IDENTIFY WITH QUALITY
COMPLIANCE LABELS
CUSTOM-CONVERTED MATERIALS
LABELS
DOMED LABELS
MEMBRANE SWITCHES/TOUCH SCREEN
NAMEPLATES
PANEL OVERLAYS
PARKING PERMITS
PROPERTY ID LABELS
SHIELDING & INSULATORS
OVER 50 YEARS OF STRENGTH AND COMMITMENT.
In November 1964, Lustre-Cal Corporation started as a single person operation located in Lodi, California. Within one year of operating, the company grew from one employee to thirteen with current staffing at 65 team members. Over the years, the company has grown from its first location (the small basement of a local commercial building) to over 50,000 square feet.
Lustre-Cal is a leader in manufacturing high quality, custom labels, nameplates, panel overlays, serialized and bar coded property ID labels, membrane switches, shielding, and custom-converted products. Lustre-Cal is able to meet unique needs with an almost limitless resource of materials, adhesives, finishes, and other custom capabilities with quick turnaround and no minimum order quantities.
We look forward to gaining your business and providing you with outstanding customer service.
JOE HOHENRIEDER | PRESIDENTLustre-Cal Samples:
Please review our unique samples, and feel free to contact us if you have any questions regarding materials or quotes.
combines decades of experience with industry-leading technology, allowing us to handle any project, simple or complex. Whatever your needs, we can deliver.
DEPENDABILITY. VERSATILITY. QUALITY.
Lustre-Cal is able to meet unique needs with an almost limitless resource of materials, adhesives, finishes, and other custom capabilities.
Our team of experts can consult about material options, product construction, design, engineering, and graphics, as well as variables related to product life expectancy and cost efficiency.
• Outstanding customer service and follow-through
• Uniquely equipped premium digital presses
• Novel applications for variable data
• Advanced offline embossing and hot foil stamping
• Innovative material selection, including a variety of metals and flexible plastics
• Premium quality digital offset printing, enabling complex prints
• Low tooling costs
• Competitive short run pricing
• Short lead times
We are constantly raising the bar on our own standards, a necessary exercise to ensure that we stay on the cutting edge of technology.
Lustre-Cal is committed to superior quality and on-time delivery (over 95% on-time shipping average). These commitments together with our detailed attention to customer service and quick turnaround, ensures a high level of job success for each and every year.
From the materials we use to our custom processes, we’ve built our reputation on quality.
LABELS
We offer complete production capabilities for manufacturing individual, sheet, fanfold, or roll labels, printed in an unlimited variety of colors. Our labels are produced with only the highest quality adhesives.
COMPLIANCE LABELS
Whether for government, transportation or other specifications, Lustre-Cal offers labeling for all leading compliance formats and regulatory requirements, including bar code and variable data.
DOMED LABELS
Domed, die-cut labels can be produced in a variety of shapes. The doming process dramatically increases label longevity by providing protection from exposure to moisture and UV light.
PANEL OVERLAYS
Our experts will work with you to design panel overlays that are eyecatching, cost effective, and will withstand the tests posed by varying applications and conditions.
NAMEPLATES
Nameplates are a direct reflection on the quality of your business. We understand that the uniqueness and durability of every component from logo to finished product, determines your overall reputation.
PROPERTY ID LABELS
We manufacture serialized and bar coded property ID labels in a variety of materials. Anodized aluminum, offers long-term durability, while polyester and paper are great options where flexibility and conductivity are a concern.
MEMBRANE SWITCHES / TOUCH SCREENS
Our wide array of membrane switch capabilities, including capacitive and resistive touch screens, ensures our customers the correct product for their application, whether used outdoors, in a harsh chemical environment, or an indoor application.
CUSTOM-CONVERTED MATERIALS
Because of our extremely wide range of production capabilities and broad base of customer requirements, we are able to die-cut and fabricate limitless selections of materials or adhesives.
SHIELDING & INSULATORS
Our engineers have been working with shielding and insulating technology for over 20 years, enabling us to provide solutions to the individual challenges of each customer.
