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Laser-engraved
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The challenge for retailers of promotional
items is to resell these products for a profit,
preferably in large quantities.
Typically the only added value which
companies add to promotional products is
marking the company name or logo onto the
product, yielding relatively low profit margins.
Successful suppliers of promotional items
manage to stand out from the competition
by specialising in innovative processing
technologies and achieving generous profit
margins.
Given that very large quantities are traded in
the promotional industry and no fixed costs
are incurred when laser processing, retailers
can significantly increase the profitability of
their company by offering laser engraved
items.
The purchase of a laser machine can pay off
very quickly when processing around 100
items per week, which is easily achievable.
Patented technology
Trotec Laser - The right
partner for retailers of
promotional items
Trotec offers a number of laser machines
ideal for manufacturers and retailers of
promotional items, and is one of the few
laser manufacturers to offer both flatbed
lasers and galvo lasers. Developed and built
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in Austria, Trotec sets new standards in terms
of quality and user friendliness.
Bernd continues “We offer our customers
a comprehensive product portfolio with a
system suitable for everyone: From small,
cost effective machines for getting started in
laser processing to dual source flexx systems
for mixed material workpieces, and high-
speed galvo lasers for metal processing.”
Speedy flatbed lasers are available with
a Ceramicore® CO2, fiber or dual laser
source. The different laser sources are able
to process varying materials such as wood,
paper, acrylic, textiles, anodised aluminium,
glass or stone as well as metals and plastics.
The unique, patented flexx technology puts
both laser sources in a single machine and
can be used in one work step without
changing the laser tube, lenses or focus.
Speedy flexx laser machines are the ideal
solution for retailers of promotional items to
get started in marking metallic products with
minimal risk.
Marking mass-produced
items with high-speed
galvo lasers
Once laser processing is added to a
company portfolio, it is common for an
increase in larger orders to occur. These
can be quickly and easily produced using
high-speed galvo lasers. While suppliers of
promotional items
usually begin laser
processing with a
flatbed laser due
to their flexibility
and more diverse
processing options,
experienced
suppliers utilise
galvo laser systems.
Depending on the
application and
the product,
galvo lasers are
approximately 10
to 50 times faster
than flatbed lasers.
The software is a
particularly unique
feature for Trotec
galvo lasers, being
the only manufacturer of laser systems whose
galvo lasers can be operated with a printer
driver software.
While this workflow is standard in flatbed
machines, this means that Trotec customers
do not have to change their work processes
if they expand their production facilities with
a galvo laser system.
Trotec Laser -
Leading full-range supplier
Trotec also offers a variety of engraving
materials specially developed by Trotec for
laser processing, ranging from laminates,
acrylics, wooden panels, metals and
accessories such as aluminium tags.
These high-quality materials are available
to order 24/7 from the engraving supplies
webshop. As a manufacturer of lasers and
engraving materials, Trotec specialises in
coordinating these two areas to enable
customers to achieve optimal results from
a single supplier source.
Go to www.troteclaser.co.uk for
more information on laser technology
and www.engraving-supplies.co.uk
for engraving materials.
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