News and Views from Acorn Printing
NEW LOOK BLOG
May 11, 2008
by Acorn Printing
in News
We have updated the look of the bog to fall in line with the Corporate look of the web site. The news and views from Acorn will continue and over the next week we plan to add a snippet of news to the front page so anything of interest can be viewed and fully explored on the blog. Happy reading from the Acorn team.
Earth Positive clothing now in stock
May 7, 2008
by Acorn Printing
in News
Continental’s new range of earth positive clothing is now in stock.
So what is Earth Positive
Earth Positive is a Green revolution in promotional clothing. Climate Neutral T shirts,Organic & ethically made. Manufactured solely using sustainable engery generated from wind & solar power.
Carbon Neutral
Earth Positive apparel is made in Carbon neutral facilities in India, from low impact organic cotton and is distributed through carbon neutral warehouses that only use renwable green electricity.
Earth Positive is registered with,
The Soil Association, The Fair Wear Foundation, Eco Sustainable Texiles, The Carbon Trust.
100% low impact Organic Cotton
Oganic cotton fields have to be free of chemicals for three years before being registed as Organic Cotton.This cotton is 100& certified organic
Fairwear Foundation
The fairwear Foundation is an international organisation which exists to promote fair labour conditions in the garment industry. The FWF monitors the code of practice within the manufacturing facilities of it’s registered members. Continental were the first UK company to to obtain registration. The term Fair Trade used in the UK is a standard across all industries rather than specific to the garment trade
Acorn supply and personalise the complete range. Contact us today
Acorn takes the flag
May 5, 2008
Another good day at the office
Adam Jones stormed through the final race of the day to take a well deserved first independent over the line. Finishing 7th Adam is still waiting for the 2008 power unit from Seat. His current engine is about 15 hp down on the 2008 spec and on this faster circuit it shows.
Adam is now 9th in the BTCC 2008 championship. Some of the Acorn crowd were there to cheer him on.
The next round of the BTCC series is at Thruxton on the 17th and 18th of May
Freshers T shirts
April 25, 2008
by Acorn Printing
in News
Yes it’s soon that time of year for new exec’s
Acorn are committed to Holding their prices & large volume discounts on all fresher t shirts orders for the coming year. We will again help with the new exec clothing for societies and accept small orders supported with free artwork & student discounts. Email or phone in on our free phone number for a quote from any of our sales team. Free phone 0800 0190 552.
De Walt clothing and footwear Now Available
April 25, 2008
by Acorn Printing
in News
Acorn’s New Showroom and Trade counter comes on line.
The trade counter at Acorn House is to carry the Famous DeWalt brand of footwear and clothing along with Dickies and many other major brands of workwear. For the first time Acorn’s online catalogue will be available direct from their site in Coventry. The range will strengthen their line of corporate and workwear clothing allready available from the web site. All workwear and Safety clothing can be personalised by Acorn’s in house production facility.
The trade counter will be open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5 pm
Adam Jones has a great weekend at Rockingham
April 13, 2008
BTCC Podium place for Adam
The second meeting of the season saw Adam get a 3rd in the final race of the day in the wet at Rockingham today. The highest placed independant entered car saw Team Aircool battle it out in awful conditions with visibility almost nil at times. Some great racing with the first 4 places swapping several times during the race. A great performance from Adam. Look out for the Acorn sponsored car at Donnington on May the 4th. The Acorn Team will be there to cheer him on. Well done Adam.
New Showroom for Acorn
April 7, 2008
by Acorn Printing
in News
More Corporate and work wear available
The move to the new Admin unit has gone well.We all sit on the one site with the production unit being next door. The new showroom will allow the range of corporate and safety clothing to be on view to customers so they can test before they invest. The range of clothing is being expanded so watch this space. The range will include safety boots & shoes. Our new Tel number is 024 7669 4466 and the Fax line is 024 7646 4059.
British Touring Car Championship 2008
March 26, 2008
by Acorn Printing
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Acorn Sponsor Adam Jones in the 2008 BTCC
Acorn are pleased to announce their continued support for Adam Jones in the 2008 British Touring Car Championship. Adam will be driving the Team Air Cool seat Leon which has just been delivered ahead of schedule from Seat’s Barcelona racing dept. The Leon and Adam will compete in all 10 rounds of this years championship.
For 2008 Adam has once again teamed up with Paul Ridgeway of GR-Asia who will be running the car. Paul said “I am very pleased to be involved with Adam and Team Air Cool and Bodywork (Solihull) for the forthcoming season as I feel we showed in 2007 how competitive we can be an an independent team and look forward to building upon this”.
Acorn Are supplying the teams clothing and the sign production dept are producing the graphics for the car. Keep an eye out for the Acorn Logo flying around the top race tracks in the UK.
Adams website can be found on http://www.adam-jones.co.uk
Acorn On the Move
March 26, 2008
by Acorn Printing
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Acorn on target with their expansion plans
Today Acorn completed the purchase of an industrial unit next to their existing production unit in Canley Coventry. For some years Acorn has been operating from two sites. The headquarters being based at Balsall Common three miles away from the production unit in Coventry. The purchase of the 2500 sq ft next door to the production facility allows the administration design and sales function to be all on one site with the production. Clive Horlor, Acorn’s Managing Director explains the positives are two fold, the first being improved efficiency that comes with being on one site and two we have room for a larger showroom and general expansion for the future in terms of production and the support team. The facility will allow Acorn to display a range of clothing and safety wear for local companies to view the range of the higher market clothing available for today’s growing corporate requirements. The show room will be open to both corporate and individual clubs etc.
Acorn Printing Services Ltd
Acorn House
Falklands Close
Canley Industrial estate
Coventry
CV4 8AU
Tel 02476 694466 From 4th of April.
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
March 11, 2008
The Scottish Athletics Host the World Cross country Championships in Edinburgh in just 18 days time. Acorn Printing have been chosen to supply the 81 T shirts for the opening ceremony. 81 School children will parade through the Stadium bearing the flags of each nation.They will wear a unique t shirt each one an individual design bearing the National flag of each entrant. Acorn worked in partnership with Scottish Athletics to design and produce the t shirts. The flexibility of the Acorn team and the quick turn around and support were a major factor in Acorn being Chosen. The new Brother DTG machine played a big part in the ease and speed which Acorn were able to turn the job around.Clive Horlor comments ” using traditional methods for small or individual runs such as sublimation or traditional transfer paper would have made this job a time consuming task”. With the Brother GT-541 it became a viable job that could be produced quickly with excellent results. Look out for them at the opening event.
