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March 2013

fc cartons has again featured in FoldingCarton magazine (January/February 2013issue) with an article covering significantevents for the company during 2012,including acquiring BRC High Riskaccreditation, investing in a second stream forour Heiber + Schröder CE1000 trayformer, becoming carbon neutraland winning the North WestLeicestershire GreenFootprints Business Award.The majority of these eventswere some time in theplanning but the award was anice surprise and a great night toboot.

David Woodyatt, our ManagingDirector comments, “We werevery pleased to feature in FoldingCarton’s latest publicationand we’re very grateful fortheir support. 2012 wasquite a year for us and anumber of milestones in thecompany’s history werereached in those twelve months. The pinnaclehad to be BRC certification. It was probablyaround eighteen months ago that we beganto be approached by companies we hadn’tpreviously worked with, asking us if we wouldconsider acquiring BRC/IOP Global FoodPackaging Standard. We looked into it but weknew the Standard was about to be updated,so we decided to wait until the revised

Standard was issued before commencing.Kath Moulds, BRC Consultant from LindenManagement (UK) Ltd and some of ourcustomers felt that we weren’t so far awayfrom gaining the accreditation as we alreadyhad rigorous procedures in place for our ISOaccreditations. It was very pleasing to hear

Kath’s comments regarding thecommitment of the team, aswith everything else, it’s theteam’s collective efforts thathave got us to where we are,and we’ve had some greatfeedback from customers on

our achievement too. The work wecarry out on the nested tray formingmachine continues to take us intomarket sectors we had neverimagined, and I’m sure this will

continue to be the case asthe use of plastics inpackaging decreasesfurther. Becoming carbon

neutral last year is anachievement we are veryproud of and we’re pleased

with the calculations for 2012, but willcontinue to measure, reduce and off-setwherever we can and if we are able toimprove on things, we will.”

Should you wish to discuss any of ourcapabilities, please call David Woodyatt on01332 850648 or emaildavid@fccartons.co.uk

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PAGE 1Folding Cartonlooks back at 2012with fc cartonsPAGE 2Team fcHelping Others

PAGE 3Capabilities offc cartonsOff-setting ourcarbon emissions

Carbon Neutralstatus update

Internal promotions

PAGE 4Personal Profile -Steve Hallam

Team Talk

New Signing: second stream for ourHeiber + Schröder CE1000 tray former

LOOKS BACK AT 2012WITH

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We supported the Treetops Hospice Golf Day atMorley Hayes Golf Club in Morley,Derbyshire last year, and this year we planto enter a team of four to play in the eventon 15th May, again on the Morley Hayes18-hole, par 72 course. The event includesan evening meal, a charity raffle and team

prizes for first, second and third places,along with prizes for nearest the pin,longest drive and a puttingcompetition. For booking detailsplease visit –www.treetopshospice.org.uk or

telephone on 0115 949 6932.

This year a select group from fc took part in the increasingly popularfundraising event of Movember. As you may be aware, during themonth of November lots of men join in this annual fundraising eventby cultivating moustaches with varying degrees of success, as youcan imagine. The aim of this event is to raise vital funds andawareness for men’s health, specifically prostate and testicularcancer. We set up a Just Giving page and managed to raise £70.According to the Movember website, since the idea first got off theground in Melbourne, Australia in 2003 a whopping £184 millionpounds has been raised, and that doesn’t include the total raised in2012 as those figures haven’t yet appeared on the website.

TEAM FC HELPING OTHERS

DONATING TO TREETOPS HOSPICE ATCHRISTMAS TIME

THE MOVEMBER MEN OF fc cartons

We have been very pleased to be associated with local basketballteam Derby Trailblazers in support of their new kit. Our Directors’younger son Charlie Woodyatt plays in the under 14’s team and is inhis second season with the team. Based at Noel Baker School, inAlvaston, Derby, the team has had an influx of new players thisseason but they remain in a reasonably strong position to end theirseason. (Charlie Woodyatt – front row, far left)

DERBY TRAIL BLAZERS

This Christmas we chose once againto make a donation to TreetopsHospice in Risley, Derbyshire. In yearsgone by we have bought charityChristmas cards, but when wedecided we would like to design ourown cards, we didn’t like to think thata charity would no longer benefit so

for every card we sent out we pledged to make a donation toTreetops, which is not only a local charitybut one that is dear to the hearts of ourDirectors. Our donation this year was £150.If you would like to find out more about thefantastic work this charity does, their webaddress iswww.treetopshospice.org.uk

TREETOPS HOSPICE GOLF DAY

Back in September we took part inthe World’s Biggest Coffee Morning insupport of Macmillan Cancer Support.We had planned an article on this forour November newsletter but ran outof space so although it’s old news wewanted to thank everyone who came

along to sample our baking. We invited customers, friends,suppliers and neighbours to pop in on the morning of 28thSeptember to have a tea or coffee and some homemade cakes.

The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event started back in 1990when just one fundraising committee decided to hold a coffeemorning where people could have a chat, a drink and enjoy acake, as well as being able to make a donation to the cancercharity. The first national event took place the following year, andsince then it has raised over £60 million for Macmillan CancerSupport. Last year alone a record £14,778,141 was raised. Thecoffee mornings, held across the UK, are now the charity’sbiggest fundraiser in the calendar and they’re a fantastic way toenjoy a coffee with friends, family, customers, suppliers andwork colleagues.

