Pukka News
Pukka Pads is now FSC Certified
Pukka Pads are very happy to announce that we are fully FSC Certified.
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an independant, not for profit, non-government organisation established to support environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world's forests. Look out for the new FSC Certified Pukka Pads at a retailer near you in 2011.
For more information, please get in touch...
Spicers - Everything for the Office Show 2010
Earlier this month Pukka' was proud to attend the Spicers Everything for the Office Show at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.
"The show was very well organised and all exhibitors were very well looked after for the whole two day event. Also, the Recoh Arena is a great venue" said Garry Wright, the pukka Sales Rep. who attended the event.
Pukka Pads enjoys a long term business relationship with Spicers, which will hopefully continue well into the future.
Look out for Pukka Pads at the upcoming annual Paperworld Frankfurt show in January 2011, where we have a wide selection of new products to reveal. For more information, please get in touch...
New Trading Office in Hong Kong
We are very pleased to announce that we have just opened a new Trading Office in Hong Kong. Pukka Pads (HK) Ltd will be an invaluable asset for meeting the ever increasing global demand for Pukka Pads.
We are very happy to welcome Peter Frost to the Overseas sales team. Peter is the General Manager at Pukka Pads (HK) Ltd and will be driving his new sales team forward to increase brand awareness and sales in the global market.
If you require any information regarding Overseas sales or the new Hong Kong Trading Office, please: get in touch.
Paperworld 2010, Shanghai
This month Pukka once again attended the Paperworld Show in Shanghai, China.
The event was a huge success; as we have come to expect from the global Paperworld events. As well as seeing a few old friends, we met with many potential new clients and enjoyed fresh interest in Pukka from Russia, Australia, Malaysia & Hong Kong.
This year in particular we were very happy to notice a much greater awareness of the Pukka brand in the Far East. Many attending the event knew Pukka and were already familiar with the high quality of our products and the diversity of our designs.
Look out for Pukka at Paperworld Frankfurt in January 2011, the most important trade fair of the year for the industry. We have lots of new products and fresh ideas we are eager to reveal. For more information, please get in touch.
New Recycled Project Book
With the focus very much on recycled and economical products in todays consumer market; Pukka will soon launch a brand new range of Recycled Project Books to be included in our popular Recycled range.
These pads will have all the excellent features you have come to expect from our innovative Project Books with the benefit of also using 100% Recycled Paper.
These pads should be in the shops soon, we hope you enjoy using them.
Pukka Trailer
Pukka Pads in association with Premier Logistics (UK) Ltd are proud to unveil our new Trailer Wrap design. One of the lorries in the Premiere Logistic's fleet is already displaying the new Pukka trailer wrap, hopefully with many more to follow.
Premier Logistics (UK) Ltd now handle all of the Pukka deliveries in the UK.
We would like to thank Premiere Logistics for making this possible and for all their hard work in strengthening the high level of customer service that we currently offer.
Have you spotted the 'Pukka Lorry' yet?
Pukka Pads in Poland
We are pleased to announce that we have an additional warehouse now in Poland The warehouse in Poland stocks many of Pukka Pad standard products allowing us to fulfill European orders quickly and cost effectively. Narcyz Kaminski our polish sales representative is actively meeting with many large supermarkets and retailers and are pleased to annouce that Tesco will be stocking a selection of our products in the next month.
Pukka Pads Exhibitions 2010
Pukka Pads was pleased to attended the NUS Show 2010 at the NEC, Birmingham on 29th June. We have been part of this exhibition for many years and are always pleased by the number of people attending. Thanks to everyone for the positive feedback we received regarding our existing ranges and new designs.
THE GREAT BRITISH RIB RALLY 2010
We are pleased to announce that Andrew Bell and Paul Glatzel did complete the recent Great British RIB Rally 2010. They have raised over £5000 for The Sparkle Appeal, organized by the Victoria Education Center, Poole.
