Independent Label & Packaging Manufacturer
Label & Flexible Packaging Printing Capabilities
Digital and flexographic production, converting, color management, and inspection built to support launches, versioned artwork, repeat orders, and growing national packaging programs.
- Digital + Flexographic
- GMI-Certified Color
- 100% Web Inspection
The Right Production Path
Capabilities Should Fit the Program—not Force the Program to Fit the Press
Every packaging program brings a different mix of quantities, SKUs, artwork versions, brand-color requirements, materials, finishing, and application demands. Lone Star combines multiple production platforms with direct access to an accountable manufacturing team, helping customers choose a path that works today and remains dependable as the program grows.
Digital and Flexographic Printing
Different Programs Require Different Production Paths
Run length matters, but it is only one part of the decision. Versions, color, materials, repeatability, timing, finishing, and total program economics all shape the right answer.
HP Indigo Digital Printing
Our HP Indigo 6K and HP 25K capabilities support launches, multiple SKUs, changing artwork, variable content, and programs that need flexibility without sacrificing professional print quality.
- Short- and medium-run production
- Multiple SKUs and versioned artwork
- Variable data and consecutive barcodes
- Fast transitions between approved designs
- Pressure-sensitive and flexible packaging applications
Best fit: launches, growing brands, promotional versions, regional programs, multiple flavors or formulas, and frequently changing artwork.
17-Inch Flexographic Printing
Our 11-color and 10-color flexographic platforms support repeat and higher-volume programs requiring production speed, dependable brand color, material flexibility, and consistent output.
- Longer repeat production runs
- Up to 11-color flexographic capability
- Film, paper, and specialty constructions
- Process and spot-color production
- Efficient repeat-program economics
Best fit: established SKUs, higher annual usage, repeat orders, stable artwork, defined brand colors, and programs requiring dependable scale.
Production Platform
Technology Connected to a Real Manufacturing Outcome
Equipment matters when it creates a better path for the job: more flexibility, greater consistency, stronger inspection, or more dependable repeat production.
HP Indigo 6K
High-quality narrow-web digital production for versioned pressure-sensitive label programs, variable content, and flexible quantities.
HP Indigo 25K
Wide-web digital capability for larger-format, multi-version, and flexible packaging programs requiring digital agility at greater scale.
17-Inch Platforms
10- and 11-color flexographic production supporting repeat programs, brand-color requirements, and a broad range of label materials.
BST TubeScan
Automated 100% web inspection during applicable finishing workflows, supporting visible-defect detection and finished-roll verification.
Packaging Formats
Production Capabilities Across the Packaging Program
Support your primary package, product extensions, and multiple formats through one team that understands the relationship between artwork, structure, print, finishing, and application.
Pressure-Sensitive Labels
Custom labels using BOPP, paper, clear and metallic films, specialty adhesives, spot gloss, knockouts, and application-aware finishing.
Explore Label CapabilitiesCustom Shrink Sleeves
Full-body and partial sleeves supported by layflat, seam placement, distortion, perforation, inspection, rewinding, and application guidance.
Explore Shrink SleevesPrinted Pouches & Roll Stock
Flexible packaging built around barrier, structure, closure features, graphics, filling requirements, and the demands of the finished product.
Explore Flexible PouchesStick Packs & Sachets
Single-serve flexible packaging for powders, supplements, drink mixes, samples, and other portioned products with multi-lane program support.
Explore Packaging ProductsPrint Quality & 100% Inspection
Protecting Brand Color and Finished-Label Quality
Print quality should be measurable, repeatable, and verified beyond the first approved sample. Lone Star combines GMI-certified color management, BST TubeScan 100% web inspection, trained operators, and accountable finished-roll controls.
- GMI-certified color practices
- 100% web viewing
- Visible-defect detection
- Registration monitoring
- Barcode and variable-data checks
- Finished-roll verification
Finishing & Converting
The Printed Web Is Only Part of the Job
Final performance depends on converting the printed material to the correct size, finish, unwind, construction, and application requirements. These details are reviewed as part of the production path—not treated as an afterthought.
Offline Finishing
Dedicated finishing capacity helps support digital and flexographic production while separating print speed from converting requirements.
Slitting & Rewinding
Finished rolls produced around width, core, outside diameter, unwind, tension, and downstream application requirements.
Inline & Offline Sheeting
Sheeted output for hand application, kitting, promotional programs, operational labels, and other non-roll requirements.
Variable Data
Support for consecutive barcodes, numbering, changing graphics, codes, and other artwork elements that vary within a program.
Sleeve Converting
Seaming, inspection, rewinding, and perforation support for custom shrink-sleeve programs and application requirements.
Materials & Adhesives
Paper, BOPP, clear and metallic films, specialty constructions, and adhesive options selected around the actual application environment.
From Specification to Repeat Production
Built Around the Complete Packaging Program
Reliable manufacturing starts before ink reaches the substrate and continues after the finished product leaves the press.
Program Review
We align the format, application, quantities, artwork versions, timing, and performance requirements.
Material & Method
The substrate, adhesive, construction, print platform, finishing, and quality path are matched to the job.
Controlled Production
Approved specifications guide printing, color management, converting, inspection, and finished-product verification.
Repeat & Scale
Documented requirements and direct communication support reorders, additional SKUs, and the future growth of the program.
Independent Manufacturer · National Capability
Direct Access to the People Accountable for Your Packaging
Lone Star supports brands, co-packers, contract manufacturers, and growing packaging programs across the country. Our independent structure keeps customers close to the people making production decisions—without adding layers of bureaucracy between a question and an answer.
Trusted Production Experience
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Capabilities FAQ
Questions About Production Fit
Do you offer both digital and flexographic printing?
Yes. Lone Star uses digital and flexographic production paths so the print method can be aligned with quantities, SKU count, artwork versions, color requirements, materials, finishing, and repeat-program needs.
When is digital printing the better production path?
Digital printing is often a strong fit for launches, multiple SKUs, versioned artwork, changing designs, variable data, and short- to medium-run programs that need flexibility.
When is flexographic printing the better production path?
Flexographic printing is often best for established, repeat, and higher-volume programs requiring production speed, consistent brand color, material flexibility, and dependable repeat economics.
How does Lone Star manage print quality?
Quality controls include specification review, trained operators, GMI-certified color practices, measurement, BST TubeScan 100% web inspection during applicable finishing workflows, and finished-roll verification.
Can Lone Star support multiple packaging formats and SKUs?
Yes. Lone Star supports pressure-sensitive labels, shrink sleeves, pouches, roll stock, stick packs, sachets, and related packaging programs, including projects with multiple SKUs, sizes, versions, or reorder schedules.
Does Lone Star only serve customers in Texas?
No. Lone Star is headquartered in Lewisville, Texas and supports brands, co-packers, contract manufacturers, and packaging programs across the United States.
Build the Right Production Path
Bring Us the Program—not Just the Print Specification
Tell us what you are packaging, how it will be filled or applied, how many versions you need, and where the program is headed. We will help align the print method, material, finishing, inspection, and quantities around the real requirements.