We had a lovely time at our coffee morning, sampling somedelicious cake and cookie contributions from staff and theiroffspring too. Cupcakes, fairycakes, Victoria sponge,chocolate caramel shortcake,chocolate cake, coconut meltingmoments and carrot cake wereall on offer, and we’re delightedto say that we raised £125. A bigthank you to everyone who eithermade cakes or came to eatthem!

WORLD’S BIGGEST COFFEE MORNING

The Movember men of fc cartons from left to right are - Liam “Chunk” Finch,Dan Hawley, David Woodyatt, Liam Cox and Stef Klym.

OFF-SETTING OUR CARBON EMISSIONS2013 will be the seventh year of tree planting for our companyand we are continuing to offset our waste against tree planting.Our chosen woodland last year was Poppy Wood in Melbourne,Derbyshire as it is so close to us here in Castle Donington, andwe have chosen the same scheme this year - supporting theplanting of 17 trees. The woodland forms part of the Queen’sJubilee Wood in the National Forest and it is actually now nearingcompletion with around 30,000 trees planted with the support ofmany people, particularly small to medium sized businesses. Thesite is situated on the northern boundary of the Forest and ispopular with people travelling from Derby and Nottingham. It hasbeen developed to show the different woodland types andmanagement methods that can be seen throughout the 200square miles of the National Forest. We are delighted to havebeen involved with this project.http://www.nationalforest.org

CARBON NEUTRAL STATUS UPDATEAs regular readers of our newsletter may remember, we becamea Carbon Neutral company last year and we’re not onlycontinuing to reach the goals we set ourselves but we aresurpassing them. From 2011 to 2012 we managed to achieve afurther 25% reduction in our carbon footprint.* All calculations are based on the Defra guidelines

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We are delighted to announce two promotions in the company. Thefirst is Machine Minder Chris Greensmith who has now taken on theadditional role of team leader. Chris has been with us since 2004. Nextwe have Steve Furniss who joined us in November 2010 as a TraineeMachine Minder, and he has now completed his training on the nestedtray forming machine. Liam Cox, our Operations Manager, gives somebackground.

CHRIS GREENSMITH – Team Leader

The Team Leader role came about because of the continued growthat fc cartons. We’ve had the addition of new machinery and newlyacquired accreditations to comply with the requirements of ourcustomers, and this in turn has required an increase in staff numbersand greater planning. It soon became apparent that I would needsome assistance if we were to continue to provide the service levelsour customers expect, as well as some additional support inmanaging a large team of production staff. I chose Chris for this roleas he has numerous years of experience on the shop floor and hasgained good product knowledge whilst being a gluing minder forsome fifteen years. Chris also demonstrated all of fc cartons’ corevalues - care, ability, trustworthiness and job ownership, to name buta few. Chris will be Team Leader across all departments of theproduction facility, as well as overseeing our quality and hygienestandards. I look forward to working with Chris, and I see this as aprogression not only for Chris and myself, but for fc cartons as awhole.

STEVE FURNISS – Machine Minder

Steve has been with us since November 2010, having already gainedseven years experience in the carton industry with a previousemployer. Shortly after he arrived we invested in a nested tray formingmachine and Steve was given the opportunity to develop his skillsfurther and train on the new machine. I have to say he workedtirelessly on getting this machine up and running, and it was his no-nonsense approach coupled with his ability and commitment thatgave us the confidence to invest in a brand new machine. With thefurther development of Steve’s skills, the increase in demand for thistype of carton and his willingness to work nights (along with othermembers of our team), he gave us the confidence to invest furtherand add another stream to the nester in order to increase productionand turnaround time. I know that Steve is keen to move on to thegluing machines and the more complex cartons, and at the same timeto help develop the skills of other members of the team on the nester.

INTERNAL PROMOTIONS

Photo: from left to right – Steve Furniss, Liam Cox and Chris Greensmith

Principalcontacts

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David WoodyattManaging Director

email: david@fccartons.co.uk

DebraWoodyattFinance Director

email: debra@fccartons.co.uk

Liam CoxOperations Manager

email: liam@fccartons.co.uk

In the January transfer window we saw Mark Aubrey go topastures new with a move back into the carton board sector andwe all wish him well for the future. The new signing to the teamwas in the form of a good all-rounder Kieran Hollingworth, whojoins the squad in the position of General Assistant. Kieran hails

from Breaston, Derbyshire and first came to the notice of Liam Cox,our Operations Manager, when he was made redundant after completing a joineryapprenticeship. He lists his hobbies and interests as music and working out at thegym. We’re pleased to report that Kieran has settled into the team very well.

Jennifer CookAdministrator

email: jennifer@fccartons.co.uk

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PersonalprofileSteve HallamTrainee Machine OperatorQ. Who is your favourite singeror band?Stereophonics

Q. What’s your favourite meal?Roast beef dinner

Q. What’s the best film you’veever seen?Pulp Fiction

Q. With a £20 million Lottery win –what would be your firstpurchase?Audi TT Roadster

Q. Where is your dream holidaydestination?Canada

Q. What was your biggest fashionmistake?Luminous socks in the 80s

Q. Who would your ideal dinnerparty guest be?Frankie Boyle

Q. If you had a million pounds todonate, which charity would youlike to see receive the money?Air Ambulance

Q. What words of wisdom wouldyou like to pass on to yourchildren?Always be yourself – don’t letanyone change you

Q. Favourite childhood memoriesFamily holidays in Devon

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