Industry Update THE BMA COLUMN
Kate Hirst returns to Lecico
Lecico Bathrooms welcomes back Kate Hirst as Trade
Marketing Manager for the business. Kate, who
previously worked as both Sales Office Manager and Product Marketing Manager left Lecico 19 months ago for an opportunity outside the industry. Kate also married whilst away so was known as Kate Batram when
The Circular Economy – the new kid on the block?
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ell, it’s not exactly new,” says Yvonne Orgill, Chief Executive of The Bathroom Manufacturers Association “but those leaders of industry, who are in the know, are talking more and more about the Circular Economy and what it means in practice. The ‘noise’ about it is increasing. There are also new regulations on the horizon so we have to get to grips with what it’s all about and how industry can embrace it and turn it to advantage.”
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The concept has been around for a while and has taken various guises. Green, Eco, BIM and Sustainability are all words which have all been used to describe how we manage our earth’s finite resources. But Circular Economy is certainly the current buzz phrase and we have to get to grips with it. So what is it? A quick Google search brings up rafts of information but one particular site stands head and shoulders above the rest. It’s that of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org. This was founded by Dame Ellen MacArthur, the British sailor who broke the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe. It was on that journey that she developed the idea of creating a new charity to work with business and academia to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. Today’s economy is mainly linear – Take | Make | Dispose. It relies on cheap, easily accessible materials and energy. But resources are limited and the linear model will inevitably fail. A circular economy is the viable alternative. It is regenerative by design, keeping products and their components reusable and recyclable. Bathroom products are no exception. “The BMA and its members started exploring the concept some years ago,” says Orgill. “The European Water Label, brainchild of the BMA,
www.europeanwaterlabel.eu is a stunning example of how business can voluntarily respond to new ideas. The Label has been a catalyst for water and energy efficient product design.”
2016 will see more work by the BMA in this area.
previously at Lecico. “I’m delighted to be back.” said Kate. “I missed the people and the industry and I’m hopefully bringing back new skills from a
different market to help me in this newly created role.”
BA Components takes over the UNILIN uniclic® for furniture activities
UNILIN, division Panels is handing over the production and sales of the Uniclic, which allows various panels to click together without any tools, to one of its major customers, BA components.
UNILIN made the strategic choice to hand over the sales and production to further focus on developing new technologies and improve existing product ranges.
BA Components has signed a license agreement with UNILIN for the Uniclic for furniture technology and will also take overand further continue the production and sales activities of ClicBox, a commercial range of components with Uniclic® technology, mainly used in kitchens.
Having signed the license agreement, BA has also purchased the production machinery and invested in a new purpose designed production facility in South Yorkshire where it already has a manufacturing base.
UNILIN, division Panels will continue the production and sales activities of furniture components and the ClicBox range until BA components takes over full production from the 1st July 2016.
For more information, please contact BMA on 01782 631619, visit
www.bathroom-association.org or email
info@bathroom-association.org.uk
68 BKU FEBRUARY 2016
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