Trimatt Systems

What Trimatt Systems does

Trimatt Systems Pty Ltd is an Australian designer and manufacturer of process automation machinery for the print, packaging, and card production industries. Founded in 2004 by Matt Johnson and headquartered in Boronia/Kilsyth, Melbourne, the company operates three product platforms — Product Handling, Product Identification, and Product Inspection — which combine custom feeding mechanisms, digital inkjet printing, and camera-based inspection into integrated lines for commercial manufacturers. Product names such as Trimatt, CardLine, FoldLine, SECUREPAK, Compakt Perso, ColourStar, and CupPro appear throughout the source material as branded machinery lines.

Its flagship products include the CardLine 7000 (card attaching and matching via proprietary digital gluing and folding), Compakt Perso (DoD UV plastic card personalisation), FoldLine 9000 (folding and gluing), SECUREPAK (security printing for tax stamps and anti-counterfeit applications), and the ColourStar AQ family of industrial digital colour printers (V, LT, and BoxPro ULTRAWIDE variants). Trimatt integrates HP print technology (HP Fi1000, HP 45 inkjet heads) and partners with Multifeeder, Domino, Avery Dennison, Kirk Rudy, Hunkeler, MBO, and Stahl for component subsystems. The ValidForm inspection system uses camera-based OCR and barcode reading with up to 8 inspection stations.

Trimatt sells machinery directly to manufacturers across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, with exports to Taiwan, China, and India. Revenue is generated primarily through hardware sales of custom machinery, supplemented by global servicing, parts, and consumables. The go-to-market combines direct sales with factory demonstrations at the Melbourne facility, industry trade show participation (APPEX, FoodPro, PacPrint, Auspack, MICE), and membership in APPMA, ICMA, and the Victorian Chamber of Commerce. The company has won consecutive APPMA Australian Machinery Manufacturing Awards in 2022 (CardLine 7000) and 2024 (ColourStar AQ) and employs between 11 and 50 staff.

Name

Trimatt Systems

Legal name

Trimatt Systems Pty Ltd

Website

https://trimatt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Trimatt Systems is an Australian designer and manufacturer of process automation machinery for the print, packaging, and card production industries, offering feeding, digital printing, and camera-based inspection systems to manufacturers across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Printing and Process Automation Machinery

SIC

Printing Trades Machinery & Equipment (3555)

akta.pro primary industry

Labeling, Coding & Marking Systems (IMAHAOAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Finishing, Converting & Die-Cutting Services (IMALAKAN)

Keywords

• Process automation machinery
• Industrial printing equipment
• Card production systems
• Packaging automation equipment
• Variable data printing

Headquarters

HQ city

Kilsyth

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Machinery Sales: Sale of custom process automation machinery including CardLine, FoldLine, ColourStar AQ, and related systems for card production, packaging, and print finishing
2. Servicing and Support: Full servicing, parts and consumables for all machinery supplied globally

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Trimatt Systems designs, manufactures and services process automation machinery and industrial print systems for the card production, packaging, and security printing industries. Core offerings are organised around three platforms: Product Handling (feeders, card attachers, folders/gluers), Product Identification (industrial digital colour printers and variable-data inkjet systems), and Product Inspection (camera-based matching and verification systems). The company supplies equipment directly to manufacturing businesses across Australia, New Zealand and Asia with supporting servicing, parts and consumables.

Product overview

Trimatt Systems is an award-winning Australian machinery manufacturer (established 2004) offering complete process automation solutions for the print and packaging industry. The company operates three core product platforms: Product Handling, Product Identification, and Product Inspection. Key branded systems include CardLine 7000 (card attaching and matching - 2022 APPMA winner), Compakt Perso (plastic card personalisation), FoldLine 9000 (folding and gluing), SECUREPAK (security printing), and ColourStar AQ product line (industrial digital colour printing - 2024 APPMA winner). Supporting products include feeding systems (Straight Shooter, Multifeeder Technology, RotoVac), labellers (Multifeeder HS103, Avery Dennison ALS 204), inspection systems (ValidForm camera matching, GT Controller), and digital printing solutions (Ez ColorJet, HP inkjet). Trimatt partners with global brands including HP for print heads, serving markets across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and beyond with customisable, labour-reducing automation solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CardLine 7000: High performance solution for attaching and matching cards, booklets and vouchers to carriers. Award winning in 2022 APPMA Awards.
• Compakt Perso
• FoldLine 9000
• SECUREPAK
• ColourStar AQ
• CupPro 600
• ValidForm
• GT Controller

