Steve Wright Email & Phone Number

Shefford, Gb

Swavesey, England, United Kingdom

Soyang Hardware is an authorised partner of FujiFilm, Mimaki Bubblefree, Vivid and Ricoh. The exclusive UK & Ireland distributor for Bubble Free applicator tables and Comagrav flatbed cutters. Finishing equipment - Supplying the Bubble Free flatbed applicator, Vivid Veloblade digital cutters, Comagrav CNC & Flatbed cutting systems, Kala & Easymount laminating machines, Keencut media cutters plus banner finishing systems and media racks.

Swavesey, Cambs

Josero is an authorised partner of FujiFilm, Mimaki Bubblefree, Vivid and Ricoh. The exclusive UK & Ireland distributor for Bubble Free applicator tables and Comagrav flatbed cutters. Wide Format Printers - Agfa's used machinery partner, superwide and wide format printer specialist. Sales and support for Durst, Vutek, Canon, Fuji, Océ, HP Scitex, Mimaki, Roland, and Mutoh printersTriangle inks – As the UK and Ireland’s master distributor for Triangle Inks, Josero can provide you… Show more Josero is an authorised partner of FujiFilm, Mimaki Bubblefree, Vivid and Ricoh. The exclusive UK & Ireland distributor for Bubble Free applicator tables and Comagrav flatbed cutters. Wide Format Printers - Agfa's used machinery partner, superwide and wide format printer specialist. Sales and support for Durst, Vutek, Canon, Fuji, Océ, HP Scitex, Mimaki, Roland, and Mutoh printersTriangle inks – As the UK and Ireland’s master distributor for Triangle Inks, Josero can provide you with high quality alternative inks for virtually every model of wide and superwide format printers across the whole spectrum of ink technologies at a fraction of the OEM price.Spare parts – a vast selection of original and genuine spare parts for all the major wide format and superwide printers - www.joserospares.comFinishing equipment - Supplying the Bubble Free flatbed applicator, Comagrav CNC & Flatbed cutting systems, Kala & Easymount laminating machines, Keencut media cutters plus banner finishing systems and media racks. Show less

Shefford, Bedfordshire

I have been acting as a consultant business development manager to a coating company, introducing new coating opportunities for pressure sensitive adhesives and inkjet coatings, managing the projects on behalf of my clients with the coater. I have designed and maintain a variety of sites including online stores working closely with my clients from their initial ideas, through the design stage to full implementation of the sites, including MySQL databases for Wordpress sites. A number of… Show more I have been acting as a consultant business development manager to a coating company, introducing new coating opportunities for pressure sensitive adhesives and inkjet coatings, managing the projects on behalf of my clients with the coater. I have designed and maintain a variety of sites including online stores working closely with my clients from their initial ideas, through the design stage to full implementation of the sites, including MySQL databases for Wordpress sites. A number of the sites being migrated to WordPress from existing html sites, every aspect of the migration was managed with the customers to ensure no loss of their online presence. Every site has Google Analytics built in alongside SEO requirements for the companies. I manage (remotely) content updates on a monthly basis for these sites which also include email promotion campaigns, Twitter and Facebook accounts. Show less

Adhesive coaters with many years of experience manufacturing products for a variety of markets. Heatseal and pressure sensitive laminates, mounting and optically clear adhesives for the photographic, picture framing, signage, graphics markets to name a few. We also offer contract coating facilities for water and solvent based adhesives (1.8m wide) and hot melt adhesives (1.5m wide).• Responsible for all the sales functions of the business including setting budgets, sales & stock… Show more Adhesive coaters with many years of experience manufacturing products for a variety of markets. Heatseal and pressure sensitive laminates, mounting and optically clear adhesives for the photographic, picture framing, signage, graphics markets to name a few. We also offer contract coating facilities for water and solvent based adhesives (1.8m wide) and hot melt adhesives (1.5m wide).• Responsible for all the sales functions of the business including setting budgets, sales & stock forecasting using sales and market data, delivering £250k business in first 12 months.• Re-establishing their distributor network in the photographic and picture framing markets globally.• I produced all the company’s marketing information including product data sheets, test certificates, e-mail promotions, e-marketing and literature.• In conjunction with a media company employed to redevelop the website, I had overall control of the design, content and direction the website took.• I introduced a more professional approach to the company’s approach to supplying information to customers to ensure they had the necessary information regarding the products they brought from Ferrisgate• Developing new coatings or finishing opportunities for markets we already operate in or new markets. Show less

