KI Europe's New Appointments

GEOFFREY DICKINSON has joined KI UK's Sales and Management Team as Business Development Director to enforce their extensive expansion.

"We are delighted to have the benefit of Geoffrey's considerable experience at a time when we are expanding and responding to increased demand from our customers for tailored and efficient solutions to their storage and information retrieval needs. If we are to maintain the highest standards of service to our customers we need the highest calibre of personnel on our team" - Jonathan Hindle, Managing Director of KI Europe

"Geoffrey's considerable experience with Maine Group is a natural fit. At KI he will be able to apply this to great effect across our wider product portfolio" - David Venables, UK Sales Director


In addition, ROBERT FOY has joined KI's UK Sales Team from Faram UK.

"Robert's wide ranging industry experience will be a great asset to us as we expand our offering of personal storage solutions for workstations and introduce new lateral storage, Spacesaver high density storage and new seating and table ranges." - David Venables, UK Sales Director

Unilever Case Study

Unilever engaged KI to provide solutions for its Pensions, Marketing, Corporate Research, Ice Cream, Beverages, and Frozen Foods divisions at its Walton on Thames UKNM and Colworth R&D sites. Several of KI's storage, seating and screening product ranges were used. more»

Orgatec Exhibition - 24-28 October 2006

Orgatec will shortly be on us. Those of you visiting Cologne would be most welcome to join us on our stand - Hall 11.2/ Stand J38. Drinks will be served every day from 4pm.

Products on the stand include:

• Perry, Matrix, Maestro and Daylight chairs
• KI's new MI6 chair
• All Terrain workbench and screens
• 900 Series Laterals
• 700 Series laterals
• Hurry up tables
• Trek tables

We will be showing several new and enhanced ranges. For more details click here.

Environmental Impact of Steel Storage Cabinets - Carbon Footprint and other factors

In the light of recent isolated references to the Carbon Footprint of steel storage we felt it was appropriate to issue a short release which addresses Carbon Footprint in the context of both location and the whole manufacturing process. Importantly Carbon Footprint should properly reflect the whole 'travel' cycle between the location of the extraction of iron ore, the location of sheet steel production and the ultimate manufacturing location. Carbon Footprint should also be viewed alongside manufacturing process, emissions in the workplace and product durability when measuring a company's or product's environmental credentials.

KI's Environmental Management Programme may be found on our website. It provides a more comprehensive picture of the specific undertakings which make KI one of the most pioneering and best performing manufacturers in the U.S.and Europe.

You can download the KI Environmental Programs Overview and KI Europe Environmental Impact Flyers here.

New People

We are delighted to welcome several new members to KI UK's team. and announce an employee who will be changing roles within the company.

Sales

Robert Foy
Sales Manager - South
Robert joined KI from Faram in October 2006. Robert joined KI with an impressive sales track record built up at Faram, Dovetail and Project Office Furniture.




Kelly Atkins
Account Manager
Kelly joined KI in March 2005 as Jonathan Hindle's PA and HR Manager. Kelly will move from her current position to a new role as Account Manager. Kelly will join David Venables' Sales Team mid to late November.



Customer Service/ Support

David Williams
Customer Service Co-ordinator
David has joined Liz Sheppard's team as a Customer Service Co-ordinator working with sales manager David Batchelor and his dealers. David joined KI in September 2006 from Olympus Cameras where he worked as a Customer Support and Technical Administrator.



Jasvir Singh Panesar
Customer Service Co-ordinator
Jasvir has joined Liz Sheppard's team as a Customer Service Co-ordinator working with Neil Clark and his dealers. Jasvir joined KI in September 2006 from Magnet Ltd where he worked as a Client Services Administrator.



Lee Andrews
Design Manager
Lee joined KI from Paragon/ Logic Office Group in February 2006. Lee is responsible for creating and developing KI's sales literature and supporting the sales team and dealers with 3D visualisation, space planning, presentation and tender documents.

New DLA Piper Case Study

KI Europe has published a new new Case Study for DLA Piper (Sheffield & Manchester). Click here to view the Case Study via our website.

Atlantic College (one of the United World Colleges founded by Kurt Hahn) have since 1960 occupied St Donat's castle - a 13th century fort on the north coast of the Severn Estuary. The castle's hammer-beam roofs, 15th century French fireplaces, Gothic candelabras and 18th century neo-classical panelled rooms present particular furnishing difficulties. Even so, Luke Hughes & Co are no strangers to designing furniture for significant architectural spaces. more»

SJ Berwin Case Study

A new SJ Berwin Case Sudy have been uploaded to our website.

Please visit www.ki.com/europe for more details and other Caste Studies, brochures and flyers.

900 Series Storage

KI's new 900 Series has entirely flush fronts made possible by a unique patented slide suspension with an integral touch latch mechanism. Designers will now be able to create runs of cabinets without pulls to achieve a cleaner, more monolithic aesthetic, without compromising functionality and flexibility.

Like 700 Series, the range will be offered in any colour you like at no extra charge.

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