The Integration of Acco Uk and Acco Europe’s Head Office Has Seen Further Rationalisation and A New Management Structure.

ACCO HAS ANNOUNCED that it is to integrate the management of its European head office and its Acco UK business at its site in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

Following a period of consultation with employees, the European head office in Wrotham Heath,  Kent is to close by the end of March 2003. European president and CEO Charles Pettican has now taken over the combined Acco UK/Europe business.

He says of the integration: “This planned move will bring together key people such as product management, marketing, purchasing, logistics and finance and IT staff, enabling operation as an integrated company.

The move will help strengthen Acco’s market position across Europe and our product experts will be closer to the market place.” He also says that the move will simplify operations, allow it to be quicker in decision making and new product development and reduce operating costs.

A new management structure has been put in place as part of the integration. Andy Page, who was general manager of the UK business, is now vice president, finance administration and reports to Charles Pettican.

Also reporting in to Pettican are Philip Monaghan, vice president, supply chain; Brendan Cole, exec director, non UK businesses; Simon Wells, European HR director; and a vice president, sales and marketing, with the latter appointment still to be announced.

UK specific management include John Walker who is heading up UK sales and Diane Caswell who is looking after UK general office products. Mike Cooke is looking after presentation/business machines, Phil O’Neill is on computer products and Bob Jones is responsible for European sales, with all five reporting to the new vice president, sales & marketing.

This further change at Acco UK which has seen the departure of key personnel this year, follows shortly after a positive announcement from its parent Fortune Brands.

It reported a net income of $113.2 million for the third quarter, up 22 per cent on the same period last year. Sales were up 1.4 per cent to $1.46 billion and operating income was up 14 per cent to $197.7 million.

Chief executive and Chairman Norm Wesley said that successful strategic initiatives had underpinned the group’s record results and that aggressive cost reduction and marketplace repositioning contributed to ongoing profit recovery in the office products business. He added that the group was well on its way to an excellent year..

The MFC-795CW Brother machine is the most up to date compact multifunction from Brother.

Its easy to use with quick to use USB memory stick and media docks, also has many essential tools for a office or family environment.

Another top feature of the MFC-795CW is its hi-resolution colour scanning with ADF and 100 / 20 photo paper capacity.

1. Convert scanned documents into PDF format directly to your USB memory stick.
2. Scan straight to on your computer and scan to e-mail
3. Scan to OCR (optical character recognition)

This printer comes standard with both WIFI and Ethernet connections with one touch setup.

1. 4.2″ wide colour LCD touchscreen with photo enhance feature
2. AS A FAX: 33.6K modem
3. 100 sheet paper tray,
4. 15 sheet ADF
5. 48Mb memory
6. 100 speed dials
7. 400 page memory
8. 5inch touch screen LCD
9. DECT handset
10. 20 sheet photo tray
11. duplex speakerphone
12. error correction mode
13. 29 minutes record time, message manager

This simple but stylish Brother printer is compatible with most operating system with easy to use network connectivity,  so in all a nice multiuse family printer that can be used around the workgroup.

Unlike other Brother models the HL-2040 Laser printer comes with a separate toner cartridge drum which can print up to 2,500 sheets.

But with all great office equipment comes a con, the noise was fairly loud but at a staggering 2400 x 600 dpi print who can complain?

Specification

• B/W Laser Technology
• 20ppm Black
• HQ1200 (up to 2400 x 600 dpi)
• 250-Sheet Input Capacity
• Standard Memory (MB) 8MB Memory
• Optional Memory (MB)  No

The company is now the leading supplier of shredders to Spicers. In addition, their products have recently been included in the catalogues of five of the major dealer groups.

To keep pace with the expansion new, purpose built premises have recently been constructed at Burntwood near Cannock. The new central location will further improve the company’s facilities and customer service.

Further recognising HSM’s success in the UK and the German parents commitment to invest in the future, the UK divisions have become an operating Company in their own right. As a result the name and the legal identity has been changed to HSM UK Limited. Many of the administration and accounting functions will now be undertaken at the new offices.

Proven Best Buys Get Better

The recent edition of the highly respected What to Buy For Business awards, evaluating and advising on the purchase of paper shredders, has once again proven the quality and value for money of HSM products. The Company has been awarded more than half of the Best Buy awards available.

This year, the number of Best Buy classifications has been restricted to only seven. However, with HSM winning four of these their shredders dominated the results. HSMs direct competitors within the office products distribution channel did not win any of the highest classifications.

With a wide number of variations for straight and cross cut blade arrangements available, the Best Buy awards actually cover over twenty different HSM models.

To enhance their range still further, HSM is now intro­ducing a complete range of shredders that generate the smallest particle size currently possible in the commercial market. These Level 6 machines produce particles that are almost half the square area of what were previously the best performing Level 5 shredders. Users can be even surer that their information has been destroyed so helping to prevent fraud even further. The new Level 6 shredders are available from HSM now.

Successful Start with Spiceis

Following a very successful first year with Spicers in 2002, sales of HSM Shredders through the UKs major whole­saler continue to grow exponentially. Turnover for HSM products during the initial months of 2003 rose by a highly impressive 175 percent.

HSM first entered into partnership with Spicers only just over eighteen months ago. However, both companies have been very pleased with the success and excellent results achieved.

When invited to comment Richard Dear of Spicers said “We have been very pleased with the excellent growth achieved since we included the HSM range into our cata­logue, and, even better, the increase is continuing.”

As a founder exhibitor, HSM will again be at the SOS Shows in the autumn.

