A Leicester tissue manufacturer has appointed a new company to supply its products to Ƶ supermarkets and high street stores.
Leicester Tissue Company (LTC) has signed a sole supply deal with Coventry-based IPP, which is one Europe’s leading poolers of sustainable wooden pallets.
The deal will see IPP deliver more than 170,000 pallets a year to Co-op, Poundland, Poundstretcher, Wilko and Aldi.
Based in Thurmaston, Leicester Tissue Company supplies to more than 27 countries.
It is run by Amin Tejani and his family and specialises in paper making and converting paper reels into a variety of tissue-based products.
The firm also invests in technology to keep energy and power consumption to a minimum, with an ongoing commitment to making all products from sustainable sources.
This aligns with IPP’s own green schemes, including the reduction of more than one million miles of empty running on the Ƶ’s roads.
Phil Storer, Ƶ director for IPP, said: “We’ve previously worked with LTC as an overflow producer for another IPP customer and we’re delighted to welcome them on board on a sole supply deal.
“LTC’s switch to us was based on service and quality, which is a heartening endorsement of the way we like to do business.”
The two companies are now set to collaborate on a carbon reduction project, which will see approximately 23,500 miles and 54,000 tonnes of CO2 saved within year one of the contract.
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Over the course of the contract with LTC, the aim is to see 70,500 miles and 162 tonnes of CO2 saved.
Usman Yasin, supply chain manager at the Leicester Tissue Company, said: “Doing business in an open, communicative and sustainable way is very important to us and we are delighted to entrust IPP with our full Ƶ pallet supply.
“We see being part of a structured account management system as a real benefit, to help control the balances and build a partnership moving forward.”
