Postcards from the Edge
Have Tags Will Travel
Travel Tags, based in Inver Grove Heights, Minn., is one company that found a niche market in the travel and leisure industry. “Duncan McCannel started making luggage tags for Northwest Airlines in his basement in the ’ 70s,” said marketing manager Christa Bahr. “He was experimenting with screen printing and other unique printing processes. The ‘hobby’ turned into a large specialty plastic printing conglomerate.” The company has grown into a UV litho, digital and silk screen printer, supplying key, loyalty and gift cards, luggage tags and name badges to the travel and leisure industry. Annually, the company produces 700 million cards, offering high-impact, alternative design options such as lenticular and three-dimensional capabilities, animal skins and other nontraditional surfaces, glow-in-the-dark and scented inks and hidden message technologies.
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