On Friday 6th Sept our Managing Director attended Katrin Professional Hygiene Solutions’ 50th Birthday celebration at Ascot along with Metsä Tissue’s management team.
Despite the weather, it was a great day to celebrate the fabulous achievements from the last 50 years of Katrin innovations and success.
What’s more, we help raise almost £1,000 for The Hygiene Bank.
Thank you for a great day!
L-R: Mark Dewick, Mika Paljakka, Jo Long MBICSc, Marc Kemp
Our Managing Director, Marc was delighted to be invited to Palmer Sports, Bedford Aerodrome, for an exciting day of spectacular driving hosted by Metsa Tissue.
Guests got to drive the Famous Palmer car collection in a flat-out, eight-activity programme with live timing, scoring and prizes for the day’s best drivers.
Palmer Sports, billed as the world’s greatest driving event, is a motorsport experience like no other. In one perfect day, guests get to drive an unrivalled collection of track prepared, road and racing cars, and are encouraged to push themselves harder than they ever imagined possible.
Marc Said “I cannot thank Mark and Jo of Metsa Tissue enough for their fabulous hospitality. It was a great opportunity to strengthen and build further relationships with our supply and distributor partners. An exhilarating and unforgettable experience with the added bonus of collecting a winning trophy on the day!”
Passionate about our people, Futures Supplies believe in engaging and supporting our team by providing continual training and development that is practical, enjoyable, applicable and rewarding.
Paula and Casey, part of the Futures Supplies Customer Service team, were delighted to attend the recent Metsä Training Academy as part of their personal development plan.
Metsä Tissue, one of Futures Supplies key supply partners, is one of the leading sustainable tissue paper suppliers in Europe.
The workshop, held at Metsä Tissues Surrey Head Office, offered an insight into the Katrin product range as well as Metsä Tissue’s approach to sustainability and how savings can be made through use of its range of Katrin Hygiene products.
We believe a well-trained, knowledgeable and a highly motivated team deliver a better overall level of customer care ensuring we deliver an exceptional customer experience throughout your customer journey with us.
A Happy well trained and engaged team equals happy well looked after customers!
Marc and Andy braved temperatures reaching an incredible -31 degrees in a four-day extravaganza trip to visit the Paper Mills and HQ of Metsa Tissue in Mantta in Finland.
Wow what an experience! Not only to see the live production environment at the mill but to get the opportunity to drive snowmobiles on the ice, ride on the sledges pulled by a team of huskies and enjoy the food and culture in nearby Helsinki.
We cannot thank Mark Dewick, Jo Long and Vicky Anslow of Metsa enough for their fabulous hospitality. A truly memorable, informative and fabulous time was had by all.
Oktoberfest is the world’s largest festival held annually in Munich, Germany. Futures Supplies Sales Manager, Leiann and Business Development Manager, Daniel were delighted to have been invited, as the only UK customer representatives, to enjoy the festivities as guests of Metsa Tissue along with other clients from across the world.
A twelve gun salute and the tapping of the first keg of Oktoberfest beer by the incumbent Mayor of Munich with the cry “O’zapft is!” (“It’s tapped!”) opens the Oktoberfest.
The festival runs from late September to the first weekend in October and with more than 6 million people from around the world attending 
the event every year it is an important part of Bavarian culture having been held since 1810.
Taking part in Katrin’s recent tree planting campaign whilst attending Interclean in Amsterdam, we are delighted that Metsa has decided to support a reforestation project in so-called ‘Krattwald’ in Handeloh (North Lower Saxony, Germany). The area is known for its old, overgrown oak trees spreading over approx. 2,000 sqm.
To regenerate and preserve this 150 year old population, young oak and yew trees are going to be planted during peak planting season in fall and we are excited that our tree has been planted!
Futures Supplies supply partner, Metsä Group has just launched its third Sustainability Report focusing on further development of its target setting, supply chain management and stakeholder engagement.
Achieving targets to reduce fossil CO2 emissions in production by 30% per product tonne from the 2009 levels Metsä is one of Futures Supplies main supply partners and they are committed to sustainability throughout their whole supply chain.
A summary brochure version of the Sustainability Report is now available to download for the first time at www.metsatissue.com
In line with our ethos of delivering service, quality, value and reliability we believe training, whilst an investment in both time and money, is vital to any successful and thriving business and Futures Supplies encourage staff to regularly attend courses that are both meaningful and enjoyable.
With training success at our fingertips, we are delighted to announce that congratulations go to our very own Leiann Kemp, Customer Service Manager & PA to the MD, for being awarded the Katrin Academy 2013 – Scholar of the Year for the Katrin Training Academy programme beating over 70 other candidates who attended the programme.
The Katrin Academy, based at the head office premises of Metsa Tissue in Walton on Thames, is open to anyone selling washroom products or involved in Facilities Management and Contract Cleaning. The Academy is designed to be about learning through practical example and Leiann excelled in the programme which will assist in her future working environments. Whilst there, she attended and took part in interactive sessions with presentations, videos and practical exercises.
Leiann joined Futures Supplies in 2006 as a general office assistant and has worked her way up the ladder due to her hard work and dedication. As ‘Scholar of the Year’, Leiann’s prize will be a visit to the Metsa Tissue Mill in Finland next February.
Jo Long MBICSc, Sales Manager AfH UK, Metsa Tissue Ltd said, “I just wanted to congratulate you officially. You did an amazing job to beat over 70 other candidates around the country, so from all of us at Metsa Tissue, A MASSIVE WELL DONE”
Futures Supplies encourage its team to attend training, which is meaningful and assists in delivering exceptional customer service, especially when it comes to product knowledge.
Hot on the heels of Amy Whittle and Trish Carr, who attended the very first Katrin Training Academy, Leiann Kemp, Customer Service Manager and DanielRendall, Business Development Manager were delighted to be invited to attend the interactive sessions for the day which included presentations, videos and practical exercises.
The Katrin Academy, which is based at the head office premises of Metsa Tissue in Walton on Thames, opened its doors to its key suppliers to deliver product training designed to be about learning through practical example.
Both Leiann and Daniel agreed that the training programme was excellent and that the knowledge gained will assist in delivering and exceeding customer expectations when recommending cost in use and environmental solutions in the washroom.
Constantly delivering on innovation and sustainability, Futures Supplies has recently added the Handy Pack hand towels to its range from Metsa Tissue. A plastic case with carry handles which enhance hygiene; the new Handy Packs are extremely durable and protect the contents from moisture as well as delivering on hygiene, value and sustainability.
The Handy Packs produce less volume of waste than traditional cardboard cases and are completely recyclable. A lighter plastic casing, easily stackable and with ‘carry handles’, makes them a delight for cleaning staff to transport and distribute hand towels around the building.
With so many advantages, the Handy Pack is a ‘win win’ product.
