CC&CO. & RITRAMA: A NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP IN THE DANISH MARKET OF SELF-ADHESIVE LABELS

We have the pleasure to introducing our new partner in self- adhesive products CC&CO in Denmark.   This commercial alliance will focus on self-adhesive materials for labelling for the Danish and the Swedish markets. Ritrama products will open up exciting opportunities that will bring many positive changes in Roll Label Market as we know it.                                                                   GO TO CC&CO WEBSITE>>

WE TOAST AT THE GIRO D'ITALIA TOO!

On the occasion of the Giro d’Italia (8-30 May 2010) the winery Cantina Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona, official licence holder of the bycicles race tour, produced a limited edition of 3.800 Brunello di Montalcino (2005) wine bottles, whose label has been realized with a Ritrama self-adhesive materi al for Indigo Digital printing, the paper MODI WHITE DGT. The label has been made by UMBRA LABEL in Magione (Perugia --www.umbralabel.it) company specialized in printing labels for the beverage and wine fields.

THE HIDDEN SECRETS OF CAR WRAPPING: RITRAMA UNVEILS THEM IN AN "APPLICATION MOVIE"

Procedures, tips & tricks for professionals, beginners and curious guys. An unpublished video, supplemented by the exclusive Application Guide, is Ritrama’s answer for those digital printers who want to enlarge their business with car wrapping and decoration         Ritrama, a leading world class manufacturer of self-adhesive materials, takes a new important step in supplying turnkey solutions for visual communication professionals. The useful and demanded Application Guide, carrying simple and exhaustive information about the application of self adhesives, has been supplement by Ritrama with an exclusive Video document that explains, describing stages from A to Z, how to apply sign-making materials and digitally printed vinyls on cars, vans and riveted trucks, but also windows and big glass surfaces.        “The realization of the video and of the application guide has involved a great organizational dedication and all the marketing & communication team, but the excitement of our distributors and of the first customers who have watched it, completely repaid our efforts” - Ronald Rink, Ritrama Viscom Division Manager, claims - “We firmly believe that our first class products must be supported by tools and formative trainings that are easily understandable and useful for our customers business.

QUALITY, RELIABILITY AND SERVICE BY RITRAMA LAND IN CENTRAL AMERICA

In line with the strategy of increasing market share in Central America and strengthening the network of services two new slitting and logistics centres, Ritrama Costa Rica and Ritrama Guatemala have been opened. From 2005 until today the Central America market has been well served by DigiFlexo which contributed to the strong growth of our products in this area. This investment is a sign of our attention to this market which will benefit from shorter delivery times and a wider range of products from our production sites in Europe and Chile, offering solutions to different application needs. The strategic location in Guatemala and Costa Rica, also allow us to give a better and faster service in El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.            Ritrama Costa Rica, with a modern warehouse and slitting system, is located in en Belén, Heredia province neighboring to San José y Alajuela, while Ritrama Guatemala, with slitting capability by the end of 2010, is located in the country's capital, Ciudad de Guatemala.   The new Ritrama Costa Rica, Ritrama Guatemala together with Ritrama Chile and Ritrama Mexico confirm clearly our expansion policy and a growing interest in the Latin American markets. Both centres are managed by Mrs Olga Lucia Botero with a vast knowledge of self-adhesive materials gained from 16 years of working experience in Colombia and six years in Central America: to her goes our best wishes for this new challenge.

RITRAMA MATERIAL EXHIBITS AT VINITALY         The Packaging Competition of the Italian Vinitaly exhibition, which aims to highlight the best finished bottles for wines and spirits, rewards and stimulates the efforts of wine-making companies as regards continual improvement of their image. Ritrama, in cooperation with SEMAV, made available the self-adhesive paper that worthed the prize Gold Label (winners: Az.Agr. Merotto Graziano with the graphic agency Caseley Giovara) in the category packaging for sparkling wines produced with fermentation in autoclaves (Charmat method) and fermentation in the bottle (classic method) with the wine Valdobbiadene Prosecco Docg Superiore Rive di Col San Martino Spumante Brut Millesimato "Cuvée del Fondatore" 2009.

