Meppen/Hamburg. With the "Mein Schiff 7," TUI Cruises' feel-good fleet enters its seventh generation in 2024. Since the commissioning of the first cruise ship of the Hamburg-based shipping company in 2009, Identbase GmbH has been supplying TUI Cruises with card printers to ensure smooth and time-saving personalization and encoding of boarding cards for ship guests and personnel.
Identbase equips TUI Cruises' "Mein Schiff" fleet with high-performance card printers Primacy 2 and Quantum 2 from the French card printer specialist Evolis. A total of about 20 to 25 card printers are required per ship.
"Evolis Quantum 2 delivers more than 1000 cards per hour in monochrome and up to 150 cards per hour in color printing, with high-resolution printing of texts, logos, graphics, and barcodes," explains Identbase Managing Director Marcus Brand. "Evolis Primacy 2, thanks to one of the highest printing speeds on the market and high-capacity magazine card feeding, is the ideal solution for medium to high printing volumes."
In addition to card printers, Identbase GmbH supplies TUI Cruises with the corresponding ribbons and cleaning materials. Identbase also provides fast technical support and handles the repair of card printers in case of defects or promptly arranges for replacements.
"With 2,000 to 3,000 cards required per trip, we rely on a functioning printing system on board the Mein Schiff fleet. Identbase offers us the perfect solution for our needs as a reliable partner," says Paul Goldbeck, Senior Head of IT Operations & Support at TUI Cruises.
About Identbase:
Identbase GmbH, headquartered in Meppen, Germany, is a full-service provider in the field of identification solutions at the plastic card level. In addition to supplying card printers and plastic cards with various chip technologies, Identbase also assists its customers in realizing their desired RFID solution with a wide range of high-quality reading devices. With currently over 30,000 card printers installed at customers, Identbase GmbH is one of the leading card printer distributors in Europe and the competent German partner for all leading manufacturers in the field of plastic card printing systems.
About TUI Cruises:
TUI Cruises GmbH is one of the leading cruise providers in the German-speaking region. The joint venture between TUI AG and the US cruise company Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. employs around 750 people in Hamburg and Berlin. For the Mein Schiff brand, a fleet of six ships operates. Since the end of 2020, the Hapag-Lloyd Cruises brand with a fleet of currently five ships has also been part of TUI Cruises GmbH. The Mein Schiff fleet offers contemporary sea vacations in the premium segment (Mein Schiff 1 to Mein Schiff 6 / bed capacity: 15,900). Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is the leading cruise brand in the German-speaking region in the luxury and expedition sectors with a history of over 130 years. TUI Cruises operates one of the most modern and environmentally friendly fleets worldwide. As part of sustainable growth, three more new ship builds are planned by 2026.
Kontakt:
Henning Harlacher
Marketing | Kommunikation
Identbase GmbH
Industriestraße 24-26
49716 Meppen
E-Mail: harlacher@identbase.de
Website: www.identbase.de