Plastic debate taken to Number 10

Plastic debate taken to Number 10

Harrogate Water has taken the case for recyclable plastic bottles to 10 Downing Street and warned of the unintended health consequences of demonising bottled water as ‘single use’. The company says it has intervened in the debate at the highest level to add balance...

AAEON joins European Vending Association

AAEON, a manufacturer of advanced industrial and embedded computing platforms for Internet of Things and Industrial Internet of Things has joined the European Vending Association. AAEON offers optimised vending machine management with 24/7 global monitoring through...
Former AVA chairman dies

Former AVA chairman dies

The Automatic Vending Association has announced that former chairman Ernie Johnson has died. AVA chief executive David Llewellyn said although now retired, Ernie remained a great supporter of the vending industry. He had been actively involved with the AVA over many...
New board member for AVA

New board member for AVA

Gillian White of Crane Merchandising Systems has been elected to the Automatic Vending Association (AVA) Board in the position of Machines and Components Representative. Currently managing director Europe for Crane Merchandising Systems, based in Chippenham, Gillian...
Care Vending sales director calls it a day

Care Vending sales director calls it a day

Care Vending Services sales director Graham Thompson is retiring at the end of April after 27 years in the vending industry. Graham joined the world of vending back in 1991 with Midland Vending / Midshires Group where he spent 13 years and at the time of leaving he...
BRITA bids farewell to vending manager

BRITA bids farewell to vending manager

Business account manager for professional products at BRITA Water Filter Systems, Les Pearce, will be retiring early in June after six years at the company. Les, who has worked in the vending industry for 31 years, helped Brita build the vending side of the business,...