What does the firm do?
The printer and mailing house handles magazines, brochures and direct mail and has customers in East Anglia, London, the South East and the East Midlands. Customers include the NHS and United Airlines
Where is it?
Ipswich, Suffolk
Who are the brains behind the outfit?
Following an MBO in July, the firm is owned by Heather Davies, company secretary; James Robinson, sales director; and Neil Stones, production director
How many staff?
24
What’s the turnover?
It has a turnover of around £2.5m
How much has it grown?
The firm recently installed full in-house mailing kit and invested £600,000 in a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 74 press. In 2007, it purchased a Pratica six-station envelope inserting machine and inkjet and laser printing equipment for personalisation
What does the future hold?
Fuller Davies is targeting 5% annual sales growth and is in a period of consolidation. It is considering investment opportunities in pre-press and digital. It is also in the process of gaining FSC accreditation
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