BIG ENOUGH TO COPE BUT SMALL ENOUGH TO CARE

Investment in Gestetner Offset Litho

April 1973

Production started with flat screen, litho, and hotfoil printing and a small slitter. Noel (pictured) is still with Bakers today.

Establishing customers and suppliers

May 1973

Accounts for labels with now familiar household names such as Gillette, Max Factor and Guerlain are established and business builds.

First factory move

January 1979

The rapidly growing company needed to expand to new premises and left Kings Cross for Brunner Road, Walthamstow.

Purchase of Nilpeter S330/S

January 1980

Bakers invests in their first Nilpeter. An S330/S 4 colour reel to reel screen press.

Falcon and Dominators

June 1980

Bakers develops basic letterpress printing with the Falcon and Dominators. Slitting develops with 1m wide machine

Second factory move

January 1987

The business continues to grow and another big move is necessary. Bakers moves premises to Sutherland Road, Walthamstow.

Patented Invention

February 1991

In early 1991 Bakers launched a patented cost saving invention – the Die Cutting Frame, the result of 3 years research and development.

Flexo F2400

August 1992

Roy Baker invests in a Flexo F2400. It’s one of the first to be installed in the UK.

Bakers embraces technology

March 1993

A computer typesetter was added so in-house typesetting could be offered to smaller customers and amendments made to existing copy for larger customers.

21st Birthday

April 1994

Baker Self Adhesive Labels celebrates its 21st Birthday. Several of the staff in the photo are still with Bakers today.

Company Brochure

September 1994

Bakers prints their first company brochure highlighting their history, flexibility, innovation, technology, integrity, philosophy.

Parkland Slitter

January 1995

Bakers makes further investment in a Parkland Slitter (1.4m) and a second Nilpeter F2400.

Change at the top

January 2000

After almost 3 decades, company founder Roy Baker takes a step back and his son Steve Baker takes over as Managing Director.

Another Flexo

January 2001

The Flexo F2500 arrives at the factory in Walthamstow as Bakers maintains the ethos of re-investment. A second Parkland slitter is also added to the equipment.

Bakers goes digital

March 2006

Bakers moves into digital printing by investing in their first HP Indigo press, a WS4050. The Digicon and Coater are also added. Read more

Award winning

November 2008

Baker Self Adhesive Labels Ltd. wins the “Adding Value” Award for their work with Moo.com sticker book. in a competition run by Digital Printer Magazine that recognise achievements in digital printing technology. Read more

First HP Indigo WS6000 in UK

September 2009

In this year Bakers is the first UK printer to install a WS6000, replacing the WS4500 that had been added the previous year.

Third factory move

April 2011

After almost a quarter of a century at their factory in Walthamstow, Bakers moves to new purpose built premises in Brentwood, Essex.

HP Indigo WS6600

January 2013

A new addition to the digital capabilities at Bakers as they install an HP Indigo WS6600.

40th Birthday and a new logo

April 2013

To celebrate their 40th birthday Baker Labels launches their new logo with a bright splash of colour

Another New Nilpeter

August 2013

The Nilpeter Flexo FB3 is installed at the new factory.

Purchase of Screen Inkjet press

November 2015

Baker Labels expanded its digital printing capability by investing its first inkjet device, a Screen TruePress Jet L350UV press with Screen EQUIOS universal workflow.

Mezzanine installed

April 2016

The factory floor area is grown with an extended mezzanine, taking the services for the flexo machine upstairs and releasing space on the production floor.

Baker Labels’ biggest investment to date

February 2017

Bakers completes a major upgrade of its digital capacity by buying and installing a pair of HP Indigo 6800 presses, adding to the one they already have.

Factory Expansion

April 2018

Bakers has been in their purpose built factory in Brentwood, since the move from Walthamstow in 2011 and has been rapidly increasing production capacity, turnover and staff recruitment ever since. As part of his continued investment in the company, Steve Baker saw the vacant neighbouring warehouse as an opportunity not to be missed and has some exciting plans for the extra 10,000 square feet.

Harry Baker joins the family business

May 2018

Keeping up the tradition of the family business, Mandy and Steve’s eldest son Harry has joined Bakers. Before joining us, Harry graduated from Nottingham University with a First Class Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2017.

Two new ABG Digicon Series 3

July 2018

Investment in 2 new ABG Digicon finishing machines. Both are Series 3 presses but with different modules and purchased for different reasons, one being aimed at high quality embellishing labels.