TROJAN APPOINTS
NEW DISTRIBUTORS Trojan Battery Co has named Rovel Trading as a master distributor of Trojan batteries in Azerbaijan, and Girupis as master distributor in Lithuania.
Rovel Trading focuses on providing the highest quality batteries in Trojan’s core market segments, such as access/lift platform equipment, floor cleaning machines, golf cars, marine, material handling, renewable energy, and telecoms.
Based in Kaunas, Girupis is a leading battery distributor for Lithuania, and
supports a variety of applications and industries in market segments including warehouse management, marine, trucking, and recreational vehicles.
Michael Grundke, Trojan’s EMEA General Manager, said: “Designating Rovel Trading as a Trojan master distributor for Azerbaijan enables us to provide customers in the Caucasian region a wide range of advanced battery products, outstanding local service and technical support, as well as comprehensive training resources.”
He added: “There are many opportunities in Lithuania for the installation of Trojan deep-cycle
batteries. With the diverse markets which Girupis supports in the country, we are looking forward to supporting all of their customers’ application needs.”
“By working closely with local distributors, Trojan continues its ongoing international expansion strategy to provide high performance batteries that optimise the operation of our customers’ equipment and applications.”
www.trojanbattery.com
NORTHWOOD PROPOSE CLOSING
MELTHAM SITE The Directors of Northwood Hygiene Products (NHP) are proposing the closure of their converting site in Meltham, Yorkshire, affecting all 65 employees.
NEW FM SERVICE PROVIDER TARGETS
QUALITY Boutique FM company, Q3, has been created for the UK market with the aim of changing the way corporate clients benefit from outsourced services.
Q3 is the brainchild of senior FM sector figures including Martyn Freeman, Stuart Bellew and Alex Gavrilovic. Its objectives are: to boost productivity through healthier workplaces, to be more open and transparent with stakeholders, and to transform the working environment for its own employees.
CEO Martyn Freeman commented: “Our main objectives are reinforced by our approach to quality service, people and clients and these will help us to become one of the finest independent outsourcers in the UK. We are starting to achieve this through a refreshing openness which includes a genuine service guarantee for all clients. I am
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also proud to offer a true open-book commitment to return any client income that is ultimately unspent.”
Q3’s MD Stuart Bellew said: “Because we are not tied to a PLC or a large overseas-owned business we can invest our time and money on growing in a sustainable manner that puts clients’ needs and our own employees first. We are committed to a highly entrepreneurial methodology and are confident that our investment will help the UK economy. We are also looking to work with clients that support the raising of living standards for all people in work and we will stress this in all negotiations.”
www.q3services.co.uk
The underlying reason for the proposed closure is in response to raw material cost price inflation. Both wood pulp and recovered paper have seen cost increases over the past 18-24 months, and forecasts anticipate this trend will continue as global demand continues to outstrip supply.
Northwood stated that there has been an increase in recovered fibre costs of over 32%, and 40% for hardwood pulp.
Along with global economic growth, increasing demand for paper-based packaging solutions from the e-commerce sector and fibre-based materials replacing plastic are also named as contributing factors.
The proposal puts forward that production will be relocated to other Northwood sites. Meltham employees will be offered alternative employment, where appropriate.
Northwood’s lease for the Meltham site terminates in September 2018, and a consultation process for the closure has begun for a minimum of 30 days. Customers will be unaffected by the closure.
www.northwood.co.uk twitter.com/TomoCleaning
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