AllianceBernstein Case Study

AllianceBernstein, one of the world's leading global investment management organisations, has chosen a combination of KI's lateral and personal storage systems for their new London Headquarters. Read More...

Kaplan Case Study

KI have undertaken a total package installation in London at Kaplan, one of the world's leading providers of lifelong education with operations around the globe. Read More...

KI UK introduces two new employment roles

KI (UK) have continued their extensive expansion programme by introducing two new job roles and have employed a new receptionist.

Maria Patterson has been employed to fill the new role of Sales Support Assistant. After having been educated in Sweden, Maria graduated from the School of Medical Sciences in Sydney, Australia with a Batchelor of Science in Health and Sports. Maria has since gained a portfolio of experience in Sales, Product Management and Administration. Maria will be working with Christina Houghton.

Matthew Turrell has been employed to fill the new role of Project Accountant. After five years working with STA Travel, Matthew has developed many skills and experience within all aspects of accounts including accounts payable, receivable, reconciliations, month end work and system development. Matthew will be supporting the Finance and Customer Services Teams and working with Jeremy McWhinney.

Amy Heavey has joined KI (UK) as Receptionist. Amy graduated in 2003 with a Batchelor of Arts from Brunel University and has since gained experience from working for Hammersmith and Fulham Council as a Processing Officer.

KI Party

KI's regular 'January Blues' Party this year was held with a Japanese Theme around KI or ki whose Japanese meaning is energy, mind, spirit, breath, vitality...the ability to harness one's own power and to make change... The showroom was transformed into a Tokyo bar, where local beers, wine, sake and sushi were served and guests were entertained by Fusion who put on a display of martial arts.

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New People

Christina Houghton - Joined KI as sales support co-ordinator in late 2006 from Bene, Restah Brown and Richard Rogers Partnership. Christina is supporting the sales team with quotation, tender, mock up, showroom and sales collateral management. Christina may be contacted on choughton@kiuk.co.uk

Karyn Quinney - Joined KI in December on PA to the Managing Director and Human Resources Manager. Karyn was previously a Finance and Administration Manager for Hammersmith and Fulham social services. Karyn may be contacted on kquinney@kiuk.co.uk

Thomas Morris-Thurgood - Joined KI in January as Purchase Ledger Controller. Thomas comes to us from IDT Global working as an Accounts Assistant. Thomas may be contacted on tmthurgood@kiuk.co.uk

Year 2006 Results

We ended 2006 5% above Plan and profits at 50% above budget. The most significant projects came from S.J. Berwin, Hertfordshire City Council, BP, Cannacord, Alliance Bernstien, Unilever, and Morley Fund Management, however the significant proportion of turnover was derived from smaller and mid-sized projects. Many thanks to all our dealers and end users, we greatly enjoyed looking for solutions to our clients' many information retrieval, time and space challenges.

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.