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For all of you who need to know our opening hours are as follows…
We finish midday on 21.12.11 and return 9am on 3.1.12.
Happy Holidays everybody!!! 
Seeing as the festive season is upon us we thought we’d treat ourselves to an early Christmas present… a new 4 colour process printing machine.
It enables us to do short 4 colour process runs of both vinyl stickers and tax disc holders to a really high quality.
We’re extremely pleased with the print and if you’d like to see any samples please give us a call!
We’ve just helped a customer out by providing a cost effective solution for disposable placemats… we screen printed onto our beermat board but then die cut them to 300mm dia.
They looked great and we could also produce a paper laminated (smoothier, possibly dare I say sleaker…) version.
Give us a ring if you’d like a quote!
We’re starting to get excited about attending the
Trade Only National Show 2012 in the new year.
It’s in Coventry on 25th and 26th January 2012.
It proved to be a great success this year and we hope to see you there!!!!
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Have you heard about our exciting new iPod offer..?
Order your flat flexible fridge magnets from us and you might even have it in time for Christmas!!!
For full terms and conditions visit www.badgerdesign.com/free-ipod-offer.php
Some of the Badger's 'Wearing it Pink'!
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We’re proud to become Sedex members!
Our membership number is: S000000044843
And we can also now provide a copy of a
SMETA (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit) Report
carried out on our magnetic material supplier.
“Sedex is a not for profit membership organisation dedicated to driving improvements in responsible and ethical business practices in global supply chains.”
source: http://www.sedexglobal.com/
From the magnetic material, the paper we use, the inks we print with, right through to the gloss laminate – there’s no PVC in any of it!!
We have recently received confirmation that the bags we use for our packaging and litho inks are PVC free: it’s a question we’d been asked and while our suppliers thought it unusual we can now provide their answers…
From our bag supplier:
“Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is not used as additives or raw materials in the manufacture of our products. These are either not included in the formulation of or manufacture of the raw materials we use.
******* Ltd does not use any of the above materials in the products it supplies.”
Our bags are made of OPP (Oriented Polypropylene; a derivative of PP (Polypropylene) key characteristics of which are its clarity and anti-static properties. This superior grade polypropylene is formulated with anti-static additives to give enhanced visibility and reduced dust attraction.
If it’s the Litho inks you’re interested in we can provide you with the spec sheets to show exactly what is in them.
As you will be able to see from another of our blogs we were recently asked to ensure that our bags and litho inks were Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) free. We were able to confirm they were, and it lead to a bit of a discussion in the office about why it is so important…
| Polypropylene (PP) | Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) |
| One of the most neutral plastics as it contains just two elements Carbon (C) and Hydrogen (H). | The basic structure of PVC contains around 30% Chlorine (Cl) which, like all halogens, is a potentially hazardous substance in the environment. |
| If incinerated or present in accidental fires PP will generate only carbon dioxide & water. | PVC however produces toxic byproducts such as chlorocarbons and hydrochloric acid. |
| Neither lead or any other heavy metals are used in the production of Polypropylene. | PVC is not only dangerous in its basic form but needs a lot of lead to stabilise it; lead is highly toxic both during the life of the product and during its disposal. |
| PP is manufactured from a waste product of the petroleum industry that otherwise would be burned off adding to greenhouse emissions. Therefore, the production of PP actually reduces greenhouse emissions. | The production of PVC is a highly hazardous process which has to adhere to very strict guidelines. PVC monomers have been proved to have a negative effect on workers in numerous studies. |
| Polypropylene is 100% recyclable! | Due to its chemical composition and the additives it contains PVC is not recyclable to the same extent. |
In conclusion… according to the evidence PP is a much safer, non-toxic and environmentally friendly, alternative to PVC.
Source: http://www.albox.com.au/pages/Polypropylene-vs-Polyvinyl-Chloride-(PVC).html