So, how come we are now the UK distributor?
Well, there's a bit of a story here but basically up until now it has been stocked by the (once mighty) Robert Horne Group.
These days Robert Horne is a division of the loss making Australian based Paperlinx (as is Howard Smith and Paper Co). Unfortunately Paperlinx is in a financially perilous state which has been much reported in the press. There have been rafts of redundancies and other cuts which culminated last November, when Robert Horne announced that it was closing it's entire branch network.
http://www.printweek.com/news/1106823/Robert-Horne-centralises-sales-Northampton-regional-sales-offices-close/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH
Subsequently, Italian paper manufacturer Cordenons, approached us to see if we would be prepared to work with them and improve the availability of Stardream for designers and printers in the UK. We thought about it, said OK and here we are!
It's a tough time in the print and paper industry at the moment and although in this instance Robert Horne's loss is our gain, it's important to remember that this is against the backdrop of things being very hard in the paper/print industry. I'm sure there are many other mills also contemplating their distribution arrangements.
The following links show some backround about the Robert Horne/Paperlinx situation:
http://www.printweek.com/news/1122504/Paperlinx-sells-its-Italian-business-Lecta/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH
http://www.printweek.com/news/1115540/Paperlinx-investors-bid-oust-chair-appoint-representative-director/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH
http://www.roberthorne.co.uk/
http://www.paperlinx.com.au/
http://www.cordenons.co.uk/
Posted by Justin Hobson 24.05.2012
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