PARKING PERMITS
Because we use the best materials, our permits are more durable and hold up to extended exposure to sunlight and harsh elements. Your permits will be resilient and long-lasting.
LABELS
We offer complete production capabilities for manufacturing individual, sheet, fanfold, or roll labels, printed in an unlimited variety of colors, including 4-color process and ultra high resolution, full color, digital printing.
• Our labels are produced with only the highest quality adhesives. Special UV topcoats are available to offer additional protection from the environment, damaging chemicals, solvents, humidity, or other factors that could affect the durability of your label.
• An unlimited number of materials are available; our most popular include anodized aluminum, vinyl, polycarbonate (Lexan®), polyester (Mylar® & Plexiglass®), paper, and many additional stocked materials. We offer V-Ø fire-rated materials, which withstand higher heat, self-extinguish, burn at a lower rate, and contain retardant components.
Digital Printing Capabilities
• Resolutions from 300 to 1200x2400 dpi (600 Standard)
• Great adhesion on a full range of materials including: paper, vinyl, polypropylene, PET, acrylic, glass, tile, wood, polycarbonate, polyester, and metals (copper, aluminum, stainless, brass).
• Up to 5 year outdoor fade resistance
• Printing on materials up to 1.95” thick
• Utilizes UV curable process inks allowing for a wide spectrum of color combinations
COMPLIANCE LABELS
Whether for government, transportation or other requirements, we offer labeling for all leading compliance formats and regulatory requirements, including bar codes and variable data.
Lustre-Cal specializes in information labels including regulatory agency symbols (UL, CSA, FCC and CE), RoHS, WEEE, rating specifications, UPC codes, UID, and other information labels necessary for compliance purposes.
We have solutions for compliance labeling mandates in various industries:
• Government UID Labeling
• Automotive Suppliers
• Shipping Containers / Distribution and Retail
• Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Labeling
• Chemical Manufacturers and Users
DOMED LABELS
Doming is the process of applying a catalyzed liquid resin to the surface of a printed substrate, creating a 3-D lens which enhances the depth and brightness of the graphic.
Advantages of Doming
• Protects the graphic and substrate from scratches, extending the label’s service life.
• Displays excellent UV resistance and will not yellow when exposed to sunlight.
• Flexible material can be applied to slightly curved or uneven surfaces.
• Unaffected by exposure to common chemicals or moisture.
Technical Specifications
• Service life – estimated 5 years min. outdoor exposure
• Temperature range – tested at -45°F to +170°F
• Normal thickness – 1.5 to 2mm (.06-.08”) max. at center
• Chemical resistance – will not swell or discolor with brief exposure to common dilute solvents and cleaners
• Preferred substrates include aluminum, polycarbonate, polyester, and vinyl
• Adhesive – various adhesives are available for your application
Design Guidelines
• Min. label size 0.25” sq. or diameter / Max. label size 12” sq. or diameter
• Ideal size range is 0.5” to 2.5” sq. or diameter
• Outside corner radius 0.032” min. / Inside corner radius 0.063” min.
• Die-cut shape should not have sharp corners or excessively sharp projections
• Light refraction may affect color perception – exact color match may require sampling
PANEL OVERLAYS
Panel overlays are a critical element to the design and function of your product. Implementing panel overlays in your product design allows for many product efficiencies.
• Panel overlays, with adhesive specially formulated for powder coated surfaces, eliminates the need for screen-printing directly onto parts, allowing you versatility in production. Panel overlay application is quick and easy .
• Incorporate LED’s, cut outs, selective adhesive application, tinted windows and membrane switches to make your panel overlay a functioning, integral part of your product.
• Our experts will work with you to design products that are eye-catching, cost effective, and will withstand the tests posed by varying applications and conditions.
• We ensure that the material, whether polyester, polycarbonate, or aluminum, will stand up to the environment in which the panel is placed. We can help our customers choose materials that withstand extreme temperatures, chemicals, moisture and ultra-violet rays. These materials can be transformed using a multitude of finishes to achieve the look and function you desire.
