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PVC-free commitment to Kavalan accelerates Hollywood Monster’s sustainability journey
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ince switching to Kavalan’s PVC-free materials in March 2021, Birmingham- based signage printer Hollywood Monster has achieved a 67% reduction in the environmental impact of its banner output,
Hollywood switched to Kavalan’s PVC- free materials in March 2021
and accelerated its journey to becoming fully sustainable by 2025.
In the three years since the switch, the company has produced 500,000sq m of PVC-free work for customers, saving at least 258 metric tonnes CO2 eq.2 – the
equivalent of 467 economy class seats between London and New York. Hollywood Monster’s customers, many of whom were already looking for viable alternatives to PVC themselves, welcomed the move. Simon McKenzie, CEO of Hollywood Monster, said: “We had a really positive response from our customers and they embraced the new options.”
Mr McKenzie added that the most surprising thing about making the change to Kavalan has been how quickly it became a viable product: “It wasn’t something we were aware of in 2020, but by February 2021 we were able to make the statement of switching to PVC-free. Manufacturers have a responsibility to support printers on their sustainability journeys and they took that on board and supported us in making the change quickly and effortlessly.”
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Fire safety academy opened by FASTSIGNS Manchester and UAP wo Manchester-based
businesses have joined forces to launch a one-of-a-kind fire safety
training facility.
FASTSIGNS Manchester has joined forces with UAP, one of the UK’s leading fire resistant door hardware suppliers, to open the Fire Door Maintenance (FDM) Training Academy. Described as an academy of excellence, the purpose-built 3,000sq ft facility has been created with the ambition to train, educate and upskill fire door inspectors, installers
and maintainers to meet and exceed UK fire door regulations.
FASTSIGNS has supplied a range of solutions including vinyl and acrylic plaques, wayfinding signage, vinyl decals, information graphics and full coverage wallpaper to service the new facility.
Managing director at FASTSIGNS
Manchester, Richard Wedgewood, said: “I think I speak for everyone at FASTSIGNS Manchester when I say we feel privileged to have been involved in such a remarkable and historic project – playing a role in helping to bring to life such an important facility that, we hope, will bring about much change in the wider industry.”
Only 30% of fire stations have received updated building plans T The Fire Door Maintenance Training Academy
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he partnership with UAP, and launch of FDM Training Centre, follows FASTSIGNS’ wider research into the state of fire safety around the UK.
Following the update of the fire safety regulations in January 2023, the FASTSIGNS’ team conducted research into how many local fire stations had received updated building and external wall plans in multi-occupied high-rise residential buildings – now a legal requirement.
Figures from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service revealed that they had only received 15% of external wall plans and just 8% of building plans since the introduction of the new fire safety regulations last year– across 626 high-rise buildings.
On average, fire and rescue services in England have received 30% of high-rise building plans and 21% of external wall plans.
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