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Labeling machine from China

A labelling machine is built for one container shape: a machine that labels round bottles well cannot put a straight label on a tapered, oval or square one without other hardware.

Ask about this machine ↗Where the numbers come from

Written and listings checked 30 September 2026. Every figure on this page names its source.

What you are actually comparing.

Two quotes, one machine name

What hides inside the price

Application type

Wrap-around for round containers, front and back for flat sides, top labels, corner seals, or shrink sleeves. Each is a different machine.

Container handling

Separating wheel, wrap rollers and a top belt for tall or light bottles that tip over.

Label roll

Core size and largest roll diameter must match your printer's rolls.

Gap sensor

Clear labels need a capacitive or ultrasonic sensor; a standard light sensor cannot see them.

Coder

Hot stamp or thermal transfer printing of batch and date on the label, fitted or not.

Before you ask for a price.

Send these with the enquiry. Without them, any number a factory gives you is a guess dressed as a quotation.

Filled and capped samples of every container.
Labels on the roll from your label printer, with core size.
A drawing of label position and tolerance.
Containers per minute you need.
What must be printed on the label on the line.

Turn the claim into a demonstration.

Require this	A pass looks like
Label a run of your filled containers at target speed.	Every label inside your drawn tolerance, with no wrinkles or bubbles the next day.
Leave a gap on the label roll.	The machine detects it and no container passes unlabelled.
Run your clear labels, if you use them.	Labels dispense one per container without skips.

The documents that must arrive with it.

EU Declaration of Conformity naming 2006/42/EC, or Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 from 20 January 2027.
Manual with label threading and sensor setup.
A settings sheet for each container.

The one people forget. The settings sheet per container. Without it, every changeover becomes trial and error with wasted labels.

When this is the wrong machine.

Buy something else if

Named, not hedged

You need a full-body sleeve.

A shrink sleeve labelling machine with a heat tunnel.

You label a few hundred containers a day.

A semi-automatic labeller that the operator loads one at a time.

Where the numbers come from.

We name the kind of source, how many and when, and never the factory. Listed prices are asking prices, not landed cost. Where we do not hold a fact we say so: that is a GAP, not an estimate.

Listings · 8Eight priced listings for labeling machines, checked September 2026, asked US$2,800 to US$18,800 across round, flat, top, wrap and sleeve types. These are asking prices, not landed cost.
Listings · 1One listing for small round bottles, checked September 2026, stated up to 150 a minute at plus or minus 1 mm, for diameters of 12 to 22 mm on a 76 mm label core.
GAPGAP - no supplier quotations logged for this machine yet. Three to five quotations for one configuration would give a real price spread.

Related machines.

Coding and marking machine. Choose it if you only need a date and batch printed on the pack.
Bottle capping machine. Choose it with this one when caps are still put on by hand.

Every machine we source in this area is on the Packaging page. How a project runs, stage by stage, is on how it works, and what it costs is on pricing.

Straight answers

Questions buyers ask about this machine.

Chinese vs European labeling machine?+

Simple labellers are close. The gap grows with speed, servo label drives and changeover parts. Buy on a test with your containers.

What goes on a labeling machine inspection checklist?+

Position against your drawing, missing-label detection, clear-label sensing, coder print quality, and changeover time.

What CE documentation does a labeling machine need?+

A Declaration of Conformity under the machinery rules, plus 2014/35/EU and 2014/30/EU. Ask for the technical file behind it.

How do I import a labeling machine to the EU?+

You are the importer: your name and address go on the machine or its papers, and you check the declaration before use.

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