• Working prototypes can be produced quickly using our laser cutting and digital printing capabilities.
NAMEPLATES
Logo Plates • Specification Plates • VIN Plates
• Nameplates are a direct reflection on the quality of your business. Lustre-Cal understands that the uniqueness and durability of every component from logo to finished product, determines your overall reputation. Our proven ability to provide our customer with custom, quality nameplates has allowed us to expand into many other areas of business over the past five decades.
• For durability, we manufacture our nameplates using anodized aluminum, stainless steel, polycarbonate, polyester, and other high quality materials to ensure longlasting product identification.
• We work with our customers to design the correct combination of processes, adhesives, and finishing to achieve their desired final product.
• Understanding that color matching is another area of extreme importance, we employ computer colormatching and other technologies to maintain quality control and consistent color output, run after run.
• Whether our customer’s needs are large or small, the component needs to be etched, screened, digitally printed, embossed, or domed; we are able to accommodate their requests quickly, reliably and with the experienced service that is expected.
PROPERTY ID LABELS
Property ID Labels are identification labels, often referred to as asset labels, which attach to physical property (computers, printers, electronic devices, machinery, tools, etc.) to protect against loss and theft, and provide the means for maintenance tracking and insurance claim information.
• You may choose to have your text or logo printed in any of our 12 standard colors shown here or select from a nearly limitless array of custom colors. Computerized color matching is available to precisely reproduce your company colors. All colors of anodized aluminum are available in either a shiny or matte finish.
• Lustre-Cal manufactures serialized and bar coded Property ID Labels in a variety of materials. Anodized aluminum, our most popular option, offers long-term durability at a reasonable cost. Polyester and paper labels are great options where flexibility and conductivity are a concern. For added security, destructible vinyl labels are virtually impossible to remove in one piece, and void tamper-evident labels cannot be removed without leaving a traceable mark. Refer to the material selection chart (page 17) to determine which material is best suited for your application.
Color Options
Colors are approximate and for reference only. Please call us for an actual color sample chart. Colors are shown in order of fade resistance for anodized aluminum when used outdoors.
Standard Sizes
These are our standard Property ID Label Sizes. Custom shapes and sizes are also available. Contact us for details.
MEMBRANE SWITCHES
We are committed to continual research and development, which allows us to stay on the cutting edge of membrane switch technology.
• Your membrane switch can be embossed, textured, hard coated, they can have dead fronts, transparent windows, and have the ability to be backlit with LED or plastic optical fiber custom devices.
• Our engineers can also combine a transparent membrane (touch screen) to the window of the membrane switch providing a much more versatile solution with complete software control of icons and menu selections. Contact us and our design teams will help you get started in the right direction to meet your front panel, membrane switch, and assembly needs.
• We can provide many options for value added control keypad applications. Utilizing rubber keypads for the touch overlay option; the membrane switch can have a 3D user friendly and more aesthetically attractive appearance.
• We can provide backlighting of the entire keypad or isolated areas.
• We can meet environmental applications, beyond the silver ink printed flex circuits, where more endurance is required electrically and mechanically by using copper based rigid and flex circuits.
• Lustre-Cal can also design and build full, value added front panel assemblies, where we can combine the electronics, keyboard, and metal or plastic housing, assembled and tested.
• Our wide array of membrane switch capabilities ensures our customers the correct product for their application, whether used outdoors, in a harsh chemical environment, or an indoor application.
• Sub-panel design and integration: PCB-metal, plastic Non-Tactile
Engineering & Production Capabilities
• Graphic / switch design and Auto CAD
• Screen-printing, embossing, die-cutting and laminating
• Tactile metal or polyester domes
• Connector termination
• Sealed switches
• Computer color matching
• UV hard coating, gloss, texturing, window filtering
• RFI/ESD/EMI & ITO-window shielding
Please provide the following information to ensure accurate and timely quotes:
• Construction/layer specifications
• Tactile or non-tactile response
• Panel size
• Number of buttons and encoding
• Interconnection requirements
• Tail location and length (if applicable)
• PCB component part list (if applicable)
• Non-standard electrical, mechanical and environmental specifications
• Graphic overlay features desired, including embossing, number of colors, number of hard costs
• RFI/ESD/EMI and ITO window shielding requirements
• Quantities to quote
Please provide all artwork files in XF or AutoCAD format.
