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News Release from: Henry Halstead
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 October 2004
20 years for Robert
A Senior sales manager at a Lancashire-based specialist distributor is celebrating 20 years service.
Robert Falk, sales manager at Henry Halstead of Bamber Bridge, Preston, joined the company from Sainsbury's in 1984 and has seen it grow to become one of the UK's largest suppliers of small components and consumables to the manufacturing industries Its clients are medium to large sized original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) spread throughout the UK, including Baxi Group, Denso Marston, Glen Dimplex Group, Explorer Group and Swift Group
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 6 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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48-year-old Robert, who lives in Cheshire, said: "I have enjoyed a wonderful 20 years at Henry Halstead.
It is a company built on unrivalled levels of service, long term relationships and integrity, and I am proud to be associated with that.
I am lucky to have worked with some great people and great clients." Henry Halstead managing director, Mike McHugh, said: "Robert's honesty and integrity make him a fantastic ambassador for the company.
He has played a major role in the success of the company throughout the past twenty years." The company, which employs 63 people in two sites in Preston and Sunderland, supplies over 40,000 components, fasteners and consumables via its Kanban system.
The Henry Halstead Kanban system is based on Japanese originated principles, developed to provide a full vendor managed inventory service.
A very broad range of parts are supplied in tote bins direct to the manufacturing assembly points, and are replenished through the use of Halstead's computer systems and support staff.
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