Fellowes Wins Top Industry Award For Manufacturing Excellence

UK, 26 October 2007: Fellowes, a global leader in the manufacturing, distribution and marketing of office products has won the British Office Supplies & Services (BOSS) Federation award for Manufacturing Excellence at the UK industry’s leading annual awards event.

Based on the nominations of resellers from across the UK, the award reflects Fellowes’ commitment to innovation, superior quality and service and follows the opening of Fellowes shredder manufacturing facility in China and launch of its award-winning range of binding & laminating machines at the beginning of this year.

Andrea Davis, President of Fellowes Europe commented “The strength of the Fellowes brand centres on our ability to exceed our customers’ expectations in every aspect of our business. Our success is based on our commitment and investment in innovation, to developing new technologies and functionalities in our products which deliver superior performance and reliability.

Winning this award for manufacturing excellence is a great reflection on the dedication, passion and commitment of the whole Fellowes team who deliver a fantastic service across all areas of our business day in, day out.”

The BOSS Federation Award is the latest in a series of highly prestigious awards picked up by Fellowes so far this year including international recognition for marketing initiatives from EOPA and Sabre, 5 customer awards and 4 product awards.

James Webb, UK & Ireland Sales and Marketing Director who collected the award on behalf of Fellowes commented “It really is a great honour to receive recognition from the BOSS Federation. It is particularly rewarding for the award to be based on nominations from our customers and I would like to thank BOSS and all our partners for recognising our achievements in this way.”

About Fellowes

Fellowes offers an impressive range of products to equip the workspace, including paper shredders, binders and laminators, desktop accessories and record storage solutions. Headquartered in Itasca, USA with subsidiaries in Canada, Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom, China, Singapore, Japan, Korea and Australia, Fellowes employees more than 2,700 people throughout the world and expects global sales in excess of $700 million this year. For more information, visit www.fellowes.co.uk

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