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T-TRADE GROUP

We are a unique and leading group in the design and production of complete solutions for labeling, industrial marking and packaging.

T-Trade Group designs and manufactures complete solutions for labeling, industrial marking and packaging. It follows the labeling of the product from its birth, to packaging, to transport, up to its final use or positioning.
The peculiarity of T-Trade Group, which makes this Group unique on the international scene, is that it manages the entire labeling chain: ​

  • from thermal transfer ribbon to labels
  • from printing systems to technical assistance
  • from raw materials for printing, to digital platforms for product traceability
  • designing and producing in-house all it takes

Thermal transfer ribbons, labels, linerless rolls, printing solutions, digital solutions are the result of study and design and therefore internal production. Readers, PDAs, etc., consumables and packaging machines are instead products of which T-Trade is the distributor. Managing the entire labeling chain is a very important strength because it allows T-Trade Group to find perfectly customized solutions for every type of customer need, in total and complete integration.

All this takes place through the pillars of the T-Trade Group corporate philosophy:

  • DESIGN
  • PRODUCTION
  • INTEGRATION
  • CUSTOMIZATION
  • QUALITY
  • INNOVATION
  • DIGITIZATION
  • SUSTAINABILITY

MISSION

Research, develop, produce, distribute in the name of sustainability.

VISION

Offer solutions for the labeling of the future, ethics, friend of man and environment.

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Offices in Italy

38

Employees and collaborators throughout Italy

18

Patents

9.7

€ million turnover in 2022 of which 8% invested in research and development

Our history

Rapid and continuous growth in industrial labeling

2005
Founding of Transfer Trade Srl in Padova, from twenty years of experience gained in the barcoding and product traceability sector. The registered office of T-Trade remains in Padova until 2022.
2008
Founding of T-Trade India Private Limited in Mumbai, to meet the needs of emerging Asian markets, for direct and indirect channels. Today, some formulations of thermal transfer ribbons are produced in India.
2009
Founding of T-Trade Engineering (later One Code Srl, totally absorbed into T-Trade in 2023), a company dedicated to the R&D of technological innovations, such as TT printing solutions covered by numerous international patents.
2010

T-Trade acquires Baltea SpA, a company of the Olivetti Group, the only company producing thermal transfer ribbons in Italy and one of the largest in the world (in its flourishing moments it reached 800 employees). Thus, dozens of specific machines for the transformation of the thermal transfer ribbon are also acquired which, added to the already existing ones, position T-Trade in Europe as the most structured company in the sector.

2011
Opening of the operational and production branch in Monsano (Ancona).
2012
Start of the production of RFID adhesive labels in Milan.
2014
Thanks to the collaboration between T-Trade Group and Ditron Group (Omega Bilance, Sweda, etc.), the first linerless printers (GT ONE) are developed and produced with the aim of following the international market in the world of retail.
2015
T-Trade acquires Gruppo We Care Srl, a long-standing distributor for the world of packaging based in central Italy. Transfer Trade Srl and Gruppo We Care Srl together form the T-Trade Group.
2017
T-Trade launches the new Linerless Rolls production line.
2018
Transferring of the operational and production branch from Monsano to the current headquarters located in Falconara Marittima (Ancona).
2020
T-Trade opens an R&D branch in the autonomous province of Trento, in Be Factory, Progetto Manifattura, located in the European Green Valley. Here, until mid-2023, new eco-sustainable and innovative solutions are developed, both in terms of labeling consumables and Industry 4.0 end-of-line printing solutions.
2021
Start of the production of BIO Labels, the labels that start from nature and return to nature.
2022
T-Trade launches its TT-Lab label production line as a “small paper mill”. The ISO14001 renewal audit in fact certifies the process of: "Design, production of thermal transfer ribbons and neutral and personalized labels through the phases of lamination by adhesive, die-cutting, rewinding and printing". The result, arrived after the difficult years of Covid19, rewards the foresight with which T-Trade has been able to see the future and overcome, in every situation, the difficulties of the market.
2023
T-Trade transfers the registered office from Padova (which remains one of the commercial reference points) to Milan. In the same year TerraMatrix, an innovative startup owned by T-Trade, for R&D, design and production of Printing Solutions and digital, innovative, Industry 4.0, sustainable, ethical platforms for the traceability of products, was created.
2023
Again this year, T-Trade acquires OS2000 of Milan, a distributor of labeling products. In addition, it makes an extension of its operational purposes by formalizing the activity of B&B and residence, acquiring some real estate in Castel D'Emilio (Ancona), with a view to restoring life and value to small villages at risk of depopulation, creating a place of aggregation and hospitality for collaborators, customers and suppliers.

OUR TEAM

Respect, collaboration and teamwork:
the strength of the T-Trade team

Behind every T-Trade solution, there are people.
The strength of T-Trade is in the cohesion of the whole team, without exception.
It is with the contribution of all those who work in the company that great results are achieved by cooperating with professionalism, creativity and respect. The people who work in T-Trade are much more than employees and collaborators: they are part of the company and together with it they form a team capable of giving strength to the skills, knowledge and diversity of each element.

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Sustainability

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THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY FOR T-TRADE

Social-Environmental-Economic commitment

Talking about sustainability is complex: sustainability must not be a beautiful empty word, it must be real, usable and, even if it falls into a daily business that is complex for everyone, it must be evidence-proof.

