About us & how we’re different as flag makers
Excellence in printed fabric production
Northern Flags is jointly owned by its UK Management Team and Europe’s largest marketing fabrics supplier Faber Vlaggen. This partnership allows our clients in the UK to capitalise on the group’s production scale and expertise while benefiting from market leading account management and efficiency.
The combined group employs over 700 people with high capacity production hubs in Thailand, Poland, France and Holland, supplemented by smaller facilities here in the UK for clients requiring rapid turnaround when on tight deadlines.
We specialise in ‘just in time’ production for many of the world’s largest companies ranging from multinational brands, Europe’s largest print management operations, Advertising Agencies and Sports Management Companies. We have been responsible for delivering branding and event marketing for major events such as Euro 2012, Olympic and Commonwealth Game, and races from small schools to major marathons. No client is too small and no event is too big!
Flag production was the basis of our company the flexibility but adaptability and ease of use of fabric in point of sale, event branding and signage means that this now represents a decline, but as flag makers will still feel this is still an important part of our business.
Northern Flags is recognised as a leader in Retail POS, Fabric Banners, Barrier Scrim, Banners, Pop out Banners, Pull up Cartridge Systems, Civic Furniture branding, Environmental PVC Replacement, Automotive Display, Feather Flags, Festival Flags, Sail Flags; Aventos Flag Systems and Flag Poles and Display systems.
We are trusted by some of the greatest events in the world and have recently been chosen to provide the city dressing for the Euro 2012 Football championships.
We pride ourselves in delivering the latest attention gripping innovations combined with industry leading print quality at competitive prices by taking advantage of our vast economies of scale whilst still maintaining a friendly personal level of service.
Here at the Leeds based sales centre. We are very proud to have recorded significant levels of sales growth over the previous 12 months. This is largely contributed to by our growth strategy which has included new initiatives such as our printer partnership scheme.
The partnership scheme has seen us successfully providing our exciting range of fabric based marketing solutions to traditional printing firms on a white label own brand basis. This has helped them grow their business by expanding their product offering to their existing clients, as well as increasing their appeal to new markets.
Everyone at Northern Flags is committed to providing the highest standard of customer care. Each client can draw upon years of experience with a named account manager who will be able to advise at every stage from art work to installation and maintenance options, guaranteeing the perfect solution for their requirements.
This level of knowledge and understanding allows all our customers to relax knowing that they have made the right choice and are in safe hands.
Environmentally aware printing and disposal
We believe that environmentally friendly printing should be a given. We constantly look at new printing technologies, new substrates and new inks to guarantee that we offer eco-friendly recyclable products to our clients. Our dedication to innovation and our constant research and development enables us to provide our clients with products that don't just suit their needs but also suit the needs of the environment.
Further information and records of our ecological and legal considerations can be viewed in our Green Policy.
Your consultants from commencement to completion
As one client told us: "Your competition appears to use sales people, thank goodness for your consultants". On the surface, consultants appear like any other sales person. The real difference is in their attitude, their approach and their commitment.
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The print industry is full of companies that offer just the product. At Northern Flags we offer advice, time, product and industry knowledge, delivering environmentally aware solutions. | ![]() |










