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The Coltimbers Chronicle
All the months news on one page
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JANUARY 2009
31 January 2009
NEWS FROM AFAR
Obviously the biggest news is the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first America president
with colourful African connections. Time will tell how broad his shoulders are!
Cholera deaths in Zimbabwe exceed 1700 as the politicians still slug out a power sharing plan.
The biggest con-man the world has ever seen is arrested and charged with bilking investors of
US$50 billion, Bernard Madoff should have been a Hollywood actor or even president?
The conflict in the DRC just goes on and on, while the African Summit leaders meet on a pipe-
dream of a Union of African States.
The world is pledging almost US$2000 billion dollars to try and get the world economy back and
working
* China US$400
* Germany US$66
* Britain US$147
* USA US$1175
* Singapore UD$13.6
to name a few.
BUSINESS LESSONS
When the editor did his usual research and collated some of the events of the past 4 weeks, reality struck at how much happens in our lives in a month! The world is in Economic turmoil and whereas we have not yet fully felt the world recession, it is beginning to be felt with most of our customers on various cost reduction exercises.
Isnt it then reassuring to know that Col Timbers tried and tested reliability is being constantly improved to benefit our loyal customers. We have already
Implemented substantially improved delivery services
Increased our stock holding particularly of manufactured products.
Started on the road towards becoming an ISO 9001 quality company.
Improved our already pioneering merchandising service with the addition of a new bakkie.
By aligning your company with the Swartland and Col Timbers brand, you are aligning yourself with
A World Class Manufacturer
A financially stable proven company with over 70 years experience
The leading brand in South Africa, across the full product range
The only timber company in South Africa with a complete in house retail solution for timber and
timber products
The only timber company in South Africa with a National Distribution chain.
So you might ask why worry about this, if you are a small regional player. The reason is simple
we look after the small guys, as well as we look after the big players!
For a detailed list of How the Col Timbers Competitive Edge, can help your business, ask your Customer Relationship Manager for their input.
NEWS FROM THE COL FACE
Tony Tessendorf has joined us as Administrative Manager. Allan Korsman has joined us to take
the Col Brand national. We wish them both a long, happy time at Col Timbers.
Jonathan is the proud father of twins, nogal a boy and a girl, and we wish him many peaceful
nights! (Paul is of course the doting grandpa!)
Everybody came back safely from their holidays into ongoing training as we move forwards
towards World Class Manufacturing.
Get the BIG Picture with Col Timbers. Align yourself with us and know that we will be there for you for many years into the future, just as we have been for the past 70 years.
MONTHLY MOTIVATIONAL THOUGHT
Dont wait for flowers to be brought to you, plant your own garden.
As always, thank you for choosing Col Timbers as your supplier of choice.
Please share this with your colleagues and remember that all our newsletters are archived and can be viewed on our fantastic website
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