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Read below about the founding of the company as well as a brief look at the Rubber Stamp Industry for the past 60 years |
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The company started business from a garage on 7 September 1949 and soon had to expand to larger premises in Andries Street and then to Prinsloo Street. In 1970 we moved into our own building at 5 Rebecca St, Pretoria West. What started as a husband and wife setup, though still in family hands, today have 15 people in its employ. Harry Dinkelmann, the original owner and founder of the company, passed away in August, 2007. He was at the office till a few hours before he passed away quietely. His brother joined him in 1956 and was with the Company until his untimely death in early 1975. Today, his wife also is still actively involved, he is assisted by his son-in-law, Louis and daughter, Estelle. They are actively involved in marketing, sales and production and are taking the Company into the new age of technology where everything will be done from the computer. The design and manufacture will be, as the saying goes, from the comfort of your chair, as well as the marketing and sales through the Internet. Although counter and telesales will still be part of our business, the move will have to be towards a share in e-business to stay in the forefront of our industry. Technology has also caught up with rubber stamps. Back in those early years, together with hotmetal (lead lines, loose metal and wood letters), mould or forms were cast from plaster of paris with an Indian silk lining. Later the Americans made a laminate from board with phenolic as the base for the mould from which the stamps were moulded. This again was revolutionised by us with a unique, and cheaper, way of just using phenolic powder as the basis for the mould. Then came the age of electronic means and 'rubber stamps' were made firstly from a photopolymer material by exposing it to ultra voilet light through film. Today it has totally had an industrial 'revolution' and rubber stamps are now mostly manufactured by laser engraving. At City Rubber Stamp we have phased out the old fashioned hot metal manufacturing, even for the deep, industrial stamps and everything is done from the computer.
The Company today specialises in many marking products, all up to now, manufactured from rubber or synthetic materials Apart from a growing demand for self inking stamps, we still manufacture the old traditional Rubber Stamp that you need a separate ink pad. This is especially handy when marking wood, linen and other similar 'rough' materials which need a deep etched stamp and is most often of large format.
What about the future? The facts are already on the table; to stay competative in this market, one must stay in touch with technology and technology is improving quality and production speed. This has become apparent with the introduction of new technology ie LASER Engraving. This not only increased the graphic possibilities of our current products but has expanded the product range that we can offer. So with the old way of manufacturing Rubber Stamps for marking wood, linen etc,out the back door, we now also manufacture name badges, identification plates, small office signs, while the full range of self inking and plain rubber stamps are still available. Doming is also a part of the badge manufacturing. View our product range from out homepage. If you require more information on any other of our Products/Services offered, please feel free to visit that particular page by returning to our homepage and you can choose any link to that particular page or our contact page for more information. Our experience level in the manufacture of our various products offered is second to none and our suppliers, both overseas and local is a mere phone call or e-mail away. As some of the pages are still under construction, please contact us for more information
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