JH Bertrand

Meet Debbie-our Partner Concierge

   

We'd like to introduce you to Debbie our Partner Concierge. She is in charge of working with our growing distribution channel. Debbie's job is to introduce our company, prepare samples, answer questions and get a feel for your project. From there, she finds the right specialist in our company to take your booklet label project to the next level.

Example of what printers send us

JH Bertrand routinely recieves printing from commercial printers who want to use their presses to participate in a booklet label project. The example above shows flat sheets before folding, "4 up" onserts and a roll of finished booklet labels.

JH Bertrand will accept either flat sheets or multi up folded pieces for onserting. We then take that onsert, laminate and/or glue, die cut and convert into booklet labels. We have specs that detail how we need the printing to come in. See Distributors and Printers page- multi-ups.

We make the process easy.

Call Beth or Jennifer at 716-631-9201

JHB supplied over $2.5 million worth of Mega Label encapsulations for printer-partner

(All our printer-partner relationships are confidential so we aren't going to reveal any names. We told this story and revealed the end customer because the business has been finished for over 3 years.)

We have a long and successful history of supporting our printer-partners. Our best example is with a printer on the East Coast we will call MP for privacy reasons. In the late 90's, Zeneca corporation which later became Syngenta asked MP to partner with us. Zeneca had known us as an excellent direct supplier for many years.

MP and JH Bertrand developed a plan to supply Zeneca with our Mega Label product to label its 1 gallon and 2.5 gallon herbicide products. MP was an expert at manufacturing thick stapled booklets so it was a natural partnership. We were happy to have MP handle the account so we became its supplier rather than Zeneca's.

In late 1997, MP began shipping booklets via a one day carrier to JHB's Mega Label plant. The distance between the two plants is just over 400 miles. Over the course of four years, we supplied over $2,500,000 in Mega Labels. We developed such a system that we were able to supply three major Zeneca plants located in Omaha, NE-Bayport, TX and Little Rock, Arkansas with just in time deliveries. We routinely made emergency shipments and are proud to say that we never shut down a production line. Both MP and JH Bertrand have speedy production operations and good communication so the partnership worked well.

There is no question that without this partnership, both companies would have had difficulty in keeping the account. Our partnership helped us become a better supplier to Zeneca and staved off very severe competition from a much larger competitor. Unfortunately, in 2002 after Syngenta was formed by the merger of Zeneca and Novartis, we lost the business to CCL. CCL had a contract with Novartis and was able to extend that contract to Syngenta.

If you are a printer looking to partner on a booklet label project, please be assured that we will work closely with you to make the partnership a success.

JH Bertrand has over two dozen printer-partner relationships in various stages of development.

Jeff Bertrand

Printers...please send us your printing

We are not an offset printer; we are a specialty converter. We buy all our offset printing from regional printers. Therefore, we welcome receiving your printing for converting into booklet labels. This is a large benefit to you because you don't have to completely outsource the project. You can participate in the making of the booklet label and use us as your specialty finisher.

We have a few "packing" suggestions that will make our converting process smoother and prevent damage of incoming booklets.

• You can ship press sheets to us for folding and finishing. We need those secured on a skid with corner protectors and banded. Make sure they are labeled "DO NOT DOUBLE STACK".
• If you are doing folding, it must be "map quality". All edges and corners are clean and even.
• Bulk pack folders and booklets snuggly in cartons, but do not overpack to the point that the pieces bow in the box.
• Separate layers and rows with chipboard. No more than 2 layers per carton.
• Orient folders in same direction. If the not possible, alternate every 2" at minimum.
• No rubber bands, strings, twist ties, shrink wrap or stretch wrap.
• If there is a lip on the cover, it must face up.

We receive printing from all over the United States. It's a proven system that works well. However, we can always provide the printing for you if your presses are full or you feel that the distance is too great.

Call Beth or Jennifer if you want to inquire about sending us the printing. 716-631-9201