StorageTemp.-40/80°C-20/60°C-20/55°C-40/80°C-40/85°C-20/60°C-40/85°C-40/80°C-40/80°C-20/60°C-20/55°C-40/80°C
CUSTOM-CONVERTING
Custom converting is the processing of standard materials into components customized for your application. Working with a converter gives you access to materials not generally available, and provides a simple and cost-effective means of utilizing materials that may be otherwise too labor intensive or impractical to implement. Converting includes die-cutting, laminating, scoring, and embossing as well as printing and assembling multiple materials to produce finished parts.
Because of our extremely wide range of production capabilities and broad base of customer requirements, we are able to die-cut and fabricate almost any type of material or adhesive, including V-Ø fire rated products. Our production capabilities allow us to produce runs consisting of one prototype or millions of units. And depending on your needs or preference, the final parts can be supplied in individual pieces, sheets, or rolls.
Select Materials List for Converting
• Aluminum
• Copper Foils
• Film Laminates
• Foam Tapes
• Polycarbonates
• Neoprene
• Transfer Adhesives
• Valox® and Ultem®
• Vibration Damping Tapes
• V-Ø Fire Rated Materials & Adhesives
• Conductive Adhesives & Foams
• Electrical & Shielding Tapes
• Foam Gasket
• Grained Oriented Steel Foils
• Metallized Polyesters
• Screenable Dielectric Coating
• Static Dissipative Materials
• VHB Tape
• Woven Metallized Fabrics
• Others per Your Spec
SHIELDING & INSULATORS
Our engineers have been working with shielding and insulating technology for over 20 years, enabling us to provide solutions to the individual challenges of each customer.
• Our engineers work closely with you to design and manufacture printed and die-cut shielding that maximizes electromagnetic compatibilities (EMC), while minimizing electromagnetic and radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI), and electrostatic discharge (ESD).
• Using laser-cutting prototyping and CAD design programs, we are able to provide working prototypes which reduce the amount of time and cost involved in getting the required design prior to production or tooling.
Shielding Solutions to Meet Your Requirements
• RFI Shielding - from 10Khz to 1000 Mhz radiated electronic broadcast noise
• EMI Shielding - from DC electricity to 300 GHZ
• ESD - protection from electrostatic discharge damage
• Aluminum, Copper, Valox, Ultem and others
• Can be integrated into panel overlays and membrane switches
• Wide array of manufacturing options including diecutting, thermoforming, hydro forming, conductive inks, selective and conductive adhesives
PARKING PERMITS
Lustre-Cal manufactures many types of parking permits – plastic hanging permits, inside window permits, rear view mirror permits, outside window or bumper permits. All are available in a variety of options: static cling, aluminum, polyester, vinyl or rigid plastic.
Custom Plastic Hanging Parking Permits
Hanging parking permits are re-usable and convenient for use in multiple cars. The permits are manufactured using white 20mil thick plastic with screen-printed text and graphics for superior durability. Available with a blank pad or pre-serialized.
Custom Inside Window Parking Permits
Choose interior parking permits when parking permit theft is an issue. Interior permits are designed to be read from the outside. Available in static cling, clear polyester, and vinyl materials. Static cling permits allow for ease of use from one car to another.
Custom Bumper, Rear View Mirror, Outside Window Permits
Exterior parking permit labels are designed with long-term use in mind. Available in anodized aluminum, reflective, destructible vinyl, void tamperevident, or polyester material. Our anodized annealed aluminum permits are made from high quality, .005” gauge Lustre-Cal aluminum and the colors and graphics are permanently etched into the surface. If your parking permits require extreme environmental durability (exposure to direct sunlight, salt spray, or high temperatures), this is the material we recommend. It is made specifically for those conditions and will not crack, chip, or peel over its useful life. Security cuts are also available. Choose reflective material when nighttime visibility is a necessity or destructible vinyl or void tamper-evident materials when security is a must.
