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Listawood enters into administration K
ing’s Lynn-based Listawood Promotional Products has called in the administrators, putting more than 70 jobs at risk at the site. Ben Peterson and Lee Causer of BDO were appointed joint administrators of the company on June 3.
It is believed that Listawood’s problems stemmed from the opening of a manufacturing facility in Poland in 2022, which took too long before it was up and running, coupled with the UK’s departure from the European Union.
A Dutch-language promo information source indicated that Netherlands-headquartered PF Concept, expressed interest in acquiring Listawood but the takeover failed in December. In a statement on LinkedIn, Mark Thorpe, UK sales director, said: “After a little time getting over the shock of the closure of Listawood, I realised that I had not thanked you all for your support over the last 10 years.
“To all our customers it has been great dealing with you all, we have had some interesting situations to contend with over the years!
“To my colleagues it has been a
pleasure working with you all. The hard work, effort and determination to do the best in often very diffi cult circumstances has been amazing. “Who knows what the next week weeks will bring but if I stay in the crazy world of promo I look forward to catching up with you again.” At one point, Listawood was considered one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of drinkware. One of its more innovative developments was DuraGlaze, a revolutionary dishwasher-proof coating that signifi cantly enhanced the durability of merchandise.
Transeo Media partners with Pictureworks Group to distribute ZenSmart across the UK and Europe
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ranseo Media has announced its partnership with Pictureworks Group to distribute the ZenSmart
workfl ow automation platform in the UK and Europe.
ZenSmart is a software platform for on-demand manufacturers. For these companies, fl exible production, diverse teams, tight timelines, and many fi nishing workfl ows create a daily challenge to manufacture to service level at least cost. ZenSmart is a smarter way to manufacture and enables customers to reclaim wasted time, labour, and lost profi ts. It will:
• Automate any workfl ow from digital print to photo, DTF to DTG and dye sub.
• Automate all product workfl ows from order arrival to dispatch.
• Make every production stage visible.
• Track staff and device performance.
• Take back control of fails and reprints. • Deliver up to 30% effi ciency gains. ZenSmart is available as a cloud, local or hybrid platform.
New operations director at Kingly outlines future goals Customers are everything.”
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hris Edmonds has been appointed as the new operations director at Kingly and has outlined his goal to make the sock manufacturer the best there is.
He has ambitions to double the production capacity of Kingly’s sock knitting facility within six months. Mr Edmonds said: “Over time we can introduce more machinery into the manufacturing unit. We can make many other different products. And the more we can offer our customers, the happier our customers can be. That is important.
| 6 | July 2024 He added that he can see the opportunity ZenSmart will be distributed by Transeo Media in the UK and Europe
for Kingly to expand into technical products such as ski socks, cycling socks and football socks.
Chris Edmonds at Kingly’s zero waste sock knitting factory
He added: “Talking about technical socks is not just about leaving aside the general socks that we are making. I aim to make the general socks much better than what we have been making them. We can look at different yarns. We can make them so that pilling is not so prevalent after 10 wears. We can make them so we can put anti-bacterial fi nishes on them. We have already started to do that at Kingly.”
www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk
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