About Liberty

In 1986, Timothy Beam founded Liberty Marking Systems. After 14 years in the product identification and label business, Tim felt the organizations he worked for lacked commitment to the customer.  He decided to start his own business – an opportunity to provide customers with the top-tier service they deserved.

Operating out of his home basement, Tim brokered labels and sold one of the first barcode label printing systems, which was a small NEC computer and a Okidata dot matrix printer. As the business grew, Tim expanded out of his basement, living, and dining room – eventually moving into a small office park. He sold labels and printers by day and ran labels on nights and weekends.

When suppliers struggled to handle “hot-rush orders”, Tim invested in a hot stamp label printer. With speed and responsiveness at the forefront of his business model, he had to adapt. From there, Liberty continued to leverage technology to scale – purchasing a three-color, Mark Andy flexographic label printer in 1992 and a four-color, 13” Roto-press in 1994.

In 1997, Liberty was finally able to purchase their own 16,000 sq.ft. building after years of renting through expansion. This purchase – an American small business success story – is Liberty’s current home.

Due to fast growth and more press purchases, 8,000 sq.ft. were added to the current location in 2016 and an additional 5,000 sq.ft. in 2022.

Brian Beam, Tim’ son, joined the business in 2007 after graduating from the University of Dayton with a degree in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. Brian learned the ropes at Liberty by selling labels on the road. After 7 years of success in this role, he took over as Vice President of Sales and Marketing and is now the current President.

Tim Beam believes Liberty’s success derived from his philosophy to “always treat the customer fairly, pull out all stops to take care of a customer’s needs and meet emergency rush orders with whatever it takes.”

Brian is committed to continuing his father’s promise, along with prioritizing people – both inside and outside of the Liberty walls. Liberty understands the importance of its employees and the valuable role they play in the company’s success. The staff also understands the impact it has on its customers, the industry, and the community.

The plant currently has five flexographic presses and can print up to eight colors, a service bureau with eight thermal-transfer printers and a digital ink jet printer to produce variable data and short-run labels. In 35+ years, our employees’ dedication to servicing customers and one another has been a driving force behind the company’s success, along with innovation and technology.