PF Concept is serious about sustainability
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F Conceptʼs holistic approach to environmental protection and sustainability is highlighted in its latest report Serious about Sustainability.
PF Concept meets demanding sustainability standards across its product portfolio via an efficient management system, through which findings from regular supplier audits are co-ordinated with any corrective actions which need to be taken. Audit results are checked against clear guidelines, analysed and expressed via a scorecard with colour-coded categories. Any factory which falls short of requirements is issued with a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) and coached by PF Conceptʼs Quality Assurance team on implementing it. This international team of more than 20 people across Europe, Asia and the USA takes the lead in ensuring the established high requirements for a sustainable process chain are constantly and
consistently implemented and developed. Ralf Oster, PF Conceptʼs CEO, said: “When walking through the factories, it makes me proud to see the positive change that is happening with my own eyes.”
In addition to carefully monitored suppliers, PF Conceptʼs ISO 14001 certified decoration and distribution facility in Poland plays an important role in maintaining sustainability all along the product journey. This modern plant is equipped with a wide range of innovative
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customisation technologies, which are complemented with impressive logistical performance for express production and delivery times all over Europe. Pieter Boonekamp, PF Conceptʼs vice president of European sales, added: “The customers drive the topic, and they expect tight security down to the last detail. The end customer identifies with their promotional product, and thereby places great value on credibility and transparency.” Serious about Sustainability
provides a clear and transparent
explanation of PF Conceptʼs approach to the matter. The information in this report gives traders, suppliers and end users useful insight into the work the company is putting in to
sustainability and social responsibility on a worldwide scale. Mr Boonekamp concluded: “Transparency
and an open approach to sustainability shape our way of thinking and acting. This is why we provide certificates for our products on our portal, so that both our distributors and our end customers have comprehensive insight into the sustainability of our products." These certificates can be integrated directly into distributorsʼ own online shops for fast retrieval.
BLE announces its 2017 Brands & Lifestyle seminar programme
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rand Licensing Europe (BLE) has announced the Brands & Lifestyle seminar programme for 2017 featuring some of the biggest brands and businesses in the industry.
Highlights include an intimate ʻIn conversation withʼ interview with the V&Aʼs director of business development and licensing, Lauren Sizeland; a presentation from one of the biggest footballing brands in the world – Juventus; a session on innovation and creativity from Angela Farrugia and Lisa Shapiro at CAA-GBG and a brand licensing panel chaired by Richard Pink with contributors Susan Bolsover at Penguin Random House, Christine Cool at Perfetti
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Van Melle, Gabrielle Sims, at Fat Face and Nicolas Loufrani at The Smiley Company. BLE brand director, Anna Knight, said: “This
yearʼs programme is our most exciting to date, featuring an unmissable combination of complementary presentations, interviews, demonstrations and panel discussions designed to bring the world of brand licensing to life, and with sessions on food and drink, heritage, sport, fashion and corporate brands.”
All seminar sessions are free to attend and will be available on a first come first serve basis.
BLE will take place from October 10 to 12 at Olympia London. Registration is now open.
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extensive experience in digital imaging
Gary Rogers
systems, and he has spent most of his career as an executive- level regional sales manager. Most recently, he served as western regional sales manager for an international manufacturing firm.
Mike Mills, president of M&Rʼs Novus Imaging division, said: “Garyʼs wide-ranging experience in the industry—coupled with his deep knowledge of the digital- imaging market in the western US—makes him the ideal candidate to represent Novus Imaging
products. He is a welcome addition to Novus
Imaging and the M&R
Companies.” Mr Rourke has wide- ranging
experience in digital
Kevin Rourke
imaging systems, most recently as northeast regional sales manager for a major manufacturer. In addition to his digital-imaging expertise, he is versed in hardware/software integration, cloud-based software collaboration products, ROI tools, and industrial inkjet marketing.
Mr Mills added: “We are fortunate to have Kevin join the Novus sales team. Novus is rapidly expanding its wide- format and grand-format digital printer lines, and Kevinʼs background, experience, and expertise make him the perfect fit to lead digital graphic sales in the eastern US.”
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he M&R Companies has appointed Gary Rogers to the position of regional sales manager for digital graphics (west), while Kevin Rourke joins as eastern regional sales
manager for Novus Digital Graphics Division.
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