Global engineering technologies company Renishaw, whose 3D printing team is based in Stone, surprised its employees with a festive hamper that maps out the company’s UK locations with locally sourced products from the areas where its main offices are located.
Almost 3,000 Christmas hampers were carefully prepared by Renishaw’s Human Resources team to include festive treats such as sweets from Yorkshire, shortbread and oatcakes from Scotland and real ale from Lymestone Brewery in Stone.
[box type=”shadow” ]Hannah Hind, personnel administrator at Renishaw, said: “The festive hamper was historically meant as a treat to be shared with family and friends to celebrate the end of another year. This is exactly what we wanted to recreate for our employees. Instead of using pre-ordered hampers, we involved local and independent UK companies, most of a relatively small size, to whom an order of 3,000 or so products can make a positive impact on business.
“Sourcing locally for corporate Christmas hampers is a fantastic way to help local companies in the run-up to the festive season, and there are other advantages as well. The quality of the products is remarkable, you get better value and the hampers almost take on a personality of their own.”[/box]
Viv Bradford from Lymestone Brewery said: “For a family-owned microbrewery like Lymestone, an order of 3,000 bottles is a big deal, so when Renishaw got in touch about collaborating on their Christmas hampers we were very pleased.
“We only really work with independent and local businesses, so our orders are usually for a couple hundred bottles. However, we always try to make sure our customers get just what they want, when they want it, so it was very helpful that Renishaw gave us enough notice so we could organise a separate brewing and bottling batch especially for them. It has also contributed to making our Foundation Stone pale ale one of our most sampled beers across the UK.”
[box type=”info” ]Renishaw’s 3D printing in Stone is driving innovative use of technology in manufacturing. Earlier this year it moved to much bigger premises on Stone Business Park.
In 2014 the world’s first 3D printed bike was created in Stone.
Earlier this year, it was revealed that Renishaw engineers in Stone will be providing their expert knowledge to optimise the design and construction of critical, 3D-printed metal parts of the British team’s race boat for the America’s Cup.[/box]
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