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Established 30 years ago, Pennine Healthcare Ltd. is one of
the UK’s leading privately owned manufacturers of single
use and sterile plastic based healthcare products. The products
are sold via distributors to the UK and to over 70 countries
worldwide. These products are designed and manufactured in the
Derbyshire based Pennine headquarters, a new purpose built facility
incorporating clean rooms. Pennine manufactures over 30 million
sterile products annually.
Dennis found his own work placement in Liverpool before he came
to Derby, but this placement did not work out and he had to
look urgently for another placement. “In
spite of all my efforts I was not able to find a placement in
the Liverpool area. I contacted ISPO, which was a great help
in finding me a new placement in Derby that suited my needs.
I was very surprised that everything was arranged for me here,
from finding me a place to live up to picking me up from the
airport.”
- Dennis van Mil, International Marketing Management, Utrecht
Business School, Netherlands.
Dennis’s skills were matched with a requirement in Pennines
export department. This department takes care of all the international
sales of the Pennine products. International orders are processed,
shipped and administrated and the department takes care of all
export procedures. Also the Department remains in close contact
with the foreign distributors, searches for new markets and
arranges all the certificates and documents that are necessary
for exporting medical disposables. Dennis is involved in all
of these tasks and has been responsible for searching for new
distributors in Germany and Australia, helping with designing
brochures, making sample cases and supporting the Export Manager.
His major project at Pennine Healthcare is researching ways
to improve the success (especially on the foreign market) of
a product that Pennine produces, that does not sell in great
quantities.
Dennis has learned how to deal with foreign markets and what
is involved in exporting products to these markets. Also he
has learned how to successfully market the products in these
countries. He has been to several meetings regarding a major
project to learn more about the medical disposable industry
and how the health scheme works in different countries.
“All
in all I am is very busy here and I am enjoying it very much.”
- Dennis van Mil.
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