Dams International Ltd, the Merseyside-based office furniture manufacturer, are celebrating 40 years in business throughout 2007.

On March 17th 1967 Dams started trading from offices in Liverpool city centre, specialising in the sale and service of office equipment, namely dictating and adding machines (this is the foundation of the DAMS name).

Fellowes UK Senior Business Manager Laverne Ford has been awarded the prestigious Corporate Express 2006 Service Excellence Award for Account Management. Laverne, who has managed the Fellowes Corporate Express account for two years, received the award at the recent Corporate Express Suppliers Awards and Sales Convention.

Staedtler (UK) Ltd has announced the retirement of Sales Director Mike Bird (pictured).

John Evans, Managing Director, comments: “Mike is one of the industry’s finest gentlemen and deservedly enjoys the respect and confidence of his peers.”

UTAX (UK) Limited has announced their recent appointment of Andy Tibbs as Area Sales Manager for the North. In this position he will be responsible for management of UTAX Partner accounts in the North of England.

This month sees the launch of The Pilot Pen Company’s national BegreeN roadshow that will visit 20 mainline railway stations and shopping centres around the UK, including London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle.

With increasing pressure from the high street multiple chains and supermarkets, dealers and retailers need to work harder than ever to ensure a fair share of the available sales revenue through the key Back to School promotional period. Range selection is crucial to capitalising on the opportunity.

Drawing on its extensive expertise in the Education sector, Staedtler is offering a comprehensive range of its strongest school products for the 2007 Back to School promotional period, including such classics as the iconic Noris pencil, 309 handwriting pen, Noris Club colouring pencils and the Mars plastic eraser. Combined with smart packaging and eye-catching in-store display, the range is designed to maximise the potential of this key selling period.

The Apprentice promotion offers free gifts with select 3M purchases

3M, the maker of Post-it® Notes, is offering ambitious office workers and fans of the popular TV show, The Apprentice, a well deserved reward. The on-pack promotion, which is under license from FremantleMedia Enterprises, licensor of the The Apprentice brand, runs across select Post-it® Notes, Post-it® Index and Scotch® Magic™ Tape products, and gifts include a branded desk kit and £5 Gift Card.

The writing instruments market has increased by 10 per cent in volume sales, but has remained flat in value (source: GfK, January 2007). This is due to the increased market share of lower value products, particularly trade brands.

RH Form’s latest innovation, the Ambio series, marks the forward-thinking company’s first venture into applying their renowned skills in seating design to environments such as lounges, meeting areas and conference environments, creating a “family” of chairs that combines consistency of style with functionality throughout the range.

Leading office furniture manufacturers Bush Office Furniture will be launching their new modular furniture collection, Techno Speed, on May 1, 2007. Techno Speed offers a classic feel with a modern take and has been created with both the professional and home user in mind. It is a well known fact that people work more efficiently and are more content when their furniture meets their requirements, which is why Bush Office Furniture have created the perfect mix of ergonomics, flexibility and functionality within this new collection.

The ownership of the leading UK trade distributor of projection screens and audio-visual equipment, TCi (Tony Cochrane International) Limited has recently transferred to the company’s principal screen supplier, Bjurab of Sweden. As a result, the company will be offering a wider range of screens, still exstock, as before, but now from their new premises in Corby.

Until recently, binders and laminators offered little in the way of innovation. Manufacturers focused on speed and adding more functionality to differentiate and attract the user, but as an industry,we often failed to understand the real needs of the people using the products.

Fellowes’ new range of binders and laminators brings a breath of fresh air to the industry, offering stunning design, innovative features and new technologies, which enhance the user experience.

Inspired by the consumer and developed from extensive research, the eight laminators and six new binders are easy to use, reliable and designed to suit every environment – from home use for crafts and hobbies, to high performance for the office.

Identity theft is the every day crime on everyone’s lips. Whether you’re a company boss protecting your confidential business information, or a spendaholic who receives numerous credit and store card bills, it’s not enough to crumple your unwanted pieces of paper and toss them in the bin.

Supplied by Duplo International, the Renz DTP 340M is a high performance electric tabletop punch with interchangeable punch dies for a variety of patterns, including plastic comb. Offering a punching capacity of 35 reams or 20,000 sheets per hour, the Renz DTP 340M provides optional wire closing, comb binding and coil inserting modules.

The usual advantage of using a guillotine or trimmer, especially one from the HSM range, is that they cut nice, neat, clean, straight lines. However, the latest TA3200 trimmer from HSM has been specifically designed to also cut wavy and perforated lines.

According to statistics from the BOSS Federation, there has been an enormous increase in the sales of shredders.This is no surprise, given the constant media attention highlighting the growing issue of identity fraud, Britain’s fastest growing crime which is costing the UK economy £1.7 billion.

Duplo International offers one of the most comprehensive ranges of shredding solutions for the office sector. Its “IDEAL” range of quality shredding solutions includes the simple manual paperfed desk side models for the home and occasional home office users, through to the bulk hopperfed high volume machines that can effortlessly destroy items such as paper clips, credit cards, floppy disks and CDs for large corporations.

Back at the beginning of 2006, Martin Yale launched their flagship range, the Martin Yale series of office shredders.

Ten months later, and they have proved exceedingly popular with home users and offices alike, combining innovative features, a professional design and a practical, reliable security device.

Securikey has a complete range of security products designed to safekeep documents, valuables and keys from theft and fire.

Products include a range of key filing security cabinets capable of holding up to 2,080 keys, cash boxes, security boxes, fire resistant filing cabinets and data vault safes for the protection of computer data and IT media.

Although most people believe that our signature is unique, identity fraud is on the increase and a quarter of the UK’s population has encountered identity fraud either directly or indirectly. It is one of the UK’s fastest growing crimes so your signature may not be as secure as you think.

The booming UK SME and SoHo markets has prompted marketleading office supplies manufacturer Avery Dennison to create an extension to their popular printable business card range with the introduction of NEW Quick & Clean™ Double-Sided Business Cards.

Geometrix have a very broad product offering which will appeal to both garden centres and DIY stores. We supply everything from PVA glue, wood glue and specialist craft glue through to art materials, including a vast range of paint, glitter glue and gel pens.

The AcuLaser CX21N series is designed for small workgroups in corporate and small businesses, featuring fast A4 monochrome and superb colour printing, 2400 RIT output and low print costs.

The prime “buy recycled” paper argument is not about saving trees, it’s about landfill avoidance, Veronica Heaven, Corporate Relations Manager for PaperCo, told the General Meeting of the Integra office dealers supplies group.

It may seem absurd to worry about being injured by your computer. Driven mad by its quirky and unreliable software possibly, but surely an inert box of electronics can’t do you any physical harm?

Well, yes it can. The British Chiropractic Association has warned today that slouching in front of a computer can set youngsters up for a lifetime of back pain. The problem is that the human body is not designed to remain sitting still for long periods of time.