PA C K A G I N G
TECHSPAN
SAVING YOU MONEY ON THERMAL TRANSFER RIBBON
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Major lubricant
industry brands are
calling on importers
and distributors in
the market to join
them in tackling the
issue of millions of
lubricant packages
being discarded every
year. 3R Group chief
executive Adele Rose
says a waste lubricant
container product
stewardship scheme
has been established
to explore recycling
options for the seven
million 20 litre or less
lubricant containers
sent to landfills each
year. “Considering
that most lubricant
containers are
manufactured
from High Density
Polyethylene (HDPE)
or metal, both highly
recyclable after
pre-treatment, this
provides the ideal
opportunity to capture
these resources
onshore,” she says.
3R – which administers
the scheme – is joined
by Z Energy, Aegis
Oil, Allied Lubricants,
Castrol NZ, Farmlands
Co-Operative Society,
Lubricants NZ, Oil
Intel, Penrite Oil NZ
and Valvoline NZ.
www.3r.co.nz/
lubricant-containerstewardshipprogramme
Techspan Industrial Printing Systems
Limited is part of the Techspan Group of
companies which will celebrate its 40th
birthday in January next year. Proudly 100%
New Zealand owned and operated, the
company is the only thermal transfer ribbon
and foil converter in this country able to
make this claim.
With a reputation as a supplier of quality
products and services, the company has
been built on this philosophy, which it
says is part of the reason for its longevity.
Techspan currently employs 14 full-time staff,
with warehouses in Auckland, Sydney and
Brisbane. Core products for Techspan Trading
NZ include Engel injection moulding machines
and ancillaries, plastic welding equipment
and ultrasonic cleaning systems - which are
all European products of the highest quality.
The core products of Techspan Industrial
Printings Systems are thermal transfer ribbon,
hot and cold stamping foils and TSC label
printers. The company has been converting
thermal transfer ribbon and coding foil since
1999, when an SME Quadro 400 high speed
slitting machine was installed. The company
is now a major converter of thermal transfer
ribbon in New Zealand, supplying ribbon from
Ricoh Japan, NCR USA, Iimak USA, as well
as suppliers in Germany, France and Taiwan.
Black ribbon is supplied in all grades: wax,
wax resin and resin for flat head printers
(Zebra, Datamax, Meto, Sato, TSC and
Intermec, to name a few) and near edge
printers (Toshiba, Avery, Markem-Imaje,
Easyprint, Domino and Link).
“We also stock more than 50 coloured
ribbons for flat head printers in wax resin
and resin grades, including metallic gold,
silver, red and blue,” the company says. “We
have the ability to slit ribbon to any width and
length, and on cardboard or plastic cores to
accommodate any printer type.”
As well as ribbons for desk top and industrial
label printers, Techspan also supplies ribbon
for TTO inline high speed thermal coders. The
full range of TSC label printers is now available
on a dedicated e-commerce website.
TSC has been manufacturing label printers
since 1991 and has supplied more than
four million printers into the market. The
company is one of the top five label printers
manufacturing worldwide, with a market
share of more than 33% in the USA and Asia,
and 40% in India.
Newly released printers are available on the
website, including the TE-200 series desk top
printers which are not only very economic but
come with some impressive specifications.
The MH-240 series, an industrial label printer
set to replace the TTP-2410 series, again
boasts high specifications including a userfriendly,
full-colour touch screen, high print
speed, and auto sensing printheads so you
can change your printer from 200 to 300 or
600 dpi. The MX-240pro series is an extra
heavy-duty printer capable of print speeds
up to 440mm per second.
Techspan also supplies a range of hot and
cold stamping foils for the embellishments
of many products, wine labels being one of
the most wellknown. Foils are available in
metallic, holographic, pigment and security.
A new catalogue is now available on request,
as are printheads for all printer types and a
range of blank label stock.
In the past 18 years, Techspan has supplied
many hundreds of companies with printers
and thermal ribbons, offering reliable supply
and service at competitive prices. “We
thank them for their custom and loyalty,” the
company says. “There are still good savings
to be made in label consumables and as a
converter of these, we are very confident
we can save you money, possibly thousands
of dollars.”
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