ATLANTIS IS INVESTING IN LEARNING!
Atlantis Reklam, the Ritrama Visual Communication Certified Distributor in Turkey active in the advertising industry with a young and dynamic team, has been targeted to be one of the most reliable companies for products and services for the Visual Communication sector in its country.
With the aim to continue the investment in learning and experience in this business, Atlantis is promoting a seminar in April for advertising and decorators operators, where the Ritrama products will be exhibited. www. atlantisreklam.com

RITRAMA PARTNER IN THE FIRST POLISH CAR WRAP CHAMPIONSHIP
The unprecedented Polish Car Wrap Championship has seen the partnership of Ritrama, thanks to the presence of our distributor Reprograf. The show wanted to underline the potential of transit advertising solutions and Ritrama supports this great initiative with a dedicated material, the RI-JET CAST 50 AIR FLOW.

RITRAMA (Hefei) – CHINA BRIGHTLY SUCCEEDED IN ACCOMPLISHING THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 AND OHSMS

We are very proud to inform you that the RITRAMA (Hefei), our prime manufacturing site based in Hefei (China), has been approved to Quality Management System (ISO 9001:2008), Environmental Management System(ISO 14001:2004) and Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS). As a quality global supplier within the speciality roll label and sheet stock market on international scale, the Ritrama Group is positively committed to ensuring that everything that we do addresses current environmental issues in a clearly defined and responsible manner. For this reason, we congratulate with the Ritrama Hefei site for the beautiful result obtained.

LABELEXPO ASIA 2009 SHOWS THE BEST OF RITRAMA Labelexpo Asia exhibition was another interesting appointment of Ritrama with the Chinese booming market. The EVOLUTION PE 60 and DURABLE ranges were favourably welcomed as innovative and satisfactory high standard solutions for niche markets. The company recently opened a "state of art" Coating and Slitting Plant in Hefei equipped with the latest manufacturing technology, making it a centre of excellence in its field to serve the Asia Pacific market. The Chinese product line of self-adhesive materials covers a multitude of requirements, like film and paper rolls for prime labels, materials for beverage labels, body care and household containers labelling, films for "no label look" effect, paper sheets for screen and offset, PVC sheets for screen printing and wide rolls of film for digital ink-jet printing. Read more on Labels & Labeling >>

LABELEXPO ASIA 2009 "Original, Innovative and Flexible" this is how Ritrama is approaching the next Labelexpo Asia 2009 exhibition, thanks to its newest coating and slitting plant in Hefei equipped with the latest manufacturing technologies, making it a centre of excellence in its field.  In fact the Chinese product line of self-adhesive materials covers a multitude of requirements, like film and paper rolls for prime labels, materials for beverage labels, body care and household containers labelling, films for "no label look" effect, paper sheets for screen and offset, PVC sheets for screen printing and wide rolls of film for digital ink-jet printing. Amongst the novelties to be presented at the exhibition, there is the new EVOLUTION PE 60, an innovative film able to satisfy the new generation market trends and the Durable Range, able to answer to the severe requirements of the automotive and electronic industries and many others. Ritrama will be glad to welcome you at the booth G50 Hall 2.

VISCOM 09 THANK YOU Ritrama warmly thanks you for all the visits received during the latest VISCOM exhibition. The demonstrative session of car wrapping organised in its booth was very successful and state once again the high performances of the lines Air Flow and Repositionable.

VISCOM 09 Ritrama, Italian Group leader in the production of self-adhesive materials offers innovative solutions to meet the needs of visual communication. In particular materials dedicated to the car wrapping: a demonstrative session organized in its booth will show the high performance of the lines Air Flow and Repositionable.

