If you run a continuous ink jet (CIJ) printer, especially if it's more than a couple of years old, you will undoubtedly be spending significant sums on maintenance and spare parts as well as having to buy expensive fluids to keep the printer running, even when it's not printing.

Twice this week it has struck us how being an independent business, run by its owners, better serves the needs of our customers.

The human elements in many things has disappeared: from cash machines to automated telephone systems, getting to speak to someone is become a rarity - meeting them even rarer.

It's always a pleasure to welcome customers to Rotech. We try to provide a warm welcome, a decent cup of coffee - maybe even lunch or breakfast - and, most importantly, sound advice on coding applications.

If you are responsible for running a pharmaceutical production hall, coding can seem like a frustrating distraction in the overall scheme of things. The equipment is small compared to the rest of the line and the print it produces is even smaller. However if it is not right, the pack is rejected, has to reworked and the production rate takes a nose dive.

The Rotech range of feeders can feed product at speeds up to 60m/min, making it an ideal base for the fitting a thermal transfer, inkjet, laser, or other high speed marking device.

For print quality and maintenance-free direct coding and marking on porous and non-porous materials (e.g., plastics, PVC, polyethylene and aluminium), the Apsolute V1 thermal inkjet printer is unrivalled