Dynamic Cassette International

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Dynamic Cassette International (DCI) is an internationally-recognised^[1] Boston, Lincolnshire, UK based ink cartridge manufacturing company, producing products under the Jet Tec brand name. DCI is the sole UK manufacturer of compatible ink cartridges. DCI is notable for winning the Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation in 2004^[2] and being one of the biggest employers in Boston, employing around 280 staff at its 40,000 square metres factory^[3][4]. The company is currently Europe's largest manufacturer of compatible inkjet cartridges and has a turnover in excess of £20 million^[5].

On the 31st December 2007, DCI / Jet Tec featured on the BBC Radio 4 consumer affairs programme “You and Yours”. The programme examined what is involved in the production of compatible and remanufactured inkjet cartridges and focused on consumers’ concerns about the cost of printing ^[6]

Contents 1 History 2 Jet Tec Products 3 The Recycling Factory 4 International 5 Queen's Award for Enterprise 6 See also 7 External links 8 References

[edit] History

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DCI was founded by John Studholme in 1989 in Boston, Lincolnshire to manufacture cassette cartridges for typewriters and early printers.

[edit] Jet Tec Products

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DCI has the capacity to produce over 2 million compatible cartridges, 300,000 remanufactured cartridges and 250,000 refill kits per month, including:

• Epson compatible inkjet cartridges
• Canon compatible inkjet cartridges
• Brother compatible inkjet cartridges
• HP recycled inkjet cartridges
• Dell recycled inkjet cartridges
• Lexmark recycled inkjet cartridges
• Canon recycled inkjet cartridges
• Ink cartridge refill kits
• Epson Cartridge Chip Re-Setter for refill kits
• Jet Tec branded Inkjet paper

[edit] The Recycling Factory

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DCI's The Recycling Factory is responsible for collecting empty HP, Dell, Lexmark and other cartridges for recycling.

[edit] International

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Jet Tec has international operations in the USA and Germany, with distribution agreements in most European countries.

[edit] Queen's Award for Enterprise

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DCI won the Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation in 2004 for developing a new technology which allows 30 per cent more ink to be put in a cartridge. This innovation has economic and environmental benefits as it lowers the amount of wasted ink in print cartridges^[7].

[edit] See also

• Queen's Award for Enterprise
• Boston, Lincolnshire

[edit] External links

• Jet Tec
• Jet Tec stockist
• The Recycling Factory

[edit] References

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