one to one print media
Leadership
As in every industry, we face challenge and change almost constantly. For us, a leader in the printing industry, it comes in many guises: The challenge of competing with on-line media for example, keeping abreast of changing technologies, managing squeezed margins, and the demands derived from ecologically driven issues.
Value
We operate our business by reinvesting profits to ultimately derive greater value for our customers. We can only succeed by sharing the added value with our stakeholders.
Sustainable
The environmental issue is here to stay. And so are we. As an established leader in the UK printing industry we have been incorporating sustainable solutions within our printing and business operations, for years.
Logistics
Since our relocation we have over 27,000 square feet available for secure storage.
Our new site can store 6000 pallets.
The building has 24/7 security including a manned single entrance gateway and CCTV.
We have a long term partnership with Countrywide Express who are based at our premises. They control a fleet of vehicles ranging from courier vans to 44 Tonne artics/road trains.
In conjunction with Countrywide we can track deliveries and feedback to customers using our MIS.
We offer full service solutions based on print-store-control-fulfil-distribute.
Anton on-line is available for remote stock checking, distribution instructions, and stock replenishment.
Anton on-line enables customers to access stock items to obtain ‘thumbnail’ visuals.
Response handling and fulfilment services can deal with the simplest to the most complex of insert requirements.
The Benefits
We offer a wide range of solutions for meeting customer needs in terms of stock management, fulfilment and market response strategies.
We conduct all of the services on one site which facilitates monitoring and cost control.
We have significant space available including extension potential to service large projects.
We can reduce customer management time and cost by operating stock systems where we control stock replenishment to pre-determined levels.
Together with our digital capability we can offer a combination of JIT and buffer stock systems to meet different demand patterns and stock costs.
We can offer tailored reporting systems to meet customer decision making needs.
The Green Route
We are actively involved in reducing carbon emissions by more efficient scheduling of distribution and delivery batching.
Effective stock management reduces stock obsolescence and lots of wasted paper.
Data capture on returns helps to minimise future unnecessary mailings.
ISO 14001
The world's most widely recognised accreditation of an environmental management scheme.
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
The FSC sets international standards for responsible forest management and also accredits independent third party organisations to certify its forest managers and forest product producers to FSC standards.
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC)
An umbrella organisation for the assessment and recognition of separate national forest certification schemes. PEFC certifies timber and paper products to ensure they are sourced from forests recognised under the different schemes.
ISO 12647-2
This accreditation certifies that we have the necessary colour quality systems in place to comply with targets and tolerances on a consistent basis across our range of presses.
This recognition is an important feature of our ability to effectively manage brands.
ISO 9001
ISO 9001 benchmarks both product and service sector organisations against high standards of quality that are recognised and respected throughout the world.
ISO 9001:2000
This widely respected quality accreditation applies to printing, finishing, direct mailing services, development and implementation of corporate solutions including logistics, MIS and supply chain management.
The Direct Marketing Association (DMA)
As major suppliers of Direct Mail activity, we have been members of The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) for a number of years, bringing numerous benefits not only to Anton, but also to our customers.
Direct mail is a major part of our business and the fastest expanding. Our membership of the Direct Marketing Association is an important way of keeping in touch with developments in the industry and benchmarking our performance.