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C & T Matrix India ltd is located in Mumbai (The commercial capital of India). It’s located at THANE which is easily accessible from all corners of Mumbai, and is also the industrial hub.

C & T Matrix India is the 1st company in the creasing matrix business to have their direct presence in the Indian Sub –continent through a well-equipped office and warehouse measuring approx. 2000 sq. feet.

Our Location

At our warehouse, we maintain widest range of creasing matrix, rubber & accessories. The product mix is of more than 500 sizes. At any given point of time, there is more than 7000 boxes of creasing matrix and rubber available with us to serve esteem customers of the Indian – subcontinent.

In a short span of three months of commencement of our business, we have attained the no.2 position in the creasing matrix sales in the Indian market.

History of C&T Matrix - 1950 - Present

1950 - 1970

Channel was founded in the 1950s by diemaker and inventor of the self locating creasing matrix, Mr. Harry Squire.

1970 - 1989

Patent held until late 1970s.
Channel factory moved from London to Wellingborough in 1989.

1990 - 2009

Trimplex founded in early 1990s.
Trimplex purchased by Synnovia in 2004.
Channel purchased by Synnovia in 2007.
Channel and Trimplex mergered and renamed as C&T Matrix in 2008.

2010 - Present

C&T India founded in 2011
C&T China founded in 2012.
C&T acquires Beijing Shengli in 2013.
C&T acquires Channel Creasing Matrix (CCM) in USA in 2016
C&T takes a 50% stake in its Italian distributor, Mito Srl, in 2017

Frequently Asked Questions

Creasing Matrix is a consumable device which is used in manual or automatic die-cutting machines to impart a perfectly registered crease in solid or corrugated board. This ensures maximum stability at conversion stage and a flawless appearance.
Before the invention of creasing matrix, skilled operators used to make creasing matrix by hand (this is still practiced around the world even today). They would use a sheet of cardboard or a presspahn board (layered sheets of board stuck together to get the desired thickness). This was then stuck to the cutting plate. Once stuck, the ‘contours’ of the cutting die rules were copied using carbon paper and the corresponding contours were then cut into the material using a sharp knife.
Such a technique is extremely time consuming (depending on the complexity of the design) and gives poor results on more complicated designs as very large tolerances are used. Additionally, stripping the plate of the material after the job has been run is also very time consuming. Channel Matrix were the first company to introduce creasing matrix to the world and have, over the past 50 years, been developing new matrices as more technological advancement has been made to die-cutting machines. This has resulted in more complex packaging designs becoming possible.
Please email C&T Matrix India at info@candtmatrix.in.