

Which Central Coast industries buy the most labels?

Manufacturing added $1,270.8 million to the Central Coast economy in 2022/23, 8.6 per cent of total value added and the region’s third-largest sector. Food and beverage output on the Coast is around $1.4 billion, and the NSW Government lists food manufacturing first among the region’s priority sectors. That is why food label printing is our busiest category.

The producer list is dense. Mars Food and Sanitarium manufacture at Berkeley Vale, Sara Lee has baked at Lisarow since its bakehouse opened on 8 June 1971, Little Creek Cheese works out of Wyong and Herbie’s Spices packs at Charmhaven. The Factory at Gosford is described by Visit NSW as the biggest nougat producer in Australia.

Craft beverage is the second cluster, and much of it is on our doorstep. Six String Brewing Co. is at 90 The Entrance Road, Erina, and Distillery Botanica at 25 Portsmouth Road, both around six minutes away, with Block ‘N Tackle Brewery at Kincumber, Bay Rd Brewing at Gosford and Firescreek Botanical Winery at Holgate. That work runs through our wine and beverage labels service.

What does a compliant Central Coast food label have to carry?

Standard 1.2.1 of the Food Standards Code sets the required label information at s1.2.1-8: the name of the food, lot identification, the supplier’s name and address, advisory or warning statements, the ingredient statement, date marking, storage and directions for use, nutrition information and country of origin. Legibility is covered at s1.2.1-24, with a tighter rule for warning statements at s1.2.1-25.

Allergens must be declared in bold in the ingredient list and again in a bolded summary statement beginning with Contains. Tree nuts and molluscs are declared individually, and added sulphites at 10 mg/kg or more. Plain English Allergen Labelling became mandatory on 25 February 2024, so casein and whey are declared as Milk and semolina as Wheat. FSANZ allergen labelling has the detail.

Label materials, adhesives, inks and finishes should be selected according to the intended application and relevant Australian requirements. Discuss specific technical or regulatory requirements with Digital Label Services before production.

How are labels for wine, beer and spirits different?

Alcohol labels carry obligations that food labels do not. Under Standard 2.7.1 a standard drink is 10 grams of ethanol at 20 degrees Celsius, a standard drinks statement is required above 0.5 per cent alcohol by volume, and a pregnancy warning above 1.15 per cent. For containers over 200 mL and up to 800 mL the pictogram is 6 mm, signal words 2.1 mm and the statement 1.6 mm, rising to 9 mm, 2.8 mm and 2.1 mm above 800 mL.

Wine Australia’s labelling guide adds the wine-specific rules. Standard drinks are volume in litres multiplied by percentage alcohol multiplied by 0.789, so a 750 mL bottle at 14 per cent carries 8.3 standard drinks. The supplier’s Australian street address must appear, because a PO Box is not acceptable.

Where do you deliver across the region?

West Gosford is the Coast’s industrial heartland and our most frequent run. Its commercial and industrial streets include Manns Road, Jusfrute Drive, Nells Road, Enterprise Close, Stockyard Place, Comserv Close, Tathra Street and Young Street, holding everything from single-bay strata units to large standalone warehouses.

Somersby is the Coast’s premier M1-adjacent industrial estate, named by Invest Regional NSW as a major employment hub alongside the Wyong Employment Zone and Bushells Ridge. We deliver to Wisemans Ferry Road, Gindurra Road, Pile Road, Triennium Road, Chivers Road and Sailfind Place, roughly 22 minutes from Green Point.

In the north, Tuggerah Business Park sits on Reliance Drive at the corner of Wyong Road, with Gavenlock Road and Pioneer Avenue alongside. The North Wyong Industrial and Enterprise Precinct is recognisable by its European street names, including Amsterdam Circuit, Brussels Road, London Drive and Naples Place, with Donaldson Street named in Central Coast Council’s development control plan as a main thoroughfare. On the Peninsula, Woy Woy’s industrial units are concentrated on Charlton Street.

When does it make sense to print your own labels?

Printing in-house suits short batches, frequent artwork changes, variable data such as batch and date codes, and long tails of low-volume SKUs. We supply QuickLabel from the entry-level QL-E100 through the QL-120X, advertised with a two-year warranty, and the QL-300. Epson ColorWorks covers the C6010 and TM-C6510, and TrojanLabel the T2-C, T3-OPX and T4, with the T3-OPX and T4 listed price on application.

Most businesses end up doing both: outsourced runs for settled, high-volume lines and an in-house printer for everything that changes. Supplying both the label printing Central Coast businesses outsource and the equipment they run themselves means the advice is not steered by having only one thing to sell. As the company puts it, “We thrive on challenges! Bring us a problem & we will deliver a solution.”

Can you visit the Green Point premises?

Yes. We are open 8:30am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday, and you are welcome to bring artwork, a substrate sample or a problem label in and look at printers and label stock in person. Navigate by Green Point Shopping Village at the corner of Avoca Drive and Sun Valley Road. Full directions to our Green Point premises will get you to the door.

For most customers it works the other way around. Labels, stock and consumables are delivered, and our technicians travel to site for installation, operator training and servicing. Call 0431 942 464 or email info@digitallabelservices.com.au to arrange a delivery, a service visit or a product demonstration.

Which printed label volume tier suits your run?

Printed labels are quoted in three volume tiers, and the right one depends less on budget than on how settled your artwork is.

The 7 working day figure applies to medium volume production. Confirm timing for your job before committing to a launch or despatch date.

Frequently asked questions

Label printing across the Central Coast

• label printing Gosford
• label printing Erina
• label printing West Gosford
• label printing Somersby
• label printing Tuggerah
• label printing Woy Woy
• label printing Wyong

Areas we also serve

• label printing Sydney
• label printing Newcastle
• label printing Wollongong

References and further reading

• Allergen labelling for consumers — FSANZ. the bolded Contains statement and the 10 mg/kg sulphite threshold
• Food Standards Code Standard 2.7.1 — Federal Register of Legislation. standard drinks, pregnancy warning thresholds and mark sizes
• Central Coast — Invest Regional NSW. priority sectors and the named Central Coast employment hubs
• Central Coast value add by industry — economy.id. manufacturing value added of $1,270.8 million in 2022/23