Sustainability has been at the helm of T-Trade’s corporate route since its inception.

The path taken by T-Trade has led to tangible results, demonstrable and affordable for all; solutions have costs aligned to standards and offer a great advantage: allowing those who choose them to declare themselves Sustainable Company.

The corporate vision revolves around the concept of all-round sustainability, including economic sustainability and business continuity, ethical sustainability and environmental sustainability.

Sustainability therefore crosses all T-Trade activities, from design to production, to sales, through research and development, relationships with suppliers, employees, collaborators, customers and stakeholders…

Translated into T-Trade products, sustainability is for example thermal transfer ribbons free of toxic elements for humans and the environment; labels that derive from responsible management of resources; research and development and then production of organic labeling solutions; production of innovative printing solutions that eliminate the use of paper; continuous investments to propose the labeling of the future friend of man and the environment and increasingly steeped in ethical values.

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HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Certifications and Recognitions

T-Trade's Quality and Sustainability are guaranteed by official Certifications and Recognitions, both for the system and for the product:

T-Trade Group has an ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified Quality Management System, the latter to guarantee correct environmental management systems.
Some thermal transfer ribbons are ISEGA certified to guarantee their suitability for food contact.

Printed labels that must withstand abrasion and degradation due to light, salt mist and sand, have the guarantee of GHS/ Bs 5609 certification, the highest safety in the field of chemistry. Labels that must be in contact with food are MOCA certified (Materials and Objects in Contact with Food). The T-Trade production plant is authorised by Asur for MOCA production.

T-Trade is also certified FSC (Chain of Custody): this certification guarantees that paper products are made from materials from responsibly managed forests.
The new FSC standard, updated in 2022, also requires compliance with strict ethical requirements.

T-Trade products also guarantee compliance with all the main directives dictated by the regulations (Rohs, Reach, TSCA, etc.)

T-Trade has obtained the Cribis Prime Company for commercial reliability. Ecovadis has awarded the T-Trade Group the Gold Medal for Sustainability. Finally, T-Trade printing systems are Industry 4.0 certified and innovative solutions are patented.

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Partnership

T-Trade Group maintains partnerships with various entities/organisations:

Marche Polytechnic University

The collaboration between T-Trade and UnivPM is long-standing and focuses on research, design, development of intelligent, innovative, digital, sustainable and Industry 4.0 certified printing solutions. Furthermore, T-Trade collaborates with the Management department and in particular offers case studies for the course in "Sustainability Management and Circular Economy" on various occasions.

Tecnoalimenti

T-Trade is a technological partner of Tecnoalimenti, the Scientific and Technological Research Organization, which inspires, coordinates and develops research projects of industrial interest in the field Agro-food. Tecnoalimenti is a hub for innovation composed of 31 companies in synergy with the Ministry of Research. This is where the development policies of the Food and Beverage sector are decided

Agrifood Marche

T-Trade is a member of the Marche Agrifood Cluster Association (CL.A.N), composed of the four Universities of the Marche (UNIVPM, UNIMC, UNICAM, UNIURB) and 54 local entities including research centres, small, medium and large enterprises and trade associations, which work together to meet the need for innovation along the entire agri-food chain.

TERRAMATRIX

Research & Development for innovative technologies: the innovative start-up TerraMatrix is born, the way to the future!

On March 30, 2023 TerraMatrix was born, an innovative startup owned by T-Trade, for R&D, design and production of printing solutions and digital platforms for the traceability of innovative, Industry 4.0, sustainable, ethical products .

TerraMatrix s.r.l. has as its object the development, production and marketing of innovative products or services with high technological value, and more specifically:

  • fundamental research activity, industrial research and experimental development, in science and technology, as well as technological innovation activity, in the field of eco-sustainable technologies and AI engineering;
  • the patenting, development and marketing of products having as their object the creation of software, firmware, hardware to simplify printing, traceability, the impact of ecological and ethical sustainability;
  • the development of these technologies with blockchain transactions, in order to keep track of the product life cycle (packaging, transport, non-tampering, interruption of the cold chain, any quality certifications, consumption, l possible donation to third parties), simplifying as much as possible the information available to the consumer, the GDO and the producer;
  • the prototype production of technologies aimed at reducing or even eliminating the use of raw materials that are difficult to restore in nature, such as paper, for example, replacing their use with compostable and regenerable materials.

TerraMatrix is also able to produce, commercialize and license the results of its research and the patents in use, so as to satisfy the most diverse needs in the various reference markets. To TerraMatrix s.r.l. the task of walking the road to the future in a lean way!

360° labeling and packaging

The T-Trade Group: Transfer Trade Srl, We Care Srl Group and TerraMatrix

The T-Trade Group is all-round labeling, marking, tracking, 360° packaging and also research & development for innovative technologies.
The leader, in its capacity as manufacturer of everything needed for the labeling, marking and traceability processes, is the company Transfer Trade Srl, which has been joined, since 2015, by Gruppo We Care Srl.
We Care Group, historic distributor of consumables and packaging products in central Italy, belongs wholly to Transfer Trade.
TerraMatrix, finally, is the innovative startup owned by T-Trade, for R&D, design and production of printing solutions and digital platforms for the traceability of innovative, Industry 4.0, sustainable, ethical products.

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