Products and services

• CardLine 7000 High-performance solution for attaching and matching cards, booklets and vouchers to carriers, designed for CR80, PIO, SIM, gift, loyalty and other cards. Features unique digital gluing and folding techniques with up to 18,000 finished pieces per hour and greater than 50% material waste reduction plus 90% labour effort reduction. For card manufacturers and personalisers.
• Compakt Perso Standalone plastic card production machine for gift, loyalty, membership, transport or banking cards. Uses durable DoD UV inkjet to print personalised data (names, numbers, barcodes) directly onto plastic cards with optional magnetic stripe, RFID and dual interface encoding.
• FoldLine 9000
• SECUREPAK
• ColourStar AQ V All-in-one customisable industrial digital colour printing solution for in-house packaging printing. Features integrated friction feeder, adjustable receiving tray, HP Fi1000 print head with 100mm+ height adjustment and conveyor. CMYK digital printing at 27 meters per minute using waterproof, light-fast and scratch-resistant inks. For packaging manufacturers and brand owners.
• ColourStar AQ BoxPro Ultrawide, single-pass digital CMYK print press for corrugated cardboard boxes, shippers, pizza boxes, mailers and multiwall bags. Offers up to 891mm print width with 25mm height adjustable print head, industrial conveyor and delivery conveyor plus custom feeding and stacking systems. For packaging manufacturers handling oversized packaging.
• ColourStar AQ LT Entry-level desktop colour digital printer for paper and cardboard packaging and mailing products. Compact 1580mm wide by 800mm deep footprint with HP Fi1000 print engine for on-demand CMYK digital printing on short runs.
• CupPro 600 Paper cup custom branding system using 100% compostable inks for short runs and on-demand personalised branded paper cups. Designed for cafés, coffee brands and food service operators.
• ValidForm
• GT Controller

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% reduction in labour effort
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability1 record

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• HP (Hewlett-Packard)coreTechnology or IntegrationTrimatt uses HP print technology including HP Fi1000 print heads and HP 45 based inkjet heads. HP's worldwide recognition for product quality, reliability and service is leveraged in Trimatt's ColourStar AQ and other print solutions.
• Multifeeder TechnologycoreTechnology or IntegrationMultifeeder Technology is a world leading manufacturer of friction feeding solutions designed for 24-hour operation. Trimatt integrates their feeding systems into automation solutions.
• APPMA (Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association)coreOthersTrimatt is a proud member of APPMA which represents Australia's leading packaging and processing machinery companies. They have won APPMA awards in 2022 and 2024.
• ICMA (International Card Manufacturers Association)coreOthersTrimatt is a member of ICMA, the leading global card association for card manufacturers and personalizers supported by suppliers and other industry participants.
• Victorian Chamber of CommerceminorOthersTrimatt is a member of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce, representing business interests in Victoria, Australia.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• BOBST: BOBST is a leading global supplier of equipment and services for packaging and label manufacturing, including printing, converting, and folder-gluer lines. It is a much larger incumbent that competes broadly with Trimatt across printing, finishing, and converting categories.
• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen: Heidelberg is a global manufacturer of offset and digital printing presses and post-press equipment. As a broad incumbent in commercial printing machinery, it competes with Trimatt in print finishing and digital packaging press categories, though at substantially greater scale.
• Esko (Danaher): Esko provides software, hardware, and workflow solutions for packaging design, prepress, and print finishing. As a broader incumbent in the packaging production value chain, it is comparable to Trimatt's integrated process automation offering across packaging manufacturers and converters.

Regional players

• Masterwork Machinery: Masterwork is a leading Chinese manufacturer of folder gluers, die-cutters, and packaging finishing equipment. It is a regional competitor to Trimatt's FoldLine 9000 in folding and gluing, but is geographically focused on China and does not directly compete in Trimatt's ANZ home market.

Direct peers

• Durst Group: Durst manufactures industrial digital inkjet presses for label, corrugated, and packaging printing. It is a direct peer to the ColourStar AQ industrial CMYK packaging press, serving similar short-run digital packaging customers with comparable technology stacks.
• Mark Andy: Mark Andy manufactures narrow-web flexographic and digital label and packaging printing presses. It is a direct peer to Trimatt's ColourStar AQ industrial digital printing line and CardLine product family, serving overlapping label converter and packaging print customers with comparable capital equipment.
• Domino Printing Sciences: Domino is a global manufacturer of industrial inkjet coding, marking, and digital printing systems used in packaging, labels, and product identification. Domino's inline inkjet platform competes directly with Trimatt's SECUREPAK security printing and variable-data inkjet controllers in the same industrial coding end market.
• Videojet: Videojet produces industrial inkjet printers, laser marking systems, and thermal transfer overprinters for product coding and serialization. It competes with Trimatt's HP45-based inkjet and GT Controller variable-data printing solutions across packaging, security, and track-and-trace applications.
• Markem-Imaje: Markem-Imaje manufactures industrial coding, marking, and traceability solutions for consumer packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, and industrial products. It overlaps directly with Trimatt's identification and security printing product platforms in CPG and pharmaceutical packaging.
• Winkler+Dünnebier (W+D): W+D designs and builds folder gluers, mailing and envelope machinery, and print finishing equipment. It is a direct competitor to Trimatt's FoldLine 9000 folding and gluing system and FoldLine-class card and packaging finishing solutions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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