HOW MEASURING TOOLS BECOME A PLATFORM FOR GOOD IDEAS More Room for Ideas A gift that gives pleasure for years: the children’s height rule CONTENTS Seeing a measuring tool with new eyes . Seeing a measuring tool in a new light . .. 3 A wealth of ideas The children’s height rule ................. 4 The plant rule ........................... 6 The best gifts are the ones that renew your pleasure The place card .......................... 8 every day. STABILA measuring tools are therefore an ideal present for anybody. After all, a practical Folding rules . 10 Overview of wooden folding rules. 12 and well-designed tool makes work more fun – Series 600 ............................ 14 and goes on doing so day after day. Series 600 N-S ......................... 16 Series 400. 18 Series 700 ............................. 20 Our measuring tools also provide plenty of Overview of plastic folding rules ........... 22 opportunities for creativity. For example, our rules Series 1100 ............................ 24 Quality and special features ..............26 allow individual printing not only on the edges but Printing processes ...................... 30 also on the scaled side. So the familiar idea of a rule can be turned into a unique gift – a height Spirit levels . 32 Overview of series 70 spirit levels ......... 34 chart to measure children’s growth, for example, Type 70 ............................... 36 a plant growth rule, or even a place card for a Type 70 electric ........................ 38 Type 70 MAS ........................... 40 special occasion. Type 70 T .............................. 42 Overview of series 80 /series 81 spirit levels . 44 Whether you intend to give to a skilled tradesperson, Type 80 M Installation ................... 46 Type 80 T .............................. 48 a business acquaintance or a freind. Or whether Type 80 AS – engraved .................. 50 you give a pocket tape or a spirit level, rest assured Type 81 S .............................. 52 Overview of mini-format spirit levels that your creativity need know no limit. For example, Pocket Series .......................... 54 a brewery could print a rule showing a timeline of Pocket Basic ........................... 56 the history of brewing on one side and an ordinary Pocket Magnetic ........................ 57 Pocket Electric ......................... 58 measurement scale on the other. Pocket PRO Magnetic .................... 59 Quality and special features ..............60 We can confidently say that all of our measuring tools Pocket tapes . 62 have a high level of practical usefulness that lasts Overview of pocket tapes ................ 64 for years, or even decades. And your advertising BM 20 ................................66 BM 30 ................................ 67 message continues to be active for as long as your BM 40 ................................68 customers keep using their items. Quality and special features .............. 70 Carpenter’s pencils . 72 Key fobs . 73 Gift packaging . 73 2 – 3 Personalisation Medical check-up reminders The rule can be printed with Never miss a medical check-up for the child’s name and date of your child again. The children’s growth birth. There is also space for rule indicates when your child’s next a small personal dedication, appointment with the doctor is due. making the children’s height rule into an heirloom. Creative example: The ‘Happy Family’ children’s growth rule Children love to hear people say “My goodness, how you’ve grown!” They also love to measure We don’t just see a their increase in height. The STABILA children’s growth rule rule, we see a child can be folded up so you can easily growing up . take it with you if you move home. It contains useful tips on childcare and shows when your child’s next medical check-up is due. Marking the growth of a child A memento that grows more valuable with every passing year Parents often used to mark their children’s growth on a door frame. The advantage of the children’s height rule: – developed in collaboration growth can be documented right from birth, and the rule travels with you every time you move house. with the German Child Protection Association. With each sale of this rule, STABILA also supports the work of the German Child Protection Association with children and young people. Childcare tips All parents want their children to be happy. The children’s height rule helps by providing valuable tips on bringing up your children. 