Core77 - Blog • Feb. 2, 2026, 4:45 p.m.

For those of us taping up the occasional package, a plastic packaging tape dispenser is fine. But for people in a factory or industrial environment, who are taping boxes all day long, a more robust solution is required.

Hence Japanese tool manufacturer Trusco, which targets the manufacturing and construction industries, designed this TEX-266A. First off the thing is made of steel, rather than plastic; it's meant to survive drops on concrete floors.

To keep the weight down and ease installation by minimizing friction, the mounting core for the tape is narrower than the width of the unit. The designers focused on the pain points of a power user.

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