Developing sales, whilst trying to ensure that new customers would benefit our growth and remain within our financial budgets. Also responsibile for the IT side of the business; I designed the company literature, website and email newsletters, maintaining the website content and the email database. I also ensured the computer equipment is kept up to date and running smoothly• We were all developing sales, whilst trying to ensure that new customers would benefit our growth, working with… Show more Developing sales, whilst trying to ensure that new customers would benefit our growth and remain within our financial budgets. Also responsibile for the IT side of the business; I designed the company literature, website and email newsletters, maintaining the website content and the email database. I also ensured the computer equipment is kept up to date and running smoothly• We were all developing sales, whilst trying to ensure that new customers would benefit our growth, working with them to ensure our products were the correct ones for their print and media requirements. • I designed and managed all sales and product literature the company used, including yearly product brochures and price lists • I designed the company’s original website and then the new WordPress site. Ensuring the migration of all the content, SEO and analytics were in place. SEO performance was monitored on a weekly basis.• I produced all the email newsletters, promotional literature and product data sheets, including our image database. • I also ensured the computer equipment remained up to date and running smoothly, troubleshooting any issues remotely or on site for colleagues. • I had responsibility for all the IT for the company Show less

Responsible for sales of the new Liquid Coatings Division, products include UV cured liquid coaters and coatings, aqueous liquid coaters and coatings in both wide format and small format machines for the whole print industry. Set up pricing, marketing literature for these products for both end users and distributors. Ensured the successful launch of the liquid coaters and liquids to the UK market.• This role was in addition to my Speciality Coatings and National Accounts Manager… Show more Responsible for sales of the new Liquid Coatings Division, products include UV cured liquid coaters and coatings, aqueous liquid coaters and coatings in both wide format and small format machines for the whole print industry. Set up pricing, marketing literature for these products for both end users and distributors. Ensured the successful launch of the liquid coaters and liquids to the UK market.• This role was in addition to my Speciality Coatings and National Accounts Manager roles.• Responsible for the introduction and sales for the new Liquid Coatings Division, products include UV cured and aqueous liquid coaters and coatings in both wide format and small format machines for the print industry.• Working with the Marketing dept, I had overall control of the marketing literature and product information for these products for both end users and distributors ensuring a successful launch to the UK market. • I had major input into a number of trade show exhibition stand designs at exhibitions in the UK and Europe to promote this range of products to end users and distributors.• Instrumental in the sale of Drytac’s first UK install of a 2m wide UV Cured Coater• Set up and ran training seminars and operator training when a liquid laminator was installed Show less

• Role in addition to my National Accounts Manager role, responsible for gaining new contract coating business from markets Drytac were not already involved in.• Working with our Marketing dept to produce promotional literature to promote this service in market areas new to Drytac.• Secured business within the medical industry from one of the major manufacturers in this market.• Established Drytac as a speciality coater for markets unrelated to the graphics industry. Development of… Show more • Role in addition to my National Accounts Manager role, responsible for gaining new contract coating business from markets Drytac were not already involved in.• Working with our Marketing dept to produce promotional literature to promote this service in market areas new to Drytac.• Secured business within the medical industry from one of the major manufacturers in this market.• Established Drytac as a speciality coater for markets unrelated to the graphics industry. Development of a new product for the car body repair industry that is now used in body repair shops, car manufacturers and Formula 1 Show less

• Ensuring business from resellers and distributors of mounting and laminating products, with 18 resellers across the UK, was maintained and grown.• This business grew over two years by 100%; area was running at 120% of target and 15% up on previous year.• Providing product and sales support to the distributors including exhibition attendance on their stands to promote our products• Ensuring that all distributors had the necessary literature and product information they required to… Show more • Ensuring business from resellers and distributors of mounting and laminating products, with 18 resellers across the UK, was maintained and grown.• This business grew over two years by 100%; area was running at 120% of target and 15% up on previous year.• Providing product and sales support to the distributors including exhibition attendance on their stands to promote our products• Ensuring that all distributors had the necessary literature and product information they required to sell our products by working with the Marketing dept to provide them with the the market information they needed to produce the literature.• Working with our Marketing Dept, I had input into the exhibition stand design for the trade shows Drytac attended throughout the year, these were UK and European based exhibitions. • Setup and ran Drytac’s lamination training school on a monthly basis for customers. Show less

Increased on an under performing area over 18 months by 276%. Sales doubled year on year whilst covering the Midlands areaIncreased regular buying customers from under 20 to over 60 per month. Rebuilt the sales in the Midlands region for Drytac over 12 months, regular repeat business from the existing and new customers.

Hnc, Polymer Science & Technology, Distinction

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