Manufacturing · Paper & Printing
We print on things that are not paper, and no one knows to look for us.
The buyer here is a factory with a product that needs a marking, a panel or a printed surface. They search by the surface and the method, screen printing on plastic, pad printing, laser marking, and they judge a printer on whether the print will last on that surface.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
In one paragraph
Industrial printing is printing on surfaces other than paper, such as plastic, metal, glass, wood, film and finished products, for nameplates, dials, control panels, packaging and marking. GullySales helps the printer be found by the manufacturers who need their product marked, and follows each trial through to a repeat order.
Last updated 16 Oct 2026.
Who it is for
This is written for you if industrial printing is what you make or sell.
- Screen printers working on plastic, glass, metal and control panels
- Pad printers marking small moulded parts and promotional items
- Makers of nameplates, dials and membrane switch overlays
- Printers marking components and finished products for other manufacturers
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- A shop that cannot test print durability and has no way to show it.
- A printer wanting only paper jobs.
How buyers choose
What decides the sale of industrial printing.
Surface and ink compatibility
The buyer's first question is whether your ink holds on their material. A sample on their own part answers it.
Durability tests
Rubbing, solvent and heat resistance matter on an appliance panel or a tool. The buyer defines the test, and you say which you can run.
Registration and repeatability
Parts printed over months must look the same. Fixtures and set-up records show that you can repeat.
Tooling cost for screens and pads
Screens, clichés and fixtures are made per job. The buyer asks who owns them and what a reorder costs.
Where orders are lost
What usually goes wrong when you sell industrial printing.
In the words owners use on the first call.
“OEMs do not find us”
Search for the surface and method. A page for pad printing on plastic parts reaches the moulder who needs it.
“Every enquiry needs a trial before a quote”
A trial print costs time. Ask for the part, the drawing and the quantity first and log every trial with its result.
“A customer's moulder changes the plastic and our ink fails”
Record the material and ink for each job and ask customers to tell you about material changes.
The scope
The work we would propose for industrial printing.
Measured on qualified enquiries, quotation requests, follow-up on each quotation, trial orders won and repeat orders. Anything here that needs a platform, directory or tool we have not used with you is confirmed with you before it goes in the scope.
- Pages by surface and methodScreen printing on plastic, pad printing on parts, panel and nameplate printing, each with materials and tests.
- Prospect list of moulders, panel makers and appliance firmsCompanies that outsource marking, with the part types they make.
- Trial and sample follow-upEvery trial print logged with the part, the ink, the result and the next call.
- Search by surfacePages for the surface and method searches a factory buyer types.
- Photographs of printed partsClose images of finished work on real materials, with the method noted.
What we do
What you get for industrial printing.
Each deliverable and what it is there to change.
A surface and ink guide
Tells a buyer what you print on and with what, so unsuitable enquiries drop away.
A trial print log
Records the part, ink, result and follow-up.
An enquiry form that asks for the part
Collects the material, drawing, quantity and test needs.
A prospect list by part type
Names the firms that mould or make parts needing marking.
How the result is measured
- Enquiries with a part or drawing
- Trial prints requested
- Quotations followed up
- Trial orders won
- Repeat orders
- Jobs repeated on same tooling
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
First
Your brief
You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.
After the brief
A conversation and a written scope
We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.
Before work starts
Baseline recorded
The numbers this work is meant to move, such as enquiries, quotations, orders, visits or renewals, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.
After the baseline
The first fix goes live
The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is a reply, a follow-up, a page, a listing or the handover between marketing and sales.
As agreed
Report against the baseline
What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.
At renewal
Renew on the numbers
The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.
What we need from you
What to have ready before we talk.
None of it has to be tidy. We read what you have.
- Methods you offer: screen, pad, digital, laser
- Materials and inks you have used
- Durability tests you can run
- Photographs of finished printed parts
- Past trial prints and outcomes
Export and new regions
Selling industrial printing beyond your home market.
Where you sell decides standards, documents, payment terms and freight. We work from Bengaluru and have no overseas office, so for a new region we start from your own enquiries, your existing buyers and the directories you already use.
Overseas manufacturers needing marked parts
Foreign appliance and equipment makers outsource printed panels and marked parts. Start with the export customers whose parts you already mark.
Tooling and sample dispatch
Screens and fixtures stay with you; agree who owns them and how samples travel.
FAQ
Questions about selling industrial printing.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
How do we show print durability online?
Who pays for trial prints?
Should industrial printing share a page with commercial printing?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
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Why us
Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.
Marketing and sales, as one job
Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.
The person on the first call does the work
No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.
A baseline before anything starts
Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.
The fee in writing, split three ways
Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.
No guarantees we cannot keep
The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.
One office, and we say so
Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.
#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.
Engagement options
Ways to work with us.
Pick the size of commitment that fits. Every option starts with your brief and a conversation.
Option 1
The conversation on its own
A call after you send your brief. It says honestly whether you need outside help, and many fixes are ones your own team can make.
Option 2
One fix, scoped
Start with the fix that matters most, such as reply time or follow-up. The fee is in writing before anything starts.
Option 3
An ongoing programme
We run the work, report against the baseline, and you renew on the numbers. The term and the reporting are agreed in writing first.
Option 4
Guidance for your own team or agency
We plan, brief and check the work of your in-house team or current agency, instead of replacing them.
Your brief
Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.
Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.
Your next practical step
Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.
Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.