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HEALTH & SAFETY

STAEDTLER UK

GOING PLATINUM

How BOSS he name of Staedtler South Wales, this was quite that various functions such as
has been associated a significant local employer personnel and H&S had to be
Federation Twith pencil making until 2008. From the late 1960s, taken on by people who had
Platinum since 1662. In 1835 JS Staedtler it was a manufacturing and little experience in those areas.
founded his pencil-making
David Davies, for instance, looks
distribution facility employing
membership factory in Nuremburg, 300 people at its peak output. after facilities, quality, finance
producing blacklead, red chalk This shrunk to 140 in the last and IT.
has helped one and pastel pencils. By 1840 the decade, when it was decided He told us: “We realised
company meet its factory was already making 63 to take the manufacturing and that we needed some expert
different kinds of pencil. distribution operation back to assistance in this area. We
H&S challenges The twentieth century saw a Germany. contacted the BOSS Federation,
wave of overseas expansion. In This left Staedtler UK as and they suggested putting
1922, for instance, a New York a relatively small sales and in place a Health & Safety
subsidiary opened, followed marketing business, with a Management Scheme with their
by a UK factory two years workforce of 26. The reduction help. We agreed, and this is now
later. Located in Bridgend, in employee numbers meant ongoing.”

26 BOSS TODAY | June 2010