Anodized Aluminum Tags
Inland Products offers you engraved or blank anodized aluminum tags in eleven colors for your identification needs. Also, we’re able to offer custom colors if the quantity you’d like to order is high enough to justify a custom run. Further, you can choose from our stock sizes and shapes, or we’re able to create any custom size or shape tag you might need. Please don’t hesitate to ask our sales department if you need anything you don’t see on our website.
- Anodized Aluminum Tags in stock sizes and shapes or custom made to your specifications
- Blank Aluminum Tags or Custom Engraved Aluminum Tags
- Choose from eleven colors
- Your best choice for color-coding with metal tags
What are the main advantages of aluminum tags over other types of metal tags?
We sell our colored anodized aluminum tags in bulk at wholesale prices. There’s a few advantages to these tags over other types of metal tags. So, read on to learn more…
Several colors and scratch resistant
Our anodized aluminum tags are available in eleven color choices, which is the most significant advantage. Offering this many colors allows you to use them for color-coding purposes, or to incorporate company, organization, or team colors into your project.
Our anodizing process to color our aluminum tags isn’t a surface treatment like painting, powder coating, or plating. In fact, it’s a subsurface treatment that deposits dye into the open pores of the aluminum. Then, we follow this up with a process that seals those pores shut, trapping the dye under the surface of the metal. Thus, the surface of your tags are left with a hard transparent oxide layer.
The transparent oxide layer of our anodized aluminum tags makes the surface very scratch resistant. Thus, extending the readability of your engraved tags over time, even in harsh conditions where the tag is subject to abrasion, severe weather conditions, or harsh chemicals.
Great readability
Another advantage of anodized aluminum tags is the high contrast between the surface color and the engraving.
You can deep rotary engrave anodized aluminum tags. In this process the engraving cutter cuts through the anodized layer and into the core aluminum. Therefore, the engraving is a bright silver color in contrast to the color on the surface of the tag.
Aluminum tags can also be laser etched. The laser burns through the surface color but not into the core aluminum. This results in a white engraving because the oxide layer has not been removed but is showing through in the etched areas.
 Rotary Engraving |  Laser Engraving |
Think about your color choice
When choosing a color for your aluminum tags, keep in mind the engraving will always contrast better on a darker tag color. If you select a silver color for your engraved tags, the contrast between the silver surface and the color of the engraving will be very slight; especially when laser etched. If the tags are deep rotary engraved, the contrast is more defined because of the depth of the engraving, but still not as good as the contrast with darker colors.
Are Anodized Aluminum tags right for you?
Aluminum tags are the lightest weight and most economically priced metal tags we offer. And, they’re by far the most popular with our customer base.
We do not, however, recommend aluminum tags for applications where they’ll be exposed to temperatures over 500 degrees Fahrenheit. At these higher temperatures the color will quickly fade, making the laser etching very difficult to read. But, if the tags are rotary engraved, they may remain easier to read due to the depth of the engraving.
With this in mind, if your application requires your tags to hold up to high temperatures, we recommend either our brass tags, which are capable of withstanding temperatures of over 1000 degrees Fahrenheit, or our stainless steel tags. They’ll withstand temperatures over 2000 degrees Fahrenheit.
How do we keep our prices so low?
Inland Products has been manufacturing identification products here in the United States since 1988. We’ve improved our manufacturing processes and capabilities many times in all those years. Our current manufacturing facility utilizes state-of-the-art equipment and allows us to compete very aggressively, even with overseas suppliers, because of the incredible efficiency of our processes.
From the very high-speed production of our blank tags to the most advanced computerized engraving equipment available, we can offer you great bulk wholesale prices and very high-quality products.
Additional Material Options: Brass Tags, Stainless Steel Tags, or Plastic Tags
Key Tags – Valve Tags – Number Tags – Locker Tags – Military Dog Tags – Pet Tags – Name Tags – Tree Tags
We’re Here To Help!
Inland Products has an experienced, knowledgeable, and helpful sales staff waiting to answer any questions you may have. We are here to help you make the best choices for your tags!
Please call us at 1-800-481-5500 or email sales@inlandproducts.com