NEWS | Appointments & Acquisitions
Herald strengthens its business development team
British manufacturer and importer of high quality disposables, Herald is reinforcing its commitment to the company’s ongoing plans for future growth by bringing on board an experienced business development manager. John Havercroft is joining the
John Havercroft
company with the aim of driving new business and forging new links across all sectors, while supporting the efforts of the current sales team.
Mr Havercroft’s appointment follows on from the appointment of
David Martin to the role of national sales manager by Herald last year. The two will work together with a remit that reflects Herald’s progression, covering the sourcing and creation of new business opportunities, as well as promoting the growth of existing business accounts across all sectors. Mr Havercroft said: “Having spent over 30 years working across
various fields in the disposables and food packaging industries, I believe that I have the experience and the know-how to help Herald to move on to the next level in its plans for strategic growth. It’s a company that demonstrates a wholly positive approach, with considerable ambition, and I’m very much looking forward to being a part of its future and playing an instrumental part in all of its achievements and successes.” Managing director of Herald, Yogesh Patel, added: “We’ve got lots
of new lines to drive through and we are keen to reach out to both new and existing customers to make them aware of both the quality and the range of our products. I’m confident that John can help us to achieve our goals and that, with his support, we will be able to meet and, hopefully, surpass the targets that we’ve set for ourselves.”
Huhtamaki strengthens its position as the leading foodservice
packaging provider in China Huhtamaki has entered into an agreement to acquire International Paper's foodservice packaging operations in China. With the acquisition Huhtamaki expands its manufacturing
footprint into the Eastern China region and strengthens its capacity and capability to serve customers operating in Northern China. Jukka Moisio, CEO of Huhtamäki Oyj, said: “I am very pleased
to announce this acquisition. "It strengthens our operations in China significantly, both
geographically and from a capacity point of view, allowing us to serve our customers even better in the future." The acquisition comprises of two manufacturing units located
in Shanghai and Tianjin, employing altogether approximately 200 employees. The product range of the units to be acquired is similar to Huhtamaki's current product range in China, including paper cups for hot and cold beverages, food containers as well as snack food and ice-cream containers. The business will become part of Huhtamaki's Foodservice
Europe-Asia-Oceania business segment. The transaction is expected to be finalised within one to two months, subject to completing applicable registration obligations with authorities in China. Eric Le Lay, executive vice president Foodservice Europe-
Asia-Oceania, added: “We have an ambitious growth strategy. “This acquisition consolidates our business in North Asia and
offers good possibilities to boost our growth. In addition, with the footprint expansion we improve our coverage of the vast market of China, which is good for our customers."
Simply Cups expands coverage through the appointment of its first
accredited collection partner Simply Cups has now expanded its collection service to cover Manchester and the North West of England by appointing Lavelle Waste Services as its first approved collection partner. Businesses across the North West can now take advantage of a direct cup collection and
recycling service, whereby the used cups will be transformed into new products. James Capel, CEO of Simply Waste Solutions, said: “This is the first step towards rolling out a
fully-nationwide cup collection service. “We have now established a blueprint that will enable us to appoint additional collectors, in
other regions of the UK, that will provide our scheme members with a consistency of quality and service, wherever they happen to be located.” Lavelle Waste Services is a family-operated business, now in its third generation, with a strong reputation in waste management and recycling in the North West that goes back over 40 years. The company will collect used cups, from the premises of Simply Cups’ scheme members before preparing and bailing the material to meet the strict specifications of the end-reprocessor. Craig Lavelle, managing director of Lavelle Waste Services, said: “It was important for Simply
Emma and Craig Lavelle of Lavelle Waste Services
James Capel, co-founder of Simply Cups and CEO of Simply Waste Solutions
Waste Solutions that we shared the same philosophy and commitment to delivering a reliable and transparent service. This becomes ever more important as increasing numbers of members join the Simply Cups scheme, and cup volumes consequently grow, so that we can guarantee that all the material we collect is successfully recycled into new products at the end-reprocessor.” Simply Waste Solutions is now in discussions with other waste management companies so that Simply Cups collections can be extended to other parts of the UK.
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