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Aldus Engineering Pty Ltd and Tronics Pty Ltd have merged, forming Aldus-Tronics Pty Ltd.

Aldus Engineering, established in 1949 has been serving the graphics industry in Australia, New Zealand & South East Asia for nearly seventy years. Originally manufacturing flexo printing presses and slitting systems, Aldus now distributes and services Mark Andy printing presses, Rotoflex slitters, Tidland air shafts, Fife edge guides and tensions control systems, Epson digital presses and other related products.

Tronics, established in 1985, has been manufacturing labellers for over thirty years. Since 2001 Tronics has also been the Videojet distributor in Australia and New Zealand, with subsidiaries in the United States, New Zealand and Malaysia.

Aldus-Tronics CEO Frank Floriano and Aldus general manager Ian Guanaria said they are delighted with the merger and are looking forward to delivering greater value to customers, suppliers and staff.

The merged entity will be exhibiting at Auspack 2017, stand 26, on 7-10 March at Sydney Showground and at Pacprint, stand F60, Melbourne Exhibition Centre 23-26 May.

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