Industry News Printful comes to the UK


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eading on-demand and fulfilment company, Printful, is opening a new £2.6m fulfilment centre in Wolverhampton.


Printful is recognised as Latvia’s first ‘unicorn’ start-up and is now broadening its reach into the UK.


The new centre will create up to 50 jobs and allow Printful to provide local


fulfilment and deliveries within the country in two business days.


Printful’s first facility was launched in California in 2017 and it currently operates nine in-house facilities globally, three of which are in Europe. Along with this expansion into the UK, another facility is also set to open in Poland.


Printful was founded by Lauris Liberts and Davis Siksnans in 2013. The idea for


CMYUK and Trotec form exclusive partnership


MYUK has announced a new partnership with Trotec Laser and will be working exclusively with Trotec’s UK subsidiary which was established in 2007.


Baljit Dhillon, managing director, Trotec UK, said: “We wanted a partner that could synergise with our highly effective direct sales teams, and take us into markets where we are not yet established. We believe that CMYUK provides both the pedigree and the reach to achieve that goal. We want to be everywhere; we are very ambitious.” CMYUK group sales and marketing director, Robin East, added: “Trotec and CMYUK have similar cultures. We sell both premium products to businesses that are interested in quality and professional efficient productivity. We share the same service philosophy – long term customer development and retention.”


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New demonstration and training centre manager


Bryan Jater, Trotec sales director UK and Ireland and Sue Hayward, CMYUK sales director (equipment)


Trotec’s laser machines are used for engraving, cutting and marking various materials such as wood, acrylic, leather, paper and metal. With several equipment ranges available from entry-level high performing options through to industrial plant automated solutions, the company has a suitable laser for virtually any application.


Neil Roberts, former general manager at Graphtec, has been appointed demonstration and training centre manager at CMYUK. He will have overall responsibility for the facility, further optimising the customer experience. Mr Robert’s role includes demonstration and support of the new range of Trotec laser cutters. In addition to this, he will also manage the escalation process for all equipment issues. He will work closely with the CMYUK Service Team and manufacturers to ensure that any difficult customer faults are managed even more quickly and efficiently.


Grahame Gardner donates 14,000 items of clothing to global charities


rahame Gardner has made a donation of over 14,000 items of clothing to charities across


the globe.


The stock was donated to four charities who could send the clothing oversees, providing clothing to those in desperate need, including in vital medical settings. The majority, over 10,000 items, were taken by the Phoenix Resource Centre; a UK charity that works at home but also in 61 countries across the world to protect and preserve the environment by promoting waste reduction, reuse reclamation, recycling, the use of recycled products and the use of surplus. Phoenix is sending the donated items to help the medical sector in Djibouti in Africa and other key projects they


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are involved with in Kenya and Somaliland. The United African Association, which is based in Northampton and aims to promote African culture and heritage and support initiatives that help African communities, also received some tunics which are being sent to various clinics and hospitals across Africa where medical teams are in desperate need for them. The Jacob’s Well Appeal, based in Beverley, works in 30 countries providing much needed supplies including medical aid, agricultural equipment and emergency disaster relief. It took some vital scrubwear which would also be sent to hospitals. Finally, three boxes of sports training garments including goalkeeper kits, track tops, trousers and gilets and jackets were


Printful emerged from a business that had already been launched by Mr Liberts called StartupVitamins, which sold posters. When they were unable to find a suitable print on-demand drop shipping partner, the pair decided to start one of their own. In just eight years the company has grown to welcome over 1,800 staff members and reach revenues of $208m in 2020.


Andrew Richardson, founder of Phoenix Resource Centre, receives the donation


given to Kits4Causes which is one of the largest football kit charities providing kit to social development projects in over 50 countries. These kits often go on to become prized possessions for children interested in football in some of the poorest communities in the world.


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