March 2009

Jump into the sack with Brenda.

To demonstate just how strong our 'MegaBag' range of black bags are, Brenda Mathers, our 9 stone (57 kilo) 'Accounts Receivable Manager' jumped into the sack and was lifted 300mm off the ground by Kevin McCann (Sales Manager) and Brian McEvoy (Warehouse Controller).

Manufactured in Germany, 'MegaBags' are capable of holding up to 5 times more weight due to their DuoFlex construction which means that you can now supply your customers with exceptional performance at an exceptional price.

February 2009

"Maximise your Profits with Newcel"

We launched our 'Tough Times Vol. 2' promo on 1st February 2009 featuring even more quality products at rock bottom prices.
The success of this campaign has been astonishing, we 'signed up' more new Distributors in February 2009 than in the previous 12 months combined!

The reason? It's very simple, to sell better you have to buy better, so you better call Newcel.

January 2009

More feet gives Newcel a better leg to stand on.

In order to house the additional product lines we have acquired another 9000 sq feet (850 sq metres) of high bay storage in Carnbane Industrial Estate in Newry. This unit brings our total storage capacity to 55,000 sq feet - (Newry 35,000 - Belfast Port 10,000 and Ilkeston in England 10,000).

Our picture shows the first load being received into the new Newry facility - David McGurk son of our MD is pictured in the Newcel Jeep.

December 2008

Instead of giving you gifts this year we again donated the entire Xmas budget to the Southern Area Hospice – we’re sure you’ll agree a truly worthy cause.

 

 

Congratulations to Kevin McCann aka 'Honest Kev'- (Newcel's Sales Manager) who celebrated his 50th birthday recently - we all agree he doesn't look a day over 60 - honestly!

 

November 2008

3 Month Promotion - 'TOUGH TIMES NEVER LAST – TOUGH PEOPLE DO!'

In response to customer demand we have launched our biggest ever ‘Tough Times’ product promotion offering massive savings on paper, chemicals, black bags and mops.

The huge number of trial orders received in the first 2 weeks of this promotion has been ‘astonishing’ and we pledge to continue our support to you on a continuous basis throughout 2009.

If you have any suggestions for future promotions please e mail them to eunan@newcel.ie

October 2008

A winning formula for 2009.

We are delighted to confirm that we have been very successful (and thankful) to have won the following contracts and tenders for 2009:

Musgraves Foodservice (5th successive year),
Brakes Bros Foodservice (4th successive year),
Zeus Packaging Group (3rd successive year)
Subway Restaurants (3rd successive year)
3663 Foodservice (1st year)

September 2008

A bigger slice of the cake…

Our MD Eunan McGurk celebrates another successful year as only he can – cake!

Commenting on the results Eunan said 'Although this year (FYE 31st August 2008) has been another successful year in terms of sales development and group profitability, the current economic slowdown and inevitable recession will present very challenging trading conditions in the year ahead. We are aware that our customers will need strong supplier support in order to compete successfully in the market for a bigger slice of the cake and at Newcel we are in excellent corporate shape to provide this support'.

August 2008

Congratulations to Joanne and Joe on the occasion of their wedding.

Newcel's Joanne Wilson (our long suffering 'Accounts Payable' lady) married the man of her dreams Mr Joe Heatrick recently and invited all of the office team to celebrate their special day with a beautiful dinner in the Seagoe Hotel in Portadown.

 

 

 

Our picture also shows the 'office girls' before the bar opened as the photos taken after the bar closed were unsuitable for publication!!

July 2008

More price increases on the horizon?

Read this four page 'confidential report' which gives you an insight into the current 'tissue industry crisis' and how it impacts at grass roots level.

Download Full Report (PDF)

June 2008

Newcel are the ‘Fastest Growing Paper Manufacturer in 2007’ (UK & Ireland) (Source: Plimsoll Analysis) with annual sales growth of 23.7%. Eunan McGurk our MD commented: “This performance confirms the popularity of our products, the quality of our service and of course the attractiveness of our prices. In the same period our biggest branded competitor in Ireland lost 13.8% sales volume which reflects the massive switch from overpriced brands to better value generics”.

June 2008

We launched our new website after years of neglect. The brief was to make it ‘user friendly and interesting’ and pack it with even more great value products for you to sell. What do you think?

18th May 2008 – Newcel’s 35th Birthday.

We are proud and truly amazed to have reached this landmark. Fewer than 0.5% of new businesses survive 35 years! No longer the ‘new kids on the block’ but still with loads of new challenges and opportunities ahead of us. Thanks everyone.

May 2008

Congratulations to Newcel employee Thomas Grant who completed 30 years service with the company this month. Seamus Murphy our Operations Director commented “Tommy joined Newcel as a teenager straight from school and over the years has done just about every job going. The success of our company lies in the skills of our employees and the contribution from Tommy has been invaluable”

May 2008

He’s modest you know (so he won’t tell you himself) - our MD Eunan McGurk won the Smurfitt Kappa ‘Pat McStay Memorial Trophy’ at Lisburn Golf Club with 36 points. The girls in our accounts office are demanding a recount!

April 2008

It’s made round to go round so we sponsored St. Marys GAA (Burren) football club with a 3 year package towards their U14 and U10 training programme

March 2008

Newcell sponsored Circuit of Ireland driver Barry McParland in his Mk 2 Ford Escort. Barry is a driver with ‘Surefreight’ (our haulage partners) and we can confirm that the brakes on his truck are better than those on his rally car. Oops!

February 2008

Need a lift?

Our new 10 pallet truck is fitted with a 2 tonne tail lift to help make your deliveries easier and faster.

January 2008 – Happy New Year

Hope you love our 2008 Sporting Fixtures Calendar – with so much sport on offer how are we going to squeeze in a regular 40 hour week? We retained the Musgraves Foodservice contract for 2008 for the 4th year running and retained the Subway (Ireland) contract in partnership with Musgraves Foodservice

December 2007 – Merry Christmas

Instead of giving you gifts this year we donated the entire Xmas budget to the Southern Area Hospice – we’re sure you’ll agree a truly worthy cause. We retained the Brakes Foodservice contract for 2008 for the 3rd year running and retained the Subway (UK) contract for 2008 in partnership with Brakes Foodservice.

November 2007

Installed new ‘Microline’ automatic packaging machinery which improves product quality and increases production speeds by almost 30% on Production Line No.1 – what do you do with all these rolls?

October 2007

Installed a new ‘PCMC’ industrial logsaw to improve product quality and increase productivity on our dedicated ‘Mini Jumbo’ production line. Our total budget for new machinery this autumn will exceed €500,000 – so please keep buying our products.

September 2007

Our FYE was 31st August and we are delighted to announce sales growth of almost 24% in the last 12 months. This growth has been achieved through the organic growth of existing customers, the addition of new customers and the contribution of new products. Thank you all for your continued support.

August 2007

Launched the range of CaterCare Chemicals after 18 months of testing what everyone else was offering. CaterCare does exactly what it says on the label, and what a label! Great packaging won’t exactly sell itself, but it helps.

July 2007

Launched our ‘Autumn / Winter Buyers Guide’ which will help you sell more of our great value products and help us remember how many cases of ‘hand towels’ are on a pallet!! We also have a download version for those with broadband which you can forward on to your customers.

June 2007

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Seamus Murphy as Operations Director with overall responsibility for the day to day running of Newcel. Seamus, who is well known to most of you, joined Newcel in 1990 as a driver and has over the years developed a very strong relationship with our customers, staff and suppliers alike. Seamus looks forward to the challenges ahead of him and still plans to get behind the wheel of the Scania whenever time permits!