Global chip manufacturer company joins ETIRA
June 22, 2022
A Korean company focused on manufacturing chips and reset machines has joined the European Toner and Inkjet Remanufacturers Association. TinTec, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, specialises in chips and reset development and is expanding into areas including CISS solution and MPS software. Since being founded as TNCore in 2006, company has grown his reputation rapidly, […]
Another tender challenge win for Bioservice
June 8, 2022
ETIRA member Bioservice has successfully challenged another printer consumables tender that unfairly favoured Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). The Spanish company challenged the specifications governing the contracting procedure for the supply of toner for a tender for printer consumables. The Mayor of Eibar, a city in the Basque region of Spain, upheld the appeal. Bioservice S. […]
ETIRA and industry meet in Prague
May 26, 2022
ETIRA held its 2022 annual meeting during ‘The Recycler Live Europe’ conference in Prague on 19th – 20th May. Approximately 100 delegates joined the conference which is fast becoming the number one event to meet fellow industry members and hear the latest industry data. After two and a half years meeting only online it was great to […]
Embrace greener thinking now to ensure business sustainability
May 20, 2022
As governments strengthen their sustainability agendas and introduce greener policies, ETIRA is urging businesses to embrace sustainable practices now – or risk being left behind. Javier Martinez, president of the European Toner and Inkjet Remanufacturers Association, explains:
International conference to examine future of office printer industry
May 11, 2022
International experts from the office printer market will gather at a prestigious event next week to explore where the industry will be in one, two and five years. The Recycler Live, run in partnership with the European Toner and Inkjet Remanufacturers Association (ETIRA), will take place at the Holiday Inn, Prague Convention Centre, on May […]
ETIRA offers brochures in 4 more languages to spread environmental message
May 6, 2022
ETIRA will be able to further spread its reuse message after translating several information brochures into different languages. The brochures freely available for download, promote ETIRA’s certification label which helps customers and companies make the environmentally-responsible decision when it comes to buying printing cartridges. As well as English, they are now available in French, German, […]
Leading Croatian remanufacturer Microteam joins ETIRA
March 15, 2022
The leading producer of certified remanufactured laser and ink printers and multifunctional devices in Croatia has joined the European Toner and Inkjet Remanufacturers Association. Microteam, based in Velika Gorica, near Zagreb, becomes a member of ETIRA after remanufacturing of cartridges for printing and laser printers became a key focus for the company. The family […]
ETIRA visits GM Technology
March 3, 2022
In late February, ETIRA Secretary General Vincent van Dijk visited the premises of ETIRA member firm GM Technology near Seville, Spain. He met with owner José Ángel Muñoz, and with business development manager Zoltan Matyas, who toured the facilities with him. GM Technology are the no 1 in printer remanufacturing in Europe, and have a […]
Chip swopping is an “environmental disaster” says ETIRA
December 14, 2021
The practice of removing the chip from an empty OEM cartridge to fit onto a cheap non-OEM newbuilt creates more unnecessary waste and use of natural resources, and may be unlawful says ETIRA, the body that represents the European remanufacturers of OEM toner and inkjet cartridges.