industry news Alexir fully operational after fire
Alexir Packaging, the packaging manufacture business of Alexir Partnership, is now fully operational at its new factory in Edenbridge, Kent; just twelve weeks after a fire suddenly broke out on one of the printing machines, leading ultimately to the complete destruction of the company’s Crawley production facility. The first complete live production job to leave the new plant took place in February this year. The 40,000 sq ft purpose built print factory is approximately 33% larger than the
Crawley site. The new state of the art machinery being installed includes Fuji pre-press, Komori print, Bobst cutting and creasing and Kohmann windowing, which will minimise lead times and give some of the best colour control and quality in print. Alexir Chairman Robert Davison said: “After what has been a difficult three months for the business, I am delighted with our new premises at Edenbridge. Our factory will provide increased capacity and the advanced machinery we have invested in will
certainly benefit our customers. We couldn’t have had such a smooth transition to these new premises without the commitment of our employees. I am also grateful to our customers and to competitors, to whom we have outsourced over £1.5million of business, for their support during this time. It’s a huge relief to see cartons coming off the line after all we have been through and it really marks the return of Alexir Packaging. It’s almost unbelievable how far we have come in the last twelve weeks, especially if you factor in the disruption caused by the snow and Christmas break. Another
problem was our workforce of 90. Some were happy to drive the distance and for the others, we purchased a minibus. As a result, we brought 99% of them with us, including all of the key staff. We have a full disaster recovery plan for this type of situation and the management team reconvened the night of the fire to initiate it. Within 24 hours, we had fully-functioning offices within our offsite storage facility, and communications up and running with full IT recovery in place, so we could service all customers as usual.” For more information call 01732 866 681 or visit
www.alexir.co.uk.
sQuid on track for 10
million transactions With so much noise and hype in the industry around contactless payments, including contactless bank cards and NFC on mobile phones, it is difficult to see what is real and what is pure speculation. sQuid, the independent electronic payments network providing end-to-end contactless cashless payments, reveals that it will deliver 10 million real customer payment transactions in 2011. “Our data is not based on speculation,” says Adam Smith, sQuid’s founder and CEO. “We have been working away with our consumers and merchants to create contactless campuses and retail communities in the UK, and we are already delivering nearly half a million transactions each month. We expect to process 10 million transactions by the end of 2011.” For more information call 020 8339 2111 or visit
www.squidcard.com.
“Edgy” burger company on its
way to Britain An American upmarket burger company with a huge worldwide internet following of its irreverent and edgy TV ads is on its way to the UK - pleasing its thousands of Brit fans while creating thousands of jobs and millions of pounds for the economy. Carl’s Jr, with a system-wide turnover last year that topped $3 billion, and ranked as one of the world’s premium burgers brands, regularly produces send-up TV ads for its charbroiled burgers and fast food restaurants. The ads have featured Paris Hilton draped over a car as well as slot cars and an unlikely chaotic kitchen. Last year the company launched trials of a one-foot long version of its big, juicy charbroiled burger, hitting UK headlines, and plans to appoint franchisees across the UK in territories of 25 or more units, eventually employing thousands of staff and boosting the UK economy by millions of pounds. For more information visit
www.carlsjr.com.
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