17th January 2008
Chairman of Mainline Flatpacks Ltd, Roger Lill presented the award for ‘Best Corporate Stock Calendar 2008’ at the National Business Calendar Awards at the London College of Communications.
Mainline continue to support the awards as the major supplier of Calendar envelopes in Europe.
17th August 2007
Mainline are exploring FSC sustainable Forestry Certification as a further avenue to reduce carbon footprint and landfill waste. The company already uses vegetable based inks, corn cellulose films, post-consumer recycled cardboards and works to ISO14001 but feels FSC puts into practice new methods of prolonging the life of our planet.
26th July 2007
Mainline have been awarded certification to ISO 14001 by URS. The new environmental management system is in addition to the ISO 9001 quality system that the company has been using since 1996. Mainline believe it is important that all businesses take the time and effort to be environmentally responsible and to actively reduce their impact on the environment. Please contact us for further information with regards to fully recycled packaging.
1st April 2007
Thanks to a magnificent effort by the sales department, the company achieved its record financial year. In addition to securing numerous new contracts, Mainline managed to achieve growth to its existing client base through product development. The production department excelled to maintain a 99.6% “on-time” delivery status through this busy year.
9th January 2007
Despite todays pressures on UK manufacturers to compete with the far east, Mainline have proved that their efficiencies in manufacture are too strong for manufacturers in China. The customer for this particular project was amazed with the contradiction to modern beliefs. It was also made clear by Mainline that the so-called benchmark supplier could also not meet quality and service demands.
20th November 2006
Mainline now accept VISA / Visa Electron / Maestro / Switch / Solo debit & credit card payments to ensure instant release of ordered goods at no additional charge.
13th November 2006
Board price increases of between 5% and 8% are being rolled out across all the board mills as a result of increasing energy costs, transport costs and raw material costs. This increase is being introduced as vital for the survival of the European board making industry. This will affect the costs of bespoke manufacture however Mainline Flatpacks Ltd will absorb this increase for its envelope stock ranges for 6 months and review on 1st July.
(Effective January 1st 2007)
1st November 2006
Mainline’s new price list is published showing reduction in prices for LP mailers and C3 sizes.
Prices have now either been held or reduced for all stock lines since January 2006 thanks to efficiencies of our BOBST gluing technology – see October 2005 news.
30th October 2006
Mainline record the best month sales in the companys 24 year history. October 2006 Sales reached £775,768.
26th October 2006
Mainline secure property purchase of nextdoor 30,000 sqft warehouse facility and to purchase our existing 30,000 sqft leased buildings. This increases capacity to 60,000 sqft.
23rd September 2006
Mainlines company mascot ‘Wally the Wallet’ was entered for the Huntingdon Racecourse Mascot race. Our staff helped us raise £161 for ‘The Childrens Trust’.
1st July 2006
Mainline prepares for Royal Mails Pricing in Proportion (PiP) with the stocking of the 2 compatible envelope sizes. Both stock lines prove hugely successful:
[see pictures left & contact us for samples and prices]
1st June 2006
Mainline introduce a range of stock sizes of 17 Boardback envelopes to compliment the 210gsm (280micron) and 385gsm (500micron) cardboard envelope ranges.
[see pictures left & contact us for samples and prices]
1st April 2006
Mainline Flatpacks Ltd steps into the European market by appointing a dedicated export sales executive fluent in German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian. See the launch of our multi lingual website in December 2006!!!
1st March 2006
It features a peel & seal closure with reverse score tear strip opening and a tuck flap for re-use. The range is stocked in 4 sizes, all from 500micron WHITE cardboard:
PEC5 PiP 164 x 239mm (compliant with Royal Mail ‘Letter’ tariff)
PEB4 PiP 249 x 352mm (compliant with Royal Mail ‘Large Letter’ tariff)
PEC3 330 x 458mm
PEC2 626 x 451mm
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1st October 2005
A tremendously successful open day was the official launch for the installation of the new Swiss gluing machine, the ‘Bobst Alpina Giro 110.’ The machine, with applicators from America, applies hot melt peel & seal, double sided tape peel&seal, red ripstrip, window patch and sequential numbering AND gluing all in one pass at world class speeds, typically 180 mpm.
