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On this page you will find all the latest news from the Cami-front - the most recent messages are printed on the top of the page.
     

On the 1st of December we visited the factory of Senélar-Larson-Juhl in Hazebrouck (France). Commercial director Jérôme Honneger gave us a very interesting tour in the factory. He explained the whole production process: from raw wood to finished frames. During the lunch he explained some commercail topics and the strategy for 2009. At the end of the day all participants were convinced about the quality and the possibilities Senélar-Larson-Juhl can offer them. You can find some pictures of the visit on our site. We sure have to repeat this visit to the factory soon. Please keep an eye on our newsletter to check the agenda.
 

On the 23th & 24th of November, two interesting workshops were held at Cami's. On Monday Emma Johnson (Drytac) learned our customers to get the best out of a Hotpress heated press. On Tuesday Steve Wright (Drytac) demonstrated the full JetMounter series. For the first time the JM63 was shown - a 160cm wide version with heated top roll. When we look at the very positive reaction of the participants, we decided to organize more workshops in the near future.  

Wim joined us in November 2008. He will replace Andy who left our company shortly after. Wim's main job is the technical service: installation, maintenance and after-sales-service of your machines. He will also help Guy, Steve and Peter with the Cami transportservice and in the chop-service department. Wim has a technical background. This important experience will be usefull to support our customers with all technical questions and to solve the problems. Here you find a view of the Cami-team 2008.  

During the summer, Cami enlarged it's showroom. Now we have more space to show you the ever growing moulding collections. Contact us to fix an appointment to visit us in Oostende: +32 59 708666.

On May 17th Valiani won the most prestigeous award of the framing business: the "Innovation Award" of the Fine Art Trade Guild (FATG). The FATG is the guild of the art & framing business, based in England. The "Innovation Award" is annually offered to the company that made the most important, new product in the framing business. Valiani received the award for their interchangeable heads, used on the computerised matcutters. We would like to congratulate the Valiani-team! We are extremely proud that Cami has been their exclusive distributor in the Benelux for over 20 years now.  
  

On May 3th 2008, Rik became dad of a son: Liam. We would like to congratulate the young parents once more. Until the 18th of May Rik will take care of his family and his new task as daddy. From the 19th on he will be back...
 

As you already heard in the media: our Euro currency breaks all records verus the US Dollar. We enjoyed the benefits of this in our latest transactions. That’s why we grant you a lower price on a lot of American products that we recently purchased in the USA.

The extra discount remains valid until we issue a new Cami price list or until we revoke this due to an eventual exchange rate rise. It is applicable on the following products:

• Cami steel cable (and accessories)

• TruVue glass

• Fletcher blades & brads

• Fletcher 3100 cutting machine

Since April 2007, Rik is in charge of the customer support. He will be on the road full-time now. Now we have a new person in charge of his ols jow (internal sales): Sandra Tetaert. Sandra has many years of experience in a similar job inside the picture framing business. With her attitude and experience, she's the perfect new member of our Cami-team. Here you find a view of the Cami-team 2007. 

On the 19th of March 2007 Cami celebrated her 25th birthday. Since the start in March 1982, our company grew from small local supplier of cardboard and aluminum profiles to an (inter)national distributor for the professional picture framing business. For the next 25 years our Cami team will continue to support you - our customer - the best way we can.

Last year we stayed a day in the region of Poperinge. This year we played at home: Oostende. First we visited "Ostend-Bruges Airport". The guided tour started at the customs, the warehouses and the airport fire department. Then we could get on board of a huge cargo Boeing 747-200 of MK Airlines. We ended the evening with a fondue, too many drinks and a couple of bowling games at the Airport Bowling...

Between the 10th & 15th of November, our website has been offline regularly due to maintenance. We switched to a new webhosting provider and we updated our site "behind the curtains". This way we will be ready for the next couple of years. From the 15th of November on, our site will be completely online. Sorry for this inconvenience.

Since May 2006, our customers receive the Cami newsletter by email every two months. The newsletter contains news regarding new products, promotions, etc... The newsletter is for existing Cami customers only. Are you a Cami customer and don't you receive the newsletter yet? Then please contact us: rik.pyson@cami-nv.com.

As usual, the Cami staff and their partner were invited on the CamiDay. This year the Cami team followed the "volksspelenroute" (trip with traditional games) in Poperinge. This trip combines traditional games with local drinks & dishes. In cosy pubs in Poperinge, Watou and Abeele, we held a competition to find the best player of these traditional games. Michel (founder of Cami) won - Rik was second and Heidi third. 

The White House (Washington) and the Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg) already bought a Valiani matcutter. In September 2005 the Louvre Museum in Paris, bought a Valiani Future electronic matcutter. The choice to buy this machine, was based on several important facts: the price, quality and size were important, but also the fact that extra thick 3mm museumboard can be cut easily. The workshop where the machine is installed is responsable for framing the artwork of the Louvre, but also the art lent to other museums or exhibitions. 

To support the many victims of the tsunami in South-East Asia, Cami will offer photoframes for charity. These frames will be sold at 10 EUR per piece. The money will then be transfered to the bank account of the Belgian "Tsunami 12-12" charity. In February we will announce the total amount we managed to collect.

UPDATE:
For Tsunami project we managed to collect 1161,50 EUR : 100 x 10 EUR of the photo frames, along with some gifts and an extra gift from Cami. 

Cami moved to her new building during the weekend of the 28-29th of August 2004.The schedule of the deliveries and the chop-service were not affected by this move.

Here you will find the roadmap to the new warehouse & offices.

IMPORTANT NEWS

The Cami buildings in the Steenbakkersstraat are for sale !
Does this mean that Cami will end its activities ?
Will Cami disappear from the framing market ?

read all about it here ...

Unizo (union of the independent entrepreneurs) of the region of Oostende organised a competition to vote the most creative entrepreneur of 2003. During the "Gala of Creativity" in the Mister-V Arena, the professional jury chose Cami as winner out of a group of 20 participants! The jury praised the support Cami offered to the BFA (Belgian Framing Association), the organisation of workshops & seminars and also the startup of a framing forum on internet. The main price was a bronze statuette, made by the local artist Willy Bosschem. This award is now glittering in the Cami showroom in Oostende.