KPMF Direct Ltd is the name chosen for a new start-up distribution company launched
to market KPMF brand signmaking, printing and digital imaging films throughout the
UK. Kay Premium Marking Films has willingly used its familiar initials and logo for
the new venture to help quickly establish an unequivocal position in the market place
and focus maximise attention on the KPMF brand.
“From our point of view there could not be a better name than KPMF Direct for
our exclusive UK distributor,” says Gary Thompson, managing director of Kay
Premium Marking Films. “It underlines the singular commitment of the new enterprise
to promote our products and sends the clearest signal that KPMF will soon be a major
player in the British sign, display and vehicle graphics markets.”
Operating from a new 6,000 sq ft sales and distribution centre at Lichfield, in the
heart of England, KPMF Direct will provide an assured next-day Business Post delivery
service throughout the country on all vinyl orders from 1 to 50 metres. Every product
in the extensive KPMF catalogue of plotter, screen and solvent digital print media
is being stocked – including the entire portfolio of 138 colours and special
finishes in the radically-enhanced K70000 series of premium quality cast vinyls.
Only KPMF brand self-adhesives will be supplied by KPMF Direct, but the new distributor
is also stocking a complementary range of banner materials, together with a wide selection
of application tapes and essential tools. An in-house conversion capability will provide
comprehensive slitting, sheeting and sprocketing facilities.
Heading up KPMF Direct is Tony Hall, a qualified sign maker, who brings to the new
venture a wealth of technical knowledge of both the industrial and sign making applications
for self-adhesive films. Tony has more than six years’ vinyls distribution experience
– during which time he has been particularly involved with the development of
e-commerce and internet marketing strategies for sign making products.
“KPMF films have always been held in high respect by users all over the world,
but to date there has been no specific outlet in the UK dedicated to their promotion
and distribution,” he says. “With the inception of KPMF Direct, sign makers
and other users throughout the UK can rely on materials being available from stock
for overnight delivery.”
Established in 1991, Kay Premium Marking Films Ltd is the UK’s sole vinyls
manufacturer with the capability to both cast and coat. Since an early specialisation
in films for automotive decoration, the company has steadily extended its range to
embrace the full spectrum of self-adhesive and non-adhesive films for printing and
sign making. Print and plotter films for aircraft, sea-container and fleet marking
have been augmented by high-conspicuity retro-reflective and fluorescent films for
safety and security applications – and by the unique VWS hybrid paint replacement
product for the all-over “wrapping” of vehicles.
KPMF is the only self-adhesive films manufacturer in the world to achieve the stringent
QS-9000 quality management system standard and during 2001, gained ISO-14001 accreditation
for its environmental management systems.
So if you prefer to buy British, are looking for quality accreditation and wish to
do your bit for the environment, call KPMF Direct and enjoy the added bonus of keen
prices and next day delivery.
Further information from KPMF Direct Ltd, 13 Prospect Drive, Lichfield, Staffs WS14
9UX;
tel 0870 121 1285; fax 0870 121 1286; e-mail sales@kpmfdirect.co.uk; www.kpmfdirect.co.uk
– or from Kay Premium Marking Films Ltd, Oakwood Close, Penyfan Industrial Park,
Crumlin, Newport NP11 3HY, Wales; tel 01495 242 300; fax 01495 249 446; e-mail sales@kpmf.com
Picture shows: Gary Thompson (left) managing director
of Kay Premium Marking Films with Tony Hall, MD of KPMF Direct, outside the new KPMF
Direct sales and distribution centre in Lichfield.
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