MATERIALS
Anodized Aluminum
Available in .003”, .005”, .008”, .012”, .020” and .032” thicknesses, in any size, with any adhesive system. We take pride in manufacturing nameplates that are guaranteed to be long lasting, durable and resistant to solvents, abrasion, steam cleaning and extreme weather. Anodized aluminum is made specifically for these conditions by Lustre-Cal, ensuring timeless durability. It is critical that nameplates cannot be easily removed, therefore, our products are produced using only the finest adhesives available. Once the label is applied, they are extremely resistant to removal. The material is available in either a shiny or matte finish, in hard temper for labeling flat surfaces or Ø-temper for labeling irregular or rounded surfaces.
What is anodizing?
Anodizing is the controlled oxidation of aluminum using an electro-chemical process to create a porous surface that is receptive to color dying. A sealer is then applied, creating a surface that is corrosion-resistant and nearly diamond hard. The result is an abrasion-resistant nameplate that will never peel, chip or flake - regardless of age or weather. Lustre-Cal has a proprietary etching process that permanently embeds text and graphics into the anodized and sealed aluminum surface. This allows for exceptional clarity of graphics and text with exceptional durability.
What about color?
Lustre-Cal has developed a proprietary process for dying anodized aluminum. No other manufacturer can provide the wide variety of base colors you get from Lustre-Cal. Anodized aluminum can simulate various materials such as brass, copper and bronze, but at a fraction of the cost.
Standard Materials
Use this chart to determine which material is right for your application. All Lustre-Cal Property ID Labels use the highest quality adhesives and will adhere to most clean surfaces.
Use color to grab attention of your customers and to enhance the image of your product identity.
Heavy Gauge Aluminum
Available in .008” to .032” thickness, color anodized and etched, multi-color anodized, clear anodized or full-color. Custom adhesive systems are engineered for each specific application and temporary protective films are applied for protection prior to product usage. In addition, they can be manufactured with mounting holes for reinforced security. This material is designed for harsh environments, such as saltwater exposure. Heavy gauge nameplates are extremely durable, long lasting and ideal for applications where mechanical fasteners are required in order to meet military specifications.
Polycarbonate (Lexan®)
Available in .005” to .030” thickness. Polycarbonate labels can also include clear or textured finishes, select adhesives, embossing, clear, tinted or dead front windows and/or matte or clear hard-coated surfaces depending on your custom application and imagination.
Polyester
Take advantage of our computerized color matching capabilities to ensure exact duplication of your artwork. Polyester materials are useful in manufacturing. Polyester is computer imprintable and available in glossy, matte or various metallic finishes.
“Lustre-Cal is a strategic partner that always goes above and beyond to serve our needs. They provide us with exemplary customer service and extremely competitive pricing. Lustre-Cal is our preferred vendor for all labeling needs.
Nieco, Windsor, California
“ You guy are AMAZING! I have never had any complaints, your work is excellent and when things don’t go as planned, you are gracious and willing to work with us, and I will never forget that!
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!
Toomey Racing, Paso Robles, California
“WOW !!! What a nice surprise to see a very special delivery from you… Thank you very much for your thoughtfulness and creative energy on behalf of NBC.… it’s truly a pleasure to work with a vendor who provides superior customer support and took the personal initiative without being asked, in order to highlight Lustre-Cal and showcase a custom label.
NBC News, New York
“As always you pulled off the best of miracles. Please thank your entire team for making this happen so quickly. I apologize for always making you rush. I continue to have faith in Lustre-Cal to provide what we need, when we need it. Everyone on our team sends their gratitude for your continued support for Novariant products.
Novariant, Fremont, California
“ You were fantastic. I just needed a small order and didn’t need to be on the phone all day to get it done. I appreciate your help! We currently order all of our county property tags from Lustre-Cal and have not been disappointed yet. We will continue to do so.
Austin County, Texas
