Rose City Label: How it All Began in 1928

 

Rose City Label, in Portland, Oregon was founded in 1928 by George Frie.

In 1958, the business was passed to his son, George Frie. Mike Pillsbury purchased Rose City Label from George Frie in 1974 and it has since been nurtured by Mike Pillsbury’s son Scott and daughter Whitney Pillsbury in 1998.

Rose City Label is the longest continuously operating Custom Label Company in the Pacific Northwest.

Rose City Label has seen a successful evolution through 2 families, 4 generations, and 3 locations. Rose City Label is the longest continuously operating custom label company in the Pacific Northwest.

Originally a Letterpress Print Shop doing cake box bands and insurance policy seals, they moved into Sheet-Fed Offset Printing for glue applied, heat seal, and adhesive backed labels.

In the 1960s, they were an early adopter of Flexographic Roll Label Printing and in the 1980s they became experts in Foil and Hot Stamp Printing.

Today Rose City Label prides itself on embracing Digital Printing Technology and all that it offers to their customers.

Thank you for choosing Rose City Label as your Custom Label Provider.

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