4 – 5 Creative example: The plant rule A fold-up mini-lexicon – that’s the STABILA plant rule. This gardening handbook provides all the information you need to look after The plant rule for your plants, in a compact, fold-out berries and stone fruits format – from trees and shrubs When is the best time for planting strawberries? Look it up on your that provide shade and punctuate rule – you’ll find everything you the appearance of your garden, to need on the subject of berries and stone fruits there: the planting vegetables and salads that provide time, concise information, location advice, fertilisers, cuttings, row variety in your diet each summer. spacings, and plant spacings. We don’t just see a rule, we see a practical garden assistant . The plant rule for flowers and shrubs Everything you need to know about flowers and shrubs can be found on this rule: height, concise information, location advice, blossom colours, and duration of blossom. The plant rule for trees and shrubs This rule provides you with all the information you need to take care of your trees and shrubs: desired height, location advice, descriptions, and flowering and pruning times. The plant rule for vegetables and salads Vegetables and salads are not only delicious – they are also good for you! Growing them is made even easier with this rule, which quickly answers your questions about sowing and planting times, and row and plant spacings. 6 – 7 Creative example: The place card Many people keep their ruler to hand at home at all times and use it frequently. It therefore makes an ideal advertising medium – particularly if it evokes fond memories of a special event. Our rules can be printed with individual designs and are suitable for use as place cards at an event or as ticket numbers in a lottery. We don’t just see a rule, we see a personal keepsake . Bespoke advertising Most guests at an event tend to leave their place cards behind when they leave. However, if they are given a ruler printed with their own name, they will take it home with them. And best of all, both the edges and the scale side can be individually printed. We can print even unusual alphabets without difficulty. 8 – 9 More room for ideas: Folding rules A gift with a long tradition: STABILA has been manufacturing its patented folding rules since 1889. Franz and Anton Ullrich refined their invention for 30 years before registering a patent for their folding rule with spring-loaded joints in 1886. Three years later Gustav Ullrich, nephew of the inventor, founded the STABILA company. We have been manufacturing rules ever since. Today STABILA rules remain genuine originals – even though we have naturally honed and developed the technology in the intervening time. 10 – 11 Wooden folding rules Wooden folding rules Rules with Block folding rules jointing plates Series 600 Series 600 N-S Series 400 Series 700 Product colours White Yellow Natural Product colours White Natural White Yellow White-Yellow Yellow White-Yellow White-Yellow Silver Black Lengths 2 m, 3 m (in white-yellow) 2 m Length 2 m, 3 m (in white) 2 m Scales cm / cm, cm / inch, angular gradation cm / cm Scales cm / cm, geo, angular gradation cm / cm Galvanised jointing plate with integral Galvanised jointing plate with integral Internal joints in hardened spring steel. Internal, maintenance free joints in Type of joint Type of joint hardened steel spring. Concealed rivets. hardened steel spring. Concealed rivets. Visible rivets. reinforced plastic. Visible rivets. CE conformity Yes (metric) Yes CE conformity Yes Yes Accuracy class III III Accuracy class III III Printing processes / Pad printing to HKS, PMS, RAL Pad printing to HKS, PMS, RAL Printing processes / Pad printing to HKS, PMS, RAL Pad printing to HKS, PMS, RAL mounting of advertising or transfer printing to CMYK or transfer printing to CMYK mounting of advertising or digital printing to CMYK or digital printing to CMYK Personalisation – – Personalisation Yes Yes Minimum quantity for 200 items 200 items Minimum quantity for 200 items 200 items advertisement printing (50 items and above for transfer printing) (50 items and above for transfer printing) advertisement printing (50 items and above for digital printing) (50 items and above for digital printing) Minimum quantity for special colours – – Minimum quantity for special colours 5,000 items 5,000 items More info More info More info More info Other versions and colours available on request. Other versions and colours available on request. Wooden folding rules 12 – 13 Back to product overview Specification Rule with joining plates Print examples Wooden folding rule White 1. Product colours Series 600 Yellow White-Yellow Lengths 2 m, 3 m (in white-yellow) CE conformity Yes (metric) Satisfies the highest demands of Accuracy class III Minimum quantity for 200 items (50 items and 2. craftsmen for precision and practical advertisement printing above for transfer printing) use at work. Galvanised jointing plates with integral hardened steel spring. Concealed rivets. Particularly high-quality protective lacquering. 1 . Sample of an advertisement in text form applied by pad printing to HKS, PMS or RAL. 2 . Sample of a full-surface advertisement with image motif applied by transfer printing (CMYK). Print areas Printing processes The following printing processes are available Standard print area for this product: Measurement Download Print area (L x H) length print areas AO 180 x 6.5 mm Pad printing: Printing from 1-colour to 6-colour register printing 2 m AM 165 x 4.5 mm available.