Barum & Dewar is pleased to announce that we will be stocking the newly released Explorer case range from GT Line. We have been stocking the existing case range for 15 years and this new release sees nine new Explorer Heavenly Light (HL) models. Seven of those come from the re-tooling of existing cases into more efficient and lighter versions; two of those are brand new sizes.

The seven re-tooled cases have identical internal dimensions to the previous models and a meaningful weight reduction, thanks to a new proprietary blend of high-performing copolymer polypropylene with nanoparticles, and are fully compliant and certified with MIL STAN, as all the other Explorer models are too.

Whilst the internal dimensions of new HL models remain unchanged, to ease the transition of all existing integration projects into the new version, the external of the cases has been redefined to a more functional and aesthetical design and upgraded some important new features.

Considering the global focus on reducing carbon footprint, the significant weight reduction of the new HL cases also contributes to a reduction of both the manufacturing and transportation carbon impact, in line so many of our customers objectives today.

Founded in 1970 in Bologna, Italy, GT Line has been delivering worldwide professional cases and boxes for 50 years and their products are widely recognised for their reliability and resistance. Barum & Dewar is proud to stock this new range and to continue to partner with GT Line.

To discuss this new range with our team please contact us.

Barum & Dewar is delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Bartholomew as Regional Sales & Business Development Manager for Central England. With key clients and significant business opportunities in the area, Mark will be responsible for driving growth and building upon existing successful relationships in the region.

Mark shares of his appointment,

“Barum & Dewar is well-recognised in the protective packaging industry and its reputation for the high quality design and manufacture of protective packaging solutions has resulted in well-established client relationships in Central England. I’m looking forward to building on these relationships and on our identified growth opportunities. The team are very much focused on customer service and partnerships, and I will ensure that we embody this approach as we grow our business in the area.”

Mark joins following a successful career in the protective packaging industry where he has held various senior positions and directorships including the role of Sales Director for Allport Packaging. With a strong commercial background, Mark began his career with the Ministry of Defence and his expertise now spans commercial, sales, marketing and business development.

Mark says,

“I have known of Barum & Dewar for over 25 years and always admired their values centric approach, loyal and committed team and industry reputation. It is a pleasure to be able to join a successful business at such an exciting time and I am looking forward to making a valuable contribution and influencing the future growth.”

David Frame, Managing Director at Barum & Dewar, shared,

“This is a fantastic time for Mark to assume the role of Regional Sales & Business Development Manager as we focus on building upon our trusted relationships with clients and explore more opportunities. Mark’s wealth of experience coupled with industry knowledge will add immense value to our teams in the region and ensure service delivery for our clients is of the highest quality.”

Following a successful annual assessment we are pleased to confirm Barum & Dewar has retained the internationally recognised quality standard ISO 9001:2015. Having had this accreditation for over 20 years, Barum & Dewar is dedicated to maintaining the stringent quality requirements required by the assessors from accredited certification body, NQA.

At Barum & Dewar we have built our reputation on the quality of our products. It is hugely important to keep striving for better to ensure we keep improving our business in an effort to demonstrate to our customers the commitment we make to designing and manufacturing the highest quality packaging solutions.

Andy Harrison, Technical Design Manager at Barum & Dewar said:

“Quality has always been a priority for Barum & Dewar. Our processes are regularly reviewed to ensure they effectively support our quality objectives, so that we can continue to deliver highly dependable solutions for all of our clients. It is hugely important to keep striving for better to ensure we keep improving our business in an effort to stay one step ahead in a highly competitive industry.”

ISO 9001 is a standard that sets out the requirements for a quality management system within which an organisation demonstrates its ability to consistently provide products or services to meet customer and legal requirements, enhancing customer satisfaction and opening the way to continual improvement.

At Barum & Dewar we have long been a values led business. Our core values underpin how we act and expect to be treated as well as making clear our expectations of each other. They define who we are, how we work and what we stand for. In this series we look to explore each of our values and how they are relevant in our business today.

We are now operating in an age of unprecedented scrutiny. Clients, contacts, our supply chain and other stakeholder groups are increasingly demanding greater transparency and ethical behaviour from the businesses with which they interact. Whilst reputation used to be seen as integral to the ongoing success of a business with its stakeholders, many businesses are now realising that reputation alone is not enough and that something more is needed. That something is trust.

Our reputation means everything to us and has been gained by the efforts of many over many years but retaining it relies on us doing the right thing. We gain trust by acting honestly at all times, by being open and candid in all our business relationships and most importantly in every one of our actions.

With clients, contacts, employees and our supply chain we have long term relationships built on trust and integrity. Barum & Dewar seeks to be regarded as a trusted partner who can be relied upon in challenging times as well as good. We foster a culture of responsibility and openness taking complaints of any nature seriously, because trust is built in the proper handling of both our successes and our failures.

With the change and uncertainty we are currently experiencing on a global level, trust and integrity for businesses is more important than ever before.

Barum & Dewar is delighted to confirm our renewal on the JOSCAR supplier accreditation register for 2023, having first obtained the qualification in 2019. The team at Barum & Dewar works hard to maintain the standards of JOSCAR and we are pleased that we have once again satisfied the requirements to become fully compliant on the register.

The Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR) is an accreditation system that is highly valued by large purchasers in the Defence, Space, Security and Aerospace sectors which shows that suppliers are fit for business and identifies organisations who have shown commitment to achieving the credentials and live the values that the accreditation system stand for.

A cross-sector collaboration solution, the accreditation is supported by some of the largest purchasers in the defence community such as Leonardo, BAE Systems and the Ministry of Defence, and indicates that Barum & Dewar has fulfilled the appropriate credentials.

Focused on reducing the time, cost and resources needed to provide information to major customers as a risk management tool, it objectively assesses potential vendor risks and areas of compliance before suppliers can obtain accreditation.

The open system of information that JOSCAR provides also benefits us as a supplier as it allows us to demonstrate our level of customer compliance, quickly qualify any 3^rdparty suppliers we may use and identify areas where we can be continuously improving our business which in turn allows us to provide the excellent level of service to our customers that Barum & Dewar has become synonymous with.