New Guillotines and Trimmers

HSM’s cutting edge expertise and technology has been utilised to develop a new range of paper trimmers and guillotines.

Similar to the shredders, the new products combine German manufacturing quality with competitive, value for money prices. There are a total of 18 different models in the range, all of which are packaged in smart HSM boxes making them suitable for both commercial and retail sale.

Why digital copiers?

Digital copier technology is designed to streamline the entire document imaging process.

Unlike the complex mechanical paper handling systems of conventional analog models, digital copiers have a built-in scanner which reads the image of an original, converts it into a digital electronic signal, then reproduces it from memory.

The result is digitally-produced text and photos as a rule appear more accurate and have greater consistency than analog copies.

Scan Once Print Many
A copier with the ‘Scan Once Print Many’ feature allows users to leave the copier with their original after it has been scanned once by the copier, regardless of how many copies the machine has been programmed to make.  Each page that crosses the copier glass is scanned into memory.

The copies are then printed from the image held in memory, not the actual document.  Not only does this free users from having to wait the copier while their originals are tied up, but it also allows the copier to handle each page only once, minimizing damage to the original documents.

Electronic Sorting
Most digital copiers also support electronic sorting, so sorter bins are not required to make collated sets of documents. The documents are sorted in memory before printing.

Reliability
By nature of their technology, digital copiers require fewer moving parts, and so are less likely to jam or break down.

Quite operation
Because of these fewer moving parts, digital copiers also have a reputation for being less noisy than analogs.

Quality
The quality of copies, when reproducing text, graphics or photos, is more accurate and has a greater consistency than analogue.

Digital copier as printer
Add a printer module to a digital copier and it can double as a printer, outputting high-quality laser printouts at the same speed it makes copies.

Digital copier as fax
With the addition of a fax module, you can send faxes right from the copier glass, or through the document feeder. This is particularly helpful if you need to fax part of a bound document.

Built in 802.11b/g Wireless can produce high quality prints from virtually anywhere in your office or at home, share the X4650 among multiple computers and work groups.

Printing in a overwhelming 4800×1200 DPI it has superior quality, also PrecisionSense Technology detects types of paper being used to determine print resolution

Key Points

• Convenience and flexibility with built-in 802.11b/g wireless technology.
• Compatible with 802.11n.
• Easy, 1-touch copy
• Lab-quality photos with direct photo printing from Memory Cards, USB drive or with PictBridge™
• Print fast! Up to 25 ppm black and 18 ppm colour (3)

It offers all of the features of the HL-3040CN such as a staggering 17ppm print speed in colour or black plus it includes a wireless 802.11b/g.

It also offers PCL®6 and BR-Script3s emulations for greater compatibility and a backlit LCD display with 64MB standard memory for faster processing of important print jobs.

For users with wireless office networks, setup has never been easier with the brother HL-3070CW. If your wireless access point supports SecureEasySetup™, AOSS™ or Wi-Fi Protected Setup™, wireless settings can be automatically configured by simply pressing a button on your router.

Key Features

• Toner Save Mode – Help save money by reducing toner use
• Header / Footer Print – Print the date and time on your documents
• Manual Duplex Printing – Driver-assisted, two-sided printing
• Watermark Printing – Insert a logo or text into your documents
• Poster Printing – Print one page on multiple sheets of paper
• N-Up Printing – Print multiple pages on one sheet of paper
• 600 x 2400 DPI Resolution  Prints

This C-120i  shredders comes with Safe sense technology which automatically stops shredding when touched and also comes with a 100% Jam proof system witch prevents the shredder from jamming.

With its Stylish up to date design it maximises the modern office space with a 230mm width. The C-120i comes with a huge 49 litre pull out waste bucket and a separate waste bin for CDs for recycling.

Fellowes offer a 2 full year warranty and a 20 year cutter warranty.

Overall Fellowes have pulled off another great shredder, the C-120i is a must have in any digital office environment especially with its ultra quite shredding.

Key Points

• 100% Jam Proof System prevents the machine from jamming and self-corrects when paper is not fed in properly
• SafeSense® technology automatically stops the shredder when touched
• Energy saving feature switches the shredder to standby after 2 minutes of inactivity reducing the amount of energy consumed
• Extended run time for high volume shredding
• Pull-out bin for easy emptying
• SilentShred™ minimises office disruption
• Slimline design maximises office space

If what your loved one really wants this Christmas is a snazzy addition to the office, then Brother’s HL2140 laser printer is perfect. And it won’t put Santa out of pocket.

In Cnet’s latest review this printer is sung its praises for its easy setup, fast print time, compact design and sharp detail.

Plus its self-contained paper tray means a reduced footprint compared to its rivals, perfect for squeezing in any tight corner.

This has come highly commended plenty of times before so you know you’re on to a Christmas hit with this one.

Key Features

• Up to 22ppm monochrome printing speed

• First print in under 10 seconds

• Up to 2400 x 600dpi print resolution

• Full speed USB 2 connection

• Up to 250 sheet paper capacity

• Up to 100 sheet output tray

• GDI emulation

• 8MB memory

It’s been designed for everyone who wants to travel light and have all their important digital files or favourite music with them on the go.

It proudly boasts a fantastic 1GB internal memory – that means up to 272 hours recording capacity.

Its large highly visible backlit LCD screen also makes navigating your way round the WS-450S a cinch. Plus don’t even spare a second’s thought about recording in different environments.

Its voice and low cut filters mean your recordings will be smooth whatever the weather, place or time.

And it offers hassle-free downloading thanks to its high speed USB connection. No cables, no need for anything other than remembering to take it with you!

Key Points