As the year draws to a close, we wish all our customers a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
It has been another busy year for us, here at First Mailing. We started the year by increasing our envelope inserter capacity with investment into another Buhrs machine. This has proved a great addition as we have reduced set-up times whilst further increasing capacity.
Shortly afterwards we invested in a third double-headed inline mono inkjet system and we further tightened our data security which kickstarted our ISO 27001 accreditation efforts.
Following the success of our initial investment in a paper wrapping line in 2022, we doubled our capacity with an additional line in 2023. This second line includes a camera matching system to ensure both outer wrap and contents can be personlised as well as the addition of inline colour inkjet printing which is suited to last-minute, small areas of print, saving time as it negates the need to pre-print the paper wrap offline. Paper wrapping has been adopted widely in the publishing sector, among others, as consumers are actively seeking out sustainable businesses.
We also developed a white-coated Kraft paper wrapping that is 100% recycled and can be litho, inkjet or digitally printed. Paired with peelable glue, these sustainable packs have been incredibly popular with our customers.
In the latter quarter of the year, we were conscious of significant increases in standard business rates for postage. While we often encourage our customers to opt for naked mailers as a great sustainable solution, the associated postage cost has become too high for some businesses. But, unlike naked mailers, enveloped mailers meet the required standards for MailMark Economy which enables our customers to access greater discounted postage prices.
As we head into 2024, we continue to listen to our customers’ ever-evolving needs to ensure any investments we make mirror their planned mail needs. As such, please do contact us if you have a genuine business need that we currently don’t offer so we can consider it as part of our investment plan for the year ahead.
Get in touch with us
Talk to our friendly team on 01480 450661 or contact us if we can help with your upcoming campaigns campaign.
First Mailing services
We have a full range of services that you can choose from:
- Understand your data: successful campaigns are a result of being smart with your data. Need help? We can help source and supply. MORE >
- Make an impact through print: bring your direct mail campaigns to life with a variety of print colours & finishes. MORE >
- Make it personal: improve client engagement and target the right message to the right person. MORE >
- Save time and money: Decrease turnaround time by automating the process of distribution. MORE >
- Paper wrap it: eco-friendly paper wrapping is a high-speed solution for packing mail packs. MORE >
- Poly wrap it: compostable wrapping is a high-speed solution for packing mail packs. MORE >
- Fulfilment that speaks volumes: think outside the box and compile a pack that really talks to your clients. MORE >
- Connect with digital marketing: complement your direct mail campaigns with digital marketing. MORE >
- Postage: benefit from amazing postage discounts to reduce your campaign costs. MORE >