Kavia Business Development and Sales Manager Iain Hill has been visiting some of our customers since his appointment in May 2012 and found opinions to be very positive, testament to our high customer retention rate. However, he can't get to … [Read more...]
Bringing new products to market – best practice part 2
Went to the Ingenuity KnowledgeXchange - Bringing New Products to Market hosted by University of Nottingham’s (UoN) local business network. This is the second part to the article having had an academic and industry presentations from Dr. Deborah L. … [Read more...]
Bringing new products to market – best practice part 1
Ahead of attending Ingenuity KnowledgeXchange - Bringing New Products to Market hosted by Ingenuity – the University of Nottingham’s local business network, I thought I would write a 2-part article on Kavia Moulded Products own projects. Launching a … [Read more...]
Happy New Year
Welcome to the New Year and hopefully you are settled back in? There are quite a few Kavia news blogs for your to read; 5 case studies, 4 client projects and 1 Kavia product Trade journal product review of the new BLMB Kit designed and … [Read more...]
Socialnomics snippets part 1
Just reading Socialnomics (by Erik Qualman, 2013) and about halfway through, there are some very interesting facts trends coming through I wanted to discuss in the context of Kavia Moulded Products and how we use social media channels. What is … [Read more...]
Supplier Profile Questionnaire (SPQ)
As part of Achilles Link-up Rail industry supplier requirements, a Supplier Profile Questionnaire (SPQ) has to be completed upon application and updated at renewal points of subscription or certifications. The questionnaire collects information about … [Read more...]
Business Development Facts & Figures
Since starting in May at Kavia Moulded Products Business Development & Sales Manager Iain Hill has been very busy & here are some interesting facts & figures 6 months in. It is a numbers game as they say in sales! • 464 Business calls … [Read more...]
Kavia New Product launch at DJRC Regatta
Kavia Moulded Products has designed and manufactured two rowing and sculling products http://kavia.wpengine.com/new-products-from-kavia/ The BLMB Kit is a bracket that you can attach your bicycle lights to and in-turn attach to the boat. It is … [Read more...]
Kavia Rail and Tram Components update
Kavia offers a range of thermoplastic track components for rail and tram companies. Our experience in this sector dates back to the British Rail days. Components are made to order and our 24/7 production capacity and integrated mould tooling facility … [Read more...]
Kavia Company history on Facebook timeline
Go to our Kavia Moulded Products Facebook page and click info to get company history by year showing people and investments. … [Read more...]
Tool transfer capabilities
The phrase ‘tool transfer’ refers to a situation when a customer has one or more tools producing components for them and, if they are not tied to manufacturing agreements or coming up to a major tender as part of an agreement, they choose to transfer … [Read more...]
Speed to market
Speed to market is the total time taken to get a product ready for resale. Evaluation of project timing is typically measured by the on time ‘Start of Production (SOP)’ date and launch milestone dates where product visuals, prototypes, certified … [Read more...]
Salesforce Conference, Winter ’13 & Social Enterprise
Further to the investment article about the Salesforce product used by Kavia (http://kavia.wpengine.com/2012/kmp-news-investments-salesforce-system/), Iain Hill attended the company’s winter ’13 UK release event on 2 October at Reading FC Stadium. … [Read more...]
Social Media, Facebook timeline updates
Today the Kavia Moulded Products Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/kaviamouldedproducts) timeline has been updated with milestones for employee start dates, long service milestones in 2012 and when we bought 7 new Arburg machines. 2012 Long … [Read more...]
Continuous improvement
Kavia Moulded Products are always looking to improve their internal processes and 3 such initiatives are work in progress at the moment. Inspection area A dedicated well-lit working area in the mould shop for the quality to inspect components and … [Read more...]
Investment – Meeting room
Background When new Business Development and Sales Manager Iain Hill joined Kavia Moulded Products there was no formal meeting area to meet customers and partners so he quickly made it clear it would be a good idea. Kavia jumped to the task in hand … [Read more...]
Kavia Training – Business Development awareness
Kavia Moulded Products recruited Iain Hill as Business Development and Sales Manager in May 2012. In the July management meeting it was concluded that it would be beneficial to improve the Kavia workforce’s awareness of the role and its goals through … [Read more...]
Social Media – Facebook and LinkedIN Pages
Kavia Moulded Products now have pages on Facebook and LinkedIN. The Facebook page has information on products in the rail and tram components as well as our new rowing and sculling products being launched in October 2012. Kavia will be updating the … [Read more...]
Exhibition visit to Low Carbon Vehicle 2012
Last week was the Low Carbon Vehicle Exhibition (http://www.cenex-lcv.co.uk/) hosted by Cenex at the Millbrook Proving Grounds in Bedford. The event is: A low and ultra low carbon vehicle and technology exhibition showcasing the innovative … [Read more...]
Latest technology available to the injection moulding industry
By using the latest technology available to the injection moulding industry and combining our advanced understanding of polymer behaviour, we offer our customers solutions to their most demanding moulding applications. In-house design engineers, … [Read more...]
