Le Mark PAL Road Case label. As with most inventions, the demand came first when the question was put by west London-based SPS to Le Mark's MD Stuart Gibbons: "Can you build be a road case label that I can write on over & over again and will stick like . . . a limpet to a blanket and never fall off?"
Along with screen printing colleague Kevin Isaac, Stuart Gibbons created the first ever Plastic Adhesive Laminate (PAL) Road Case label under the then (but now forgotten) Roadie Label name.
Le Mark has chosen to produce a 21st anniversary celebration version of their original Roadie Label - this time, however, with a glowing photo luminious background bearing the slogan: "Light in a Dark Place".
Le Mark have agreed to support Stage Hand as their 2011/12 season charity and will donate 10% of all Road Case Label sales to StageHand - 'The Industry's Welfare & Benevolent Fund'.
"It's our way of saying thank you to all those companies who put their trust in what we produce," quoted Stuart Gibbons. "I can not think of a better way to support the industry we love to work in and the customers and friends that have grown with us over the years. We felt that 'Light in a Dark Place' encapsulated what StageHand is all about - a way of helping industry colleagues that are experiencing difficulties and right now need a little help."
John Jones of Lift Turn Move was the recipient of the first order placed for the 21st Anniversary edition of Le Mark's unique photo luminous Road Case Labels.
(Claire Beeson)
