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Dear all, Research says that behaviour takes at least two months or on average 66 days to become a habit so when we think that we have been living in the world of COVID for over 4 months it is understandable that people want to know whether the new norms that have been built up […]

On Friday 10th July we had the Town Hall Meeting exclusively related to COVID-19. On the panel were Dennis van Schie, our CEO, and Dominique Murzeau, our General Manager Manufacturing Business Unit. The Town Hall Meeting was hosted on Microsoft Teams – Live event, and we had almost 200 people joining us. Thank you all […]

Dear all, In last week’s update, we communicated that as a result of an interim operator testing positive in the Le Mans factory, we quarantined 14 people at home who were working in the same area.  I’m pleased to confirm that none of our colleagues exhibited symptoms and having all tested negative, will be back […]

Today 26th June we had the Town Hall Meeting exclusively related to COVID-19. On the panel were Dennis van Schie, our CEO and Bruno Lebourdais, our Group SIOP Director. The Town Hall Meeting was hosted on Microsoft Teams – Live event, and we had almost 200 people joining us. Thank you all for attending! Remember […]

What is this and what does this mean for the business? Colart is always seeking to offer the best to its customers and that is why a new program has been kicked off by the GLT: Service Level Structural Improvement. Increasing the service level leads to higher customer satisfaction and loyalty, stronger brands and automatically […]

Dear all, At the end of every update, we have repeated the key message about the importance of following safety protocols for the protection of everyone in Colart and those outside Colart that we are linked to.  For the purposes of this update we are going to start with this theme and focus on it […]

Today 12th June we had the Town Hall Meeting exclusively related to COVID-19. On the panel were Dennis van Schie, our CEO and Richard Llewellyn, our Sustainability Officer. The Town Hall Meeting was hosted on Microsoft Teams – Live event, and we had almost 200 people joining us. Thank you all for attending! Remember that […]

*See here the announcement in French, Chinese and Spanish.    Dear all, Last week following the recent tragic death of George Floyd we saw a huge outcry from the public voicing their support against racial discrimination and social injustice.  Much of this response was on social media under the banner #Blacklivesmatters, a movement founded in […]

Dear all, The decisions across the globe to carefully loosen lockdowns in each country is progressing and it’s almost possible to hear the collective sigh from parents being relieved of home tutoring responsibility as schools steadily open in most places.  I wonder whether homeschooling has been the most stressful impact of the crisis – for […]

On Wednesday 27th May we had the Town Hall Meeting exclusively related to COVID-19. On the panel were Dennis van Schie, our CEO and Jane Beeston, our CPO. The Town Hall Meeting was hosted on Microsoft Teams – Live event, and we had almost 200 people joining us. Thank you all for attending! Remember that […]

Dear all, As communicated at the beginning of April, the new Colart Northern Europe organization is in place. In effect, I have the pleasure of leading a fully centralized organisation of 31 professionals responsible for owning and delivering our commercial objectives across 20 Northern European countries, with an obvious focus on Germany, Holland, Poland and […]

Dear all, As countries across the globe begin the careful process of returning to work, school and international travel, we are seeing signs in the news about a significant impact on businesses and our economies in general.   Whilst Colart cannot take anything for granted, following on from the financials communicated last week, this update focuses […]

Dear all, As the world continues to find its way through the COVID challenge, many organisations are full on into the question of, “what next?”…Colart is of course no different and this question is being asked in relation to what we do and how we do it!  This update focuses on how what the return […]

On Wednesday 13th May we had the Town Hall Meeting exclusively related to COVID-19. On the panel were Dennis van Schie, our CEO, and Toby Russell, our CTO. The Town Hall Meeting was hosted on Microsoft Teams – Live event, and we had more than 200 people joining us. Thank you all for attending! If […]

Dear all, As Governments in countries around the world are starting to vary their approach to lock down and the commencement of business, as usual, Colart remains consistent in its approach delay home working people to return to the workplace and focus on manufacturing and logistics as the priority within clearly specified protocols.  Servicing our […]

With the completion of the Northern European regional restructuring and the refinement of the Operations Finance structure following the recent departure of Mark Brown, I have taken the opportunity to review our Global Finance reporting structure. This review has concluded that a fully functional reporting model is the optimal structure to enable alignment within the […]