Thank you for everyone who donated and helped Andrew and Paul reach the halfway mark. Its still not too late to donate on www.justgiving.com/gbribrally-sparkleappeal
Pukka Pads - Work-shops for Schools 2010
This month Pukka Pads were proud to hold our first Design Work-shop at Hamworthy Middle School in Dorset, UK. We worked with the year 4 students during their School’s annual Design Week, setting the 8 - 9 year old students a brief to design their own range of pads in teams of 3. The winning range designs from each class are shown below:
Team Name: Pukka-Uppa - Students: David Scovell - David Jones - Connor Waring
Team Name: Creazy Creative - Students : Trinity Evans - Jay Stanley - Nathan Stevens
Team Name: The Blue Tiger Designers - Students : Michael Hadland - Liza Cattel - Savannah Lummes
Both Pukka Pads and Hamworthy Middle School were very happy with the outcome of the Work-shop and have made plans to hold another next year.
If you would like Pukka to hold a Work-shop at your School or College then please get in touch…
THE GREAT BRITISH RIB RALLY 2010
Pukka Pads sponsors Andrew Bell and Paul Glatzel in The Great British RIB Rally 2010, helping to reach their target of £10,000+ for The Sparkle Appeal.
If you would like to donate please click on the Just Giving link. Visit www.ribevolution.com to see the route and fundraising detail.
Thank you for your support.
Keep an eye on our news page, we will be posting an update on Andrew and Paul's challenge and the £10,000 fundraising target.
Academic A4 & A5 Planners
Academic Planners for 2010/11 now on Sale. The A4 and A5 academic planner has the same useful project book features but with the additional benefits of a 12 month academic diary, pull out planner and weekly term planner.
Don’t miss out on this years 2010/11 academic planners, call 01455 200534 to order yours today.
Available in A4 and A5 in packs of 3 (Pink & Blue).
Paperworld 2010, Frankfurt
We had a very successful show this year at Paperworld, Frankfurt meeting many potential clients. We decided to keep the same stand and hall number as last year making it easier for existing clients to find us.
Vision and Trend magazine visited the stand and were impressed with the wave range, please click on the link to view the picture they
took.
New City Range
We launched the new City Range at Paperworld Frankfurt this year. The selection of premium casebound and wirebound pads is aimed at businesses and professionals seeking high quality, stylish pads. The pads included additional business features such as world maps, conversion charts and information pages.
This range is bound to be a huge success, don’t miss out!
Unipad Project Book
Due to Unipad’s popularity, we introduced the notorious project book to this range. The project book contains 60gsm feint ruled paper as well as the standard project book features you love. In addition to the project book, the Unipad range has undergone a facelift and all the entire range is available in the new design. The packaging has changed slightly as well, all pads are now packed in 3’s and come in three trendy colours, pink, blue and black. Please note that the new design will be introduced into stock once the old design has sold out.
Confetti Design
Another amazing design from the Pukka Pad studio !
At the end of March we will have 3 confetti products available, the
Project Book A4 (250 pages), Jotta Pad A4 (200 pages) and Top Refill Pad A4 (160 pages) all containing 80gsm lined paper.
Get your orders in early and be ahead of the game!!
The Confetti range is available as a special order with lined or squared pages.
Wave Design
Due to the popularity of the Wave design launched in 2009, we have now extended the Wave range to include top and side refills, reporters pad, A7 pocket books, A4 loose-leaf paper, project files and 3 flap folder files.
The wave range is available in two colours, pink and blue.
New Staff & Polish Representative
We are pleased to welcome Narcyz Kaminski to the Overseas sales team. Based in Poland, he will be heading up Pukka Pads liaison office and is responsible for increasing brand awareness and sales in Eastern Europe.
Narcyz has long-term experience and knowledge of the stationery industry and is already proving to be an invaluable member of the Overseas team.
You may have already met Narcyz as he flew in to Paperworld Frankfurt to be on our stand G81 Hall 4.1 on Monday 01 February. If you require any information regarding sales in Poland and surrounding countries, please email sales-poland@pukka-pads.eu
FSC Certification
Pukka Pads is working towards FSC certification this year, watch this space for more information. Our recycled pads already contains 80gsm bright white high quality 100% recycled paper and can be found by clicking on the link.
Factory
Pukka Pads is pleased to confirm the expansion of its own factory in China, offering further flexibility with FOB and bespoke orders.
If you have any requests for FOB shipments or own branded pads, please email sales@pukka-pads.co.uk