NEWS | Industry Updates Abbeychart strengthens management team


Abbeychart, the liquid dispense expert has promoted Nigel Barron to the newly created position of sales director. Nigel has been with Abbeychart for over 12 years, joining internal sales initially and progressing through the company where he was most recently employed as sales manager for the national and international sales team. “It’s quite an exciting time to be at Abbeychart,” said Nigel. “We have


the backing of Diploma plc, a FTSE 250 company and that brings a wealth of resources which is helping to shape the business as we move forward. We enjoy a great working environment here with lots of opportunities for personal development. I am therefore very much looking forward to further developing my career with the business.” In his new role, Nigel will have strategic and operational responsibility


for business development across Europe, USA, Canada and Asia. “Nigel is a respected member of the team and a great asset to the business,” said Mark Taylor, managing director, Abbeychart. “It’s great to see him up move up the career ladder and I wish him every success and a long and mutually beneficial career with the business.”


RPC Introduces Cup Recycling Initiative


RPC Tedeco-Gizeh, the UK manufacturer of plastic vending cups, is launching an initiative to help customers recycle their used cups into valuable second life products. The company is working with its sister business from the RPC Group, RPC bpi recycled products,


so that vending suppliers and operators who collect their own used cups can deliver them to the RPC bpi facility in Dumfries. There they will be reprocessed and blended with other recycled polymers for use in the manufacture of RPC bpi’s Plaswood. This is a high-performance lumber made from 100% recycled plastic that reportedly does not rot, splinter, crack or degrade with age and requires no maintenance. Products manufactured in Plaswood include fences, posts and outdoor furniture. Scotland’s vending machine supplier Excel Vending is the first company to make use of this service, collecting cups from its customer base across Scotland. “This is a great initiative,” comments Excel Vending’s managing director Jane McDonald. “The


cups are a valuable resource that can be put to good use rather than going to landfill and will help to support our environmental and CSR strategy.” Nigel Cannon, RPC Tedeco-Gizeh’s UK sales manager says the new initiative provides a closed-


loop supply opportunity for vending businesses. “As a UK producer, our cups already offer important benefits in terms of a lower carbon footprint


from more efficient logistics and deliveries,” he explained. “They can now have a significant end-of- life use that keeps them out of the waste stream.”


A recipe for fundraising success


Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, in partnership with Knighton Foods hosted a chocolate-themed fundraising event on January 31, as part of National Hot Chocolate Day. Staffordshire-based Knighton Foods and the charity supplied free bags of hot chocolate powder to


supporters pledging to take part, from which they could make 50 cups of hot chocolate, and raise funds by selling them at £1 each. Sofia Voutianitis, corporate partnerships manager for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity explained: “The


National Hot Chocolate Day campaign is a simple yet effective way for our supporters to raise funds. It was a great chance to get together with friends and colleagues and have fun whilst supporting a worthy cause.” Richard Ilsley CEO of Knighton Foods adds: “We’re very


excited to have supported Midlands Air Ambulance Charity on this campaign, by providing supporters with a free one kilo bag of hot chocolate powder to kick start their fundraising.” Find out more about the how the event went


at: www.midlandsairambulance.com/hotchocolateday. 6 | vendinginternational-online.com


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