About Hine

Small enough to care, big enough to deliver

Trusted supplier

Hine Labels has been established for over 40 years and has earned a reputation for being the leading expert in label printing. As a dependable provider, we produce and supply self-adhesive labels, tickets, tags, and flexible pouches to print management firms and other label users.

Digital Printing

We are the experts

Our team consists of highly skilled professionals who are well-versed in the latest prepress tools and printing technology. We have the capability to print both digitally and conventional flexo, and we also offer a wide range of finishing options for premium embellishments.

Our dedicated client account management team will support you with technical advice and order updates from beginning to end.

With our in-house prepress studio team, the artwork designs you supply to us will be perfectly prepared for production.

We're a big family

We are still a big family

We’re a family-owned company that, to this day, retains the family values of caring and support when it comes to supplying label and packaging solutions. We are a company that is small enough to provide personalised attention and care to our clients, while also being large enough to deliver on our promises.

Meet the team

Technical expertise combined with a friendly attitude makes us very easy to work with.

Bill Hine

William Hine

CEO

Anita Hine

Managing Director
Kelly Mullett

Kelly Mullett

Customer Service Manager

Rob Lucas

Marketing Manager

Our fantastic supervisors

Where would we be without our amazing and dedicated supervisors keeping us all on the straight and narrow?

Mani Ducoing

Prepress Supervisor

Andrew “Chris” Shiel

Production Supervisor (Print)

Mark Taylor

Production Supervisor (Finishing & Dispatch)

How we got here

Since 1980 we have been innovating in the label printing industry. This is how we got here.

1980

Hine Labels began life in a back room at the Old Rectory in Whiston, Rotherham, where the Hine family lived. Peter Hine retired from his engineering career, and bought a Hot Foil printing machine from his employer. The idea was that he’d supply his old employer with labels. Quickly, Peter gained a reputation locally as a talented label-maker.

 

 

1988

The business quickly outgrew the family home and moved to Westgate in of Rotherham town centre.

 

 

1990

Having bought five more hot foil machines, the Hine family needed to move premises again, to an industrial unit on Fitzwilliam Road.

 

 

1992

We needed to print faster and in bigger volumes due to consumer demand.  Flexography label printing was the answer and raised the quality significantly.  By now we had outgrown our premises and moved again, this time to Hope Street on the edge of the town.

 

 

1993

We progressed, now owning five UV Flexo presses producing Labels, Tags, Tickets, Luggage Tags, and many more other products.

 

 

2007

We become one of the first adopters of digital printing technology in the UK. This means unlimited colours, faster turnaround, and more competitive pricing for our customers.

 

 

2009

We introduced full-colour management to keep our digital ink colours matching our flexo ink colours meaning, no matter our printing method, your brand colours will be consistent.

 

 

2010

We introduced our first high-speed Digital UV Ink Jet press. Now we could offer faster printing and vibrant colours – helping your product labels to stand out on the shelf.

 

 

2014

We achieved BRC Global Standards for packaging, a globally recognised standard for product safety and quality, started by the five big supermarkets to ensure high standards with their supply chains.

 

 

2015

We introduced low-migration digital printing. Low migration inks are designed to ensure that they don’t contaminate food via the label (protecting your products). These inks are ideal for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and more.

 

 

2020

The world closes down during the Covid-19 pandemic. But, for us, it is a time of evolution. With a new factory extension completed and new brand identity, we look forward to an exciting future.

 

 

2021

An exciting year for transformation! We’ve expanded our customer service team and technical knowledge.

 

 

2022

A massive year for Hine!  Our new management team is fully formed, bringing in a fresh era for the company.

In July, we upgraded our colour control system, implementing GMG Color.

In October, our HP Indigo 6900 arrived! Expanding our capabilities with new digital print technology!  Vibrant colours and the smallest detail on (usually troublesome) uncoated substrates!

 

 

2023

We upgraded our Automation with Esko, and our prepress team undertook brand new training to make sure we’re at the top of our game.

We launched our online store Hine Shop.

 

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