Tower announced the winner of the ’WIN a mobile office worth R20 000′ promotion as John Wertheim from Kenilworth, Cape Town.

Wertheim, a grade five teacher at St Augustine’s Primary School, took home a mobile office worth R20, 000. His prize includes an Asus Laptop, Samsung Laser Printer, as well as a Blackberry Phone 8270.

Mr. Wertheim will be using the prize to plan for his lessons: “I am so delighted as I badly needed a new computer. Both myself  and my  learners will benefit from this prize as I will be using it to plan classes, produce recording sheets and work sheets as well as compile reports for my students,” he enthuses.

Wertheim, who uses Tower star stickers  to mark his learner’s work as well as the Tower Teacher’s Labels to write encouraging messages for his learners, stated that he will continue to use Tower products for  as long as he teaches.

Any company, big or small, would attest to the amount of time and money required for printing business cards. Vast quantities of the cards often have to be ordered, resulting in some of the cards not being used or worse, becoming obsolete when company details change. This no longer needs to be the case. With Tower’s range of office products, business cards can be printed instantly, at varying quantities and in the comfort of your home or office.

Here is a simple, two-step guide on how you can make your life easier, as well as save time and money, by printing your own business cards:

What you will need:
• 250gsm clean-cut Tower business card sheets
• Inkjet or laser printer
• Template disk downloadable from the Tower website or available on Microsoft 2007 and upwards.
• LabelArt software (optional)

Step 1: Design
Think about the look-and-feel you would like to achieve on your card as well as the required information before proceeding with the design. Once you are ready to design, visit the Tower site for software that will make designing your cards a walk in the park.

You can download any of the pre-designed templates from the wide range available on the Tower website. The range of templates will provide you with basic design capabilities.

If you want to design a business card with a more elaborate aesthetic, you can purchase LabelArt software, which comprehensively covers all aspects of desktop labelling. The labelling software includes over 600 clipart images and various drawing tools to choose from. A 30 day trial version of LabelArt can be downloaded from the Tower website.

You do not need to be a designer to do this, with features such as the unique text rotation tool , you can even rotate any line of text to any angle or place your text around an arch or circle.

The added bonus is that what you see on the screen is what you get so you do not have to worry about the quality of the printed cards.

Step 2: Print
The 10-up clean-cut sheets of cards ensure that you do not have to spend time, money or effort on guillotining your cards.  Just feed the A4 sheets into your inkjet or laser printer and print, once printing is complete simply peel the cards off the backing sheets and your done.

The fact that you print out the cards yourself means that you do not have to order 500 or 1000 cards at a time nor do you have to wait for a week for the order.  You can simply print out your desired quantity using your inkjet or laser printer whenever you need them. The bonus is that if your details change, you can simply go back to your machine, edit and print out more cards.

There is no longer a need to brief in a designer or deal with suppliers. Tower business cards are a wonderful innovative way of saving you time and money and making your life easier. All that is required is your imagination.

For further information, contact Tower consumer helpline on 0800 220 488

Printing labels no longer needs to be a frustrating task.  With Tower’s comprehensive range of labels, suited for all printers, label printing is easy.

The extensive range of A4 labels, available in thirty different sizes, allows you the flexibility to design and print your own inkjet labels and laser labels for almost any occasion. You can exercise a bit of creativity by personalising the labels for office use, gifts, household items, CD’s and more.

The printing possibilities are endless, from standard mailing to media labels, Tower has the perfect size for you. The only limitation is your imagination.

To ensure perfect print results, Tower offers free label templates to customers. These templates are available as a download from the website, the templates are automatically installed onto your existing word-processing or design software, or, if requested, Tower will send the templates to customers on CD. Tower templates are available for all major software programs. Microsoft Word 6 and up, CorelDRAW 8 and up for PC, CorelDRAW 8 for MAC, Corel WordPerfect 7 and up, Corel PrintOffice, Lotus WordPro 2000 and Freehand for Mac.

Printing the labels is the easiest part. You do not need a specialised printer. Tower inkjet-laser labels are fully compatible with copiers, inkjet and laser printers, and have been tested with leading printer brands including H.P, Lexmark, Canon and many others.

Still Battling?

If you have any problems either finding or using these labels, give us a call on our toll free Consumer Helpline, 0800 220 488 for assistance or click here for answers to frequently asked label printing questions.

See our complete range and see how Tower can continue to make your life easier.

Cape Town March 2010 – Tower, a South African based company that offers a complete range of top quality easy-to-use stationery, labeling and associated home and office products, recently launched its new website in line with its updated brand identity. The new website kicked off with an online promotion where a mobile office worth R20, 000 is up for grabs. (more…)

February 2010, Cape Town – Every year, thousands of employees are absent from work owing to bad health. Research conducted in the US suggests that 15 million working days are lost to influenza each year. It should come as no surprise that the work environment is a hotbed of infections. According to experts, the average desk has 400 times more bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites and other germs than a toilet. Even scarier, is that toilets are cleaned regularly whilst desks receive a hasty wipe down that is pitiful given the amount of germs that lurk on them.  Truth be told, the spread of infectious diseases and germs in the office environment could be radically curtailed. This warning is courtesy of Tower, a South African based company that offers a complete range of top quality office equipment cleaners.

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A TEMPORARY LABEL ART TEMPLATE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR W228 CD LABELS. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY WITH LINING UP YOUR DESIGNS WITH THE LABEL WHEN PRINTING, PLEASE CONTACT THE TOWER HELPLINE ON 0800 220 488

After tireless effort and determination Tower has partnered with Microsoft International and the Tower Templates are now featured on Microsoft Office 2007 – the only African manufactured label brand to appear on any Microsoft Office product ever!

Stephen Beattie, Marketing and Sales Director of Pyrotec/Tower says, “This strategic partnership with Microsoft has been a long time coming. This is not only a huge accomplishment for Tower and Pyrotec, but as a Proudly South African product, the association with Microsoft is a coup for the South African stationery industry as a whole. It will hopefully lead the way for more South African manufactured products to be recognised by International players abroad.”

As a division of Pyrotechnical Marketing (Pty) Ltd, Tower is continuously pursuing it’s mission of “making your life easier”. In existence since 1966, Tower is one of the widest and most recognised brands of office/home labels in South Africa and Africa, and is sold through wholesalers, distributors, retailers, dealers, stationers and chain stores.