RITRAMA & PEFC
RITRAMA S.p.A. is pleased to announce that their operations in Sassoferrato and Caponago, Italy have been formally certified by PEFC – Certificate N° 21366. Read more>>

LABELEXPO EUROPE 2009:                                          Thank you very much for visiting our stand! LABELEXPO EUROPE 2009, the greatest label show has finished leaving us plenty of exciting experiences shared either with our traditional customers or with the new visitors that were numerous, despite the global economic crisis. The exhibition was a large platform for promoting all the latest Ritrama’s news that report a real revolution in self-adhesive materials design as: The new EVOLUTION PE 60 an innovative material offering all the advantages of the "New Generation Films", to create new opportunities in the world of labelling.   LINERLESS, a pioneering PP and Thermal Paper material without siliconised liner as innovative solution for linerless labelling. The DURABLE RANGE, the labelling solution to the severe requirements of the automotive and electronic industries.         "The finest wines require only the very finest label materials". Ritrama WINE RANGE has introduced an excellent selection of products to match and enhance the appearance of the most prestigious of wine bottles.   INDIGO RANGE for Digital printing, used in a wide variety of applications, such as labels for the pharmaceutical and toiletries industries, the food and beverage markets, wine labelling and the health sector     The UNIVOCALSIGN is a patented system of univocal customized identification that attaches a fingerprint to a product which stands for guarantee of the originality. …and more and more interesting products:   PHARMA RANGE OIL CANISTER & DRUM LABELLING   PERSONAL CARE RANGE SEAL & RESEAL RANGE FOOD RANGE   BAG TAGS RANGE TYRE RANGE SECURITY RANGE METALLISED PP "Original, Innovative and Flexible" is how Ritrama has proposed itself at the Labelexpo 2009 exhibition in Bruxelles. We are very pleased for all the visits received during the exhibition and we really want to warmly thank all of you.

LABELEXPO EUROPE 2009 “Original, Innovative and Flexible” these three words describe how Ritrama will propose itself at the next Labelexpo 2009 exhibition in Bruxelles. Between the novelties EVOLUTION, the PE film with lower thickness and weight but with the same dispensability and conformability of the standard PE, the new Roll Indigo range and the brand new Linerless, a pioneering PP material without siliconised liner. Between many others Ritrama will also present the new RI-777/85, a certificated material for marine exposure, the Durable Range, the Direct Thermal Products, the metallised 50µ PP and the Security and Stamp line. Ritrama will be glad to welcome you at the booth 5A12 Hall 5.

SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL AD & SIGN TECHNOLOGY & EQUIPMENT EXHIBITION Ritrama and its partner Cheer Art Holdings Co., Ltd. will participate at the 17th AD & Sign Technology & Equipment Exhibition, in the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from 7th to 10th July 2009. This AD, Print, Pack, Paper Expo is considered the No. 1 Expo in China for the AD and Sign Industry and has become one of the leading shows worldwide. Cheer Art Holdings Co., Ltd. is a Ritrama distributor in HK & Mainland China, specialized in supplying a varied range of Visual Communication products including printing and advertising materials. Its primary aim is to develop different types of new product in an innovative manner, to meet the growing demand in the fast growing advertising market. You will be able to see Ritrama products and their applications during the show, like the new RI-JET 385 white and clear ECO-DIGITAL, RI-952 ULTRA REMOVABLE a new way to display, car wrapping materials and high opacity vinyl. Our fully experienced staff will be happy to answer any question and recommend suitable product to you.   We look forward to seeing you in our booth number W1 046 (West Hall 1).

THANKS TO THE VISITORS OF RITRAMA'S BOOTH AT THE FESPA DIGITAL EUROPE The FESPA DIGITAL EUROPE in Amsterdam was a great showcase for promoting all the latest Ritrama’s news like the even richer ECO-RANGE and the enhanced  ETCH GLASS Series (RI-MARK Range) with more interesting products for outdoor glass decoration using pioneering adhesives to improve and facilitate the application. We are very pleased for all the visits received during the exhibition and we really want to warmly  thank all of you.

RITRAMA S.A. - CHILE WON THE PRIZE INVESTMENT PROJECT 2009  CORFO, the agency of the Chilean State, which supports companies in Chile to be able to compete in today's markets, every year distinguishes companies, projects and individuals who best embody the spirit, purposes and work of the institution. CORFO has awarded the Ritrama S.A. Chile with the prestigious prize INVESTMENT PROJECT 2009 thanks to the Ritrama new high technology plant of self-adhesive materials inaugurated by the President of the Republic Michelle Bachelet late last year.   This award highlights the importance of the Ritrama investment that contributes to the country's growth as a source of new wealth adding value to products and creating new jobs.

