Bridging the Gap

GS, Inc. (Pascoag, R.I.) decided to employ combination printing after it began producing labels for the health and beauty market around 2000.

A strategic move

GS, Inc., founded in 1987 by Bert and Nancy Mountford, is operated by their sons Jason and Josh. “We started out with a 2-color, 7˝ press,” says Jason Mountford. “Our main market was thermal transfer labels and display cards for the jewelry and hair goods industry.” He explains that Rhode Island was a major center in the jewelry industry so it provided GS with a large and varied customer base. The 1990s saw a decline of the local jewelry industry as more and more of those products were manufactured and packaged in Asia. “With the loss of some of our core business, we decided to pursue new markets in the food industry and move into higher quality labels,” says Mountford.