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Rising star
Connor is 23 and found his way
into the industry via his father,
who heard there was a vacancy at
East Kilbride-based MBM. He
joined the firm in 2017 and has
since benefited from The Printing
Charity’s Print Futures award
scheme.
What did you study, and did you
have a particular career in mind?
I did not think I would find myself
in the print trade, so I am simply
grateful to be here
Did you know anything about
print beforehand?
No. I had always been told never to
get into the “game”. So it is quite
ironic I am involved with the trade
What does your current role
entail?
Communication with customers,
suppliers and the internal MBM
departments. I must ensure the
well-being of orders placed,
walking them through the various
production stages before they are
finally delivered to the customer
What’s the most enjoyable or
interesting thing about it?
I like the flexibility. I can be
involved with several different
orders, dealing with a range of
customers and suppliers
Do you have an ideal career path
mapped out?
I have the ambition of moving into
a sales role. I enjoy the interaction
with customers and I could reflect
this well in a selling environment
What would be your dream job
(print related)?
To be the owner/director of a
successful printing company. I find
business interesting and so would
want to be involved with the
running of a company in the future
What would be your dream job
(not print related)?
In my younger years, it was to be a
professional footballer. Once
reality kicked in, I’ve realised that
whatever I am doing, I wish to be
comfortable and content with life
What’s top of your playlist at the
moment?
In My Arms, Purple Disco Machine
Which box set would you
recommend?
TopBoy on Netflix – although not
to everyone
What’s your most-used app?
Definitely Spotify at the moment
What has surprised you most
about working in the printing
industry?
The tenure of my colleagues is
really impressive. Everyone has at
least 20-plus years in the trade
What could the printing industry
be doing more of to entice
millennials into print?
The apprenticeships need to be
advertised better, in terms of what
opportunities are available once
an apprenticeship is completed
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April & May 2020 Printweek
Arden Dies has
hired its first ever
female diemaker.
Daniel, aged 20, is
the first woman
to join the Stockport firm’s diemaking
team since it was founded
in 1964. She joined its rubbering
department in 2017, ahead of her
transfer to die-making this year.
She said: “I always wanted to do a
physical job and work with my
hands. Manufacturing and
engineering appealed to me.”
The Printing
Charity has
appointed three
fresh industry
figures to its
council of
trustees. Unite the Union
national officer Louisa Bull, DMG
group production director Julia
Palmer-Poucher, and Paragon
CC’s site director for Dagenham
and Manchester David Phillips
are new additions to the board.
www.applebinding.co.uk.
Where are you based?
Manningtree, Essex
Georgina
How many staff do you have?
We employ 10 people
What does your firm do?
The mainstay of our business is
Wire-O binding, plastic coil
binding and tabbing. We have a
huge capacity for collating, and
other small processes such as
shrink wrapping and drilling
What’s your typical customer?
Our customers are 90% printers
from the South East area
What equipment do you run?
Semi-automatic Wire-O binding
machines, plastic spiral/coil
binding machines, two automatic
punching machines, automatic
tabbing machine, 48-station deep
pile collating capacity, semiautomatic
shrink wrapping, round
cornering and counting
Koenig &
Bauer’s
leadership
team has been
revamped in a move that sees the
creation of a new main board
role and the departure of CFO
Mathias Dähn. His successor is Dr
Stephen Kimmich who took over
on 15 April. The main board has
also been beefed up with the
appointment of Michael Ulverich to
the new position of chief
operating officer. He was MD and
COO at a defence equipment firm.
Markus Rall has
stepped down as
managing
director of postpress
kit
manufacturer
Polar to be replaced by an
outside hire from the robotics
sector. Michael Wombacher
(above), who worked for Chinese
company Reis Robotics as vicepresident
and general manager,
has replaced Rall.
What’s your USP?
We are blessed with fantastic staff
and great suppliers
What’s your company’s motto/
mission statement?
Our company motto is to meet or
better all of our customer
deadlines. I don’t think we have
ever missed one
What’s been your proudest
achievement in the past few
years?
I think our proudest moment is
now. We have managed to keep
going through the recession, Brexit
and we hope to survive this latest
awful situation around the
coronavirus
What’s your team’s favourite
biscuit?
We would probably have to do
with jam, cream or custard
doughnuts (sorry, more than a
biscuit!)
Connor Daniels Customer service representative, MBM Print SCS
After waiting six weeks to get a
book bound, I thought there may
be a hole in the market. So we did a
little research and decided to have a go”
Kate Luke Apple Binding
I like flexibility
– being involved
with different orders,
dealing with a range
of customers”
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