RITRAMA BETS ON MEXICO Following the successful initial promotion of the Ritrama product range into the Mexican market, Ritrama Inc. and Mextran have together launched Ritrama Mexico in January 2009 to provide a full service to roll label converters.     The headquarters are located in Mexico City with production facility of 1,000 square meters. Three slitters provide annual capability up to 25 million square meters, sufficient for the Mexican market. Additionally, there is a branch in Guadalajara, Jalisco that can give a prompt and efficient service to the West Region.   Ritrama Mexico has a highly qualified team on flexo technologies who are able to provide technical assistance to converters and end users in the development of new labels for all kinds of applications.   Read more on Labels&Labeling>>

RITRAMA & REACH REGULATION In response to your inquiry regarding REACH regulations: Regulation, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restrictions of Chemicals   The Ritrama Group of companies has been actively engaged ever since introduction of this regulation to ensure that the company has participated actively and positively towards REACH requirements.     Ritrama fully support the new regulations and will continue to manage risks from all hazardous or listed chemical substances providing full technical and safety information wherever necessary.        Through a close cooperation with all suppliers, Ritramacan confirm that all raw materials have completed the REACH pre-registration period and declare the complete safety of its products and their continuity in production and supply.   We trust that this information will meet your requirements, please contact us if you require further details.

FESPA DIGITAL EUROPE 2009 The annual Fespa Digital Europe fair, which this year will be held in Amsterdam May 12-14, will be a great showcase for presenting the latest innovations in the field of self-adhesive material for large format digital printing under the inimitable signature Ritrama brand. Ritrama has always shown a particular emphasis on environmental safeguards, and continues this year with the same commitment, presenting an even richer ECO-RANGE. This range includes the new polyolefine based RI-JET 385 ECO-DIGITAL in clear and white versions matched to different "green" lamination films for use in medium durability outdoor applications. For Large Format Digital Printing and in particular for fleet vehicle wrapping, Ritrama is now able to provide a Warranty when using Cast and Polymeric films combined with the respective laminates. Examples are RI-JET 50 Cast with RI-JET 30 Flexilam Cast Clear, RI-JET 50 Cast with RI-JET 50 Cast Ultraclear and RI-JET 75 Polymeric with the RI-JET 75 CLEAR. Detailed Application Instructions are also available for users. Attention will also be focussed on the ETCH GLASS line, which forms part of the famed RI-MARK series. This includes interesting news for the decoration of windows thanks to the use of the latest generation adhesives, namely ASP 30 semi-permanent with AIRFLOW technology  and ASP 33 repositionable to improve and simplify the application of the material. The Ritrama Team will be happy to welcome you to Amsterdam in Hall 1 – stand H120.

DIGITAL LABEL SUMMIT BARCELONA 2009
	Ritrama will take part at the next Digital Label Summit in Barcelona, Spain, from the 24th to 25th of March (booth 1) to present the latest trends for the digital label printing world. In fact Ritrama is constantly searching solutions that can meet the growth of digital technologies, as well as customer's expectations all  over the world. Come to visit us and our professional staff will be welcoming customers and visitors showing the latest information on Ritrama’s activities and many other interesting labeling solutions.

THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF CHILE MICHELLE BACHELET INAUGURATED THE NEW RITRAMA PLANT IN CURAUMA - CHILE Ritrama SpA proudly announces the opening of its new 20 million dollar ($) self-adhesive material manufacturing site in the industrial area Curauma, in the region of Valparaiso.

Ritrama S.A - Chile is part of an highly structured project of long-term growth that use the same raw materials and production technologies well-established in Europe. The aim is to provide Ritrama’s globally recognized product line of self-adhesive paper and film and also innovation and quality.  The idea is that the plant will be the base of operations to supply its products to Latin America as well as a platform for exporting to North America and other countries. Tomàs Rink, President of the Ritrama Spa Group emphasizes that “Chile is a welcoming country full of enthusiasm and we are proud to be part of this huge country and be able to contribute to its growth”.