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INDUSTRY NEWS www.images-magazine.com 12 images SEPTEMBER 2019 We all know that single-use plastics are bad news for the environment, which is why so many people are turning to reusable water bottles instead. Now TheMagicTouch (TMT) is giving customers the opportunity to decorate and personalise vacuum bottles, using its image transfer process. We’ve received sample bottles and prints and we’re sold, with our Images-branded bottles a permanent fixture on our desks and on our person while we’re out and about. Full-colour designs can be applied using a traditional mug press, using the latest in white-toner technology together with the company’s established CPM transfer paper. TMT explains that unlike sublimation, the process is able to register white, so full-colour imaging is possible on any colour bottle. The average cost per print is less than 25p per bottle, and it takes less than two minutes to produce. Using the TMT transfer process means that there’s a minimum order quantity of one, which makes it easier to sell and market personalised bottles to your target customers. The bottles themselves have an insulated food grade stainless steel layer with an insulated liner, which keeps hot drinks hot, and cold drinks cold, for up to 12 hours. They are easy to clean, rust- proof and leak-proof, with a wide, drip- free mouth opening. They’re available from all the major trade promotional suppliers, online suppliers and high street retailers in the UK, including Wilko. Jim Nicol, managing director, commented: “Until now the choice of technology available to decorate different colour mugs and drinks bottles has been restricted either to traditional screen/ pad printing or more recently using UV printers; however, what we offer is an affordable, quick and very durable solution assisting customers to increase the range of products possible using the TMT/Oki white-toner technology. www.themagictouch.co.uk DECORATED PRODUCT OF THE MONTH Dimensions becomes a member of the UK Contact Centre Forum Corporatewear specialists Dimensions, which dresses over 4 million people in the UK in corporate uniform, has now become a member of the UK Contact Centre Forum (UKCCF), which means that the company – which has a customer service centre at its Castle Donington HQ – can get involved with local forums, benchmark itself against best practice and pick up some additional tips. “We have set ourselves the goal of being a centre of excellence in customer service, and we can only do that by engaging with every single person who works here and interacts daily with our customers,” said customer services manager, Julie Wright. “By joining the UKCCF, there are a lot of local events, which will really ensure that we can attend without having an adverse effect of the ‘day job’.” www.dimensions.co.uk GeigerBTC opens distribution centre in the Netherlands GeigerBTC announced the opening of its distribution centre and office in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in September. The distribution centre will act as a hub for deliveries throughout Europe and the Middle East, with the company’s new office also serving as a central point for customs clearance. “The location inside the European Union simplifies compliance with value-added tax requirements for EU customers outside the UK,” explained GeigerBTC. Frank Murphy, managing director of GeigerBTC, added: “Having our own distribution centre and office in Rotterdam enables us to further improve services to our many clients with operations in EMEA. This also protects our clients and us from any potential consequences of Brexit, if and when it happens.” www.geigerbtc.com The new GeigerBTC distribution centre in Rotterdam will act as a hub for deliveries throughout Europe and the Middle East Stay in the picture with our Instagram feed and stories: @imagesmaguk A vacuum bottle printed by TheMagicTouch for our publisher’s 5-a-side veterans football team