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Topflight Corporation
277 Commerce Drive, Glen Rock, PA 17327
United States

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Topflight has over 20 presses, providing maximum flexibility when choosing the best manufacturing method for your project. Printing capabilities include multiple digital technologies, flexographic, letterpress, screen, and combinations of these, up to 16″. Ink systems include UV, water-based, and solvent and our capabilities can be used as a stand-alone or in any multi-pass combination, with up to 12 stations in-line.

A pioneer in subsurface or showcase printing, Topflight can reverse print the underside of a clear film like polycarbonate (Lexan™), known for its durability. We then add adhesive to sandwich the printing between the surface and the film it is printed on, protecting it from scuffs and abrasion. Our digital offering allows you to print shorter runs resulting in little to no inventory, improving your cash flow, and getting you to market faster. Additional capabilities include:

  • Crystal Clear Labels
  • Expanded Content
  • Extreme Environment
  • Island & Flag Labels
  • Specialty
  • Skin Contact
  • Specialty Coatings
  • UL/CSA Labels
  • Variable Content Printing

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Specialty

Capture your customer’s attention with unique, customized labeling and packaging that lets them know that they are one-of-a-kind. The HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press, working with HP SmartStream Mosaic software, is a random image generator that creates a variety of unique graphic images from one original vector PDF, or seed file. Through random transformation of the file, using scaling, transposition, and rotation, one seed file can produce up to 500,000 unique and reproducible variations. With Mosaic, Variable Data Printing (VDP) goes beyond substituting text, static photos, and messages, to easily produce exclusive graphic designs for each individual consumer or product.

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Variable Content Printing

Digital printing’s 100% database-driven print files allow you to change graphics and content not only from one print file to the next but from one label to the next, giving you the freedom to run seasonal, regional, and promotional graphics to keep your brand fresh, your message current and your customers coming back for more. Customization, variable content, and serialization are made easy with the added bonus of having no plates, minimal make-ready, and virtually no inventory. Shorter print runs are more economical and cost-effective, with the added advantage of shorter lead times. Some ways to use VDP include barcodes and QR codes, Mosaic (random image generator), customized labeling & direct mail, serialization, and liner numbering.

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Skin Contact

A variety of materials are available for delicate adhesive applications involving direct skin contact, including active ingredient delivery systems and indicating labels. Because Topflight also manufactures components for leading medical and pharmaceutical companies, we have years of experience successfully die-cutting and printing such materials.

Operating under strict confidentiality practices, our outstanding research and development staff works with clients from the inception of an idea through the commercialization of the product. We offer the broadest range of manufacturing capabilities available, specializing in precision die-cutting, exact color matching, outstanding multi-color printing, conductive inks, silicone adhesives, adhesive-free zones, non-reactive materials, hydrophilic and hydrophobic adhesives, moisture barrier foils, and high MVTR films.

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UL/CSA Labels

The UL/CSA (Underwriters Laboratories/ Canadian Standards Association) mark on a product signifies that UL and/or CSA has tested and evaluated representative samples of that product and determined that they meet all standards and requirements. Topflight offers one of the largest selections of materials and constructions that already meet UL/CSA requirements.

Materials are available in a variety of finishes including white, clear, shiny chrome, matte chrome, brushed shiny chrome, brushed matte chrome, matte white, and many other finishes and laminate enhancements to provide the ideal match for any industrial design. Many are also suitable for computer imprinting or thermal transfer.

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Island & Flag Labels

Island placement offers a unique label-on-label construction with many added benefits. Topflight’s custom release system allows the top, or “island” label to be easily and cleanly removed from the base label, producing a dual-labeling configuration. The island label can then be reapplied to a variety of surfaces, including glass or plastic vials, syringes, patient charts, or medical records. Consistent information printed on both labels can then be utilized to provide greater reliability and security in the transfer of critical data.

Detachable flag labels are complex constructions which possess a distinct end tab, or “flag” extension. This flag, when detached from the base label, functions as a secondary label to create a streamlined information chain, serve as duplicate data, or enhance many other critical applications. The flag label is clean, durable, and performs reliably with a number of surfaces and materials.

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Specialty Coatings

Bring your labels to life, and make your product jump off the shelf with specialty coatings and varnishes. Our unique applications can add depth to your labeling with sensations such as sandy, rubbery, soft, reticulating, or raised and glossy. We can make the beach feel sandy, or make the snow glisten in the sunlight. Would you like to see water droplets on the side of that ice-cold beverage? We can make that happen. We also have pearlescent, color-shifting, and inks that glow in the dark to achieve just about any look you need.

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Expanded Content

Expanded content, or multi-ply labels provide yet another solution to increasing required information in a limited label area. With a resealable, hinged design, Topflight can manufacture labels with up to six plies, yielding eleven printable panels. Multi-ply labels are ideal for extensive cautionary indications, additional UPC and 2D barcoding, rebates and instant redeemable coupons (IRC) or multilingual translations in a variety of cosmetic, consumer and pharmaceutical applications. These flexible labeling solutions can be customized for a number of applications, and all are produced on custom-built, dedicated equipment to ensure quality, performance, and positioning.

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Crystal Clear Labels

For applications requiring a “no label look,” Topflight’s ultra-clear labels allow product to be viewed through the label. Whether you are trying to convey the freshest ingredients within the container, or the eye-catching color of the product, these labels can simulate the look of direct printing on the container, with a less expensive technique like digital, roll-to-roll screen or flexographic printing.

Multiple clear stocks are available, some on cold temperature permanent adhesive which can be applied in temperatures as low at 35°F. Embedded luminescence provides a readable surface for application machines with read rates of up to 300 products per minute.

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Extreme Environment

Topflight can produce labels for a variety of demanding conditions such as high temperatures, solvents, weather and UV exposure, and difficult adhesive surfaces. Every part is custom-engineered to meet all requirements and regulations for your application.

In addition, Topflight has one of the largest selections of materials and constructions that already meet UL or CSA requirements to identify tools, appliances, and other consumer or industrial products. Materials are available in a variety of finishes to provide the ideal match for any industrial design and can withstand temperatures up to 150°C. Radiofrequency identification (RFID) tags can be added to products for asset tracking, security, and identification. We have produced labels that withstand some of the most extreme conditions, from high-temperature golf ball production to low-temperature cryogenic storage in liquid nitrogen.

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Tactile Labels

Not only can Topflight produce a stunning, colorful label to your exact specifications, but we can finish it with a variety of varnishes and laminations to increase its durability and appeal. Among these are a number of textured finishes, including those designed to mimic application surfaces, which give the label a character all its own. Our specialty coatings line allows us to create the feel of sand, rubber, or reticulation on your labeling, as well as add a sparkling pearlescent finish.

For unique, three-dimensional effects, we can provide polyurethane capping or customized pattern varnishes. Combining matte and gloss varnishes can add dimension to your label, and we can even provide writable finishes. Embossing and debossing offer further surface features to distinguish your product from the competition.

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