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Digital Label Services offers on-demand label printing for businesses in Wollongong and across Australia. We print short runs of 1 to 1,000 labels. Medium runs of 1,000+ need no printing plates: send us a PDF and those labels are delivered within 7 working days. Call 0431 942 464 for a quote.

Wollongong is around 154 km from our Green Point premises, roughly two hours by road. Digital Label Services plans for that distance with consolidated orders, freight for consumables and remote diagnosis before a technician travels. We supply printed labels, durable and safety labelling, label stock, colour label printers and genuine consumables.

Would you rather print on demand in your own unit? We also supply colour label printers from QuickLabel and Epson ColorWorks, and we install them, train your staff and service them.

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Port Kembla is the largest single concentration of heavy industry in Australia, and BlueScope’s integrated steel plant there produces around five million tonnes a year. Those are not usually the businesses that ring a label supplier. The ones that do sit in strata warehouses across the local government area, and our label printing Sydney run continues south to reach them.

As at July 2022 the Wollongong local government area held 2,445 hectares of industrial land across 42 precincts, about 85 per cent already in use. Council records strong demand for strata industrial warehousing from mechanics, hardware and building supplies businesses, depots, warehouses, distribution centres and fuel depots. That list is a fair description of who we supply here.

Who actually buys labels in Wollongong?

Small and medium operators in strata units, mostly. A mechanical workshop needs service and calibration labels, a building supplies business needs shelf, bin and product identification, a depot needs asset tags and rack labels, and a fuel depot needs hazard labelling that survives what it is stuck to.

The volumes are modest and the variety is wide, which is a different problem from a production line. Nobody in a strata unit wants a pallet of one label. Label printing in Wollongong is more often a hundred of this and fifty of that, printed on something that lasts.

Which GHS revision applies to a label printed today?

Revision 7. Safe Work Australia confirms that since 1 January 2023 GHS Revision 7 must be used to classify and label hazardous chemicals in Australia, replacing GHS 3 after a transition through 2021 and 2022. Chemicals manufactured or imported before that date may keep their GHS 3 labels and need not be relabelled, though the safety data sheet must comply with GHS 7.

The label content itself sits in Schedule 9 of the Work Health and Safety Regulations: product identifier, hazard pictograms, a signal word of either danger or warning, hazard statements and precautionary statements. Part 7.1 also covers containers at regulation 342 and pipe work at regulation 343.

What makes a label survive salt, sun and diesel?

For dangerous goods heading anywhere near water there is a named standard. BS 5609, current edition published 31 December 2024, tests a label in two parts: Section 2 assesses the base material, meaning facestock and adhesive, on aluminium and HDPE, and Section 3 assesses print durability.

The requirement traces back to the IMDG Code expectation that a dangerous goods container survives three months immersed in the sea. For labels that only face weather rather than seawater, accelerated exposure to ISO 4892-2 xenon-arc is the more common yardstick for facestock and print.

What do we supply into Wollongong workshops and depots?

One order, one supplier. Digital Label Services was established because businesses could not find reliable suppliers of competitively priced digital inkjet label stock and printer support, and that gap is felt hardest by sites a long way from anyone.

Regularly delivered to Wollongong addresses:

  • label stock and materials specified for outdoor, chemical and workshop exposure
  • overprinting systems for batch codes, dates and serial data
  • wine and beverage labels for bottling and canning runs
  • Chemical and GHS labels, safety and warning labels, asset and rack labels
  • Colour label printers, commercial label presses and label applicators
  • Genuine consumables and spare parts for the machines already on site

How does a two-hour run actually work?

Honestly, and with planning. Wollongong is around 154 km from Green Point, roughly two hours via the M1 north of Sydney, through the city, then the M1 Princes Motorway and the Mount Ousley descent. It is by far the longest run in our service area and we do not pretend otherwise.

So the logistics do the work. Orders are consolidated so labels, stock and consumables arrive together, regular customers have stock held for them at Green Point, urgent consumables go by freight rather than waiting for a run, and faults are diagnosed by phone before anyone drives down. Label printing in Wollongong is produced at Green Point and delivered from there.

The one thing worth sending us first

A failed label. A photograph of it on the surface it lifted from, the printer model and a note on where the item lives will tell us more than any brief. “We thrive on challenges! Bring us a problem & we will deliver a solution.” is the company line, and it works best with evidence attached.

“Digital Label Services have delivered quality labels and consumables, cost savings and support for the last 7 months for our colour label printers ensuring that a key component of our business runs efficiently.”

Kim Jardine, General Manager, James Bennett P/L

Frequently asked questions

Do you have a depot in Wollongong?

No. Digital Label Services operates only from 7A Melissa St, Green Point NSW 2251, around 154 km and roughly two hours away. Deliveries run on a planned schedule, urgent consumables go by freight, and technicians travel down for installation, training and repair work. Hours are 8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday.

Is being two hours away a problem for consumables?

It is only a problem if nobody plans for it. We agree a minimum stock level with regular accounts and hold the items here, consolidate consumables with label deliveries so one run covers both, and send urgent items by freight. Most sites find that steadier than relying on a nearby supplier’s counter stock.

Do we have to relabel chemicals we already hold?

Not necessarily. Safe Work Australia states that chemicals manufactured or imported before 1 January 2023 may remain GHS 3 labelled and need not be relabelled, although the safety data sheet must comply with GHS 7. Anything classified or labelled from that date onward uses Revision 7. Confirm your own position before reprinting.

Do we need BS 5609 labels for our drums?

Only where the marine durability requirement applies to how the goods travel. BS 5609 tests base material in Section 2 and print durability in Section 3, and derives from the IMDG Code expectation of three months’ immersion in seawater. Tell us the substance, the container and the route and we will advise on the material.

Can you match a label to an oily or powder-coated surface?

Usually, with the right adhesive and some preparation. Low surface energy plastics, powder coating and residual oil all defeat general purpose adhesives. Send us the surface, the temperature range and how the item is cleaned, and we will supply sample material to trial on your own equipment before you order a run.

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Bring us the label that keeps failing

Send a photo of the failure, the surface it was applied to and the printer model, and we will recommend a material, quote the labels and arrange delivery on the next scheduled southern run.

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References and further reading

Written by the Digital Label Services Technical & Packaging Team — more than 30 years of packaging industry experience across digital label printing, label stock, printing equipment, commercial label presses and packaging solutions.

Reviewed by: Digital Label Services Technical Team, Packaging & Digital Label Printing Specialists. Last reviewed: 26 August 2026.

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.