Thomas & Green - Manufacturer of coffee filters and food packaging. Making meat pads, absorbent pads, bone guard, coil filters, circle filters, urn filters, basket filters and cone filters. Worldwide export.

Thomas and Green has been making quality paper for 300 years. Having pioneered many of the paper making processes used throughout the world, we consider ourselves one of the world’s finest producers of filters for all sizes of coffee brewing equipment.

As part of the Konos Group, all the paper we use is produced in our modern, environmentally friendly paper mill in Netstal, Switzerland.

		Tom Klimes - Managing Director Tom Klimes, our Managing Director, has spent most of his life working with paper; initially in offset litho printing but since 1990, working for Thomas & Green Limited. Tom has overseen the gradual modernisation of converting operations, culminating in the move of operations from Peterborough to Hereford in 2006. He also founded the manufacturing operation in Singapore, bringing new levels of response and customer service to clients in the far east. Tom lives with his wife Laura near Stamford in Lincolnshire, has two young children and enjoys all forms of motor sport.

		Richard Starte - International Sales Manager “Richard Starte, our International Sales Manager, studied languages, then worked in various export sales & marketing positions in consumer chemicals and plastics from bases in London, Barcelona, Paris & Johannesburg. Since 1990, he has concentrated on food-contact disposables, selling from East Anglia into Europe & the Middle East, plus some specialised projects in Africa and the USA. Richard thinks the coffee business momentum is ‘virtually unstoppable’, growing in every social environment, particularly in Arabic, Indian and Chinese cultures, where alcohol is not always appropriate, welcome or even legal! “Anywhere, where more than a dozen people are gathered, filter coffee is the obvious commercial choice, people cannot wait for espresso, delicious as it is. So, at least drink decently filtered coffee through good quality filter papers!” Richard lives with Diana in a village between Cambridge and Newmarket, has 2 grown-up daughters and enjoys renovating his 1852 chateau in Normandy.

		Bernard Mesher, Sales Manager Bernard has a successful background selling paper into the packaging sector primarily with Wiggins Teape Packaging Division based in Cardiff/Bristol/Birmingham. This year Bernard celebrates 21 years involvement in the paper trade and has witnessed at first hand the many changes from the traditional Wet Laid Papers through to Airlaid’s and the increased use of Super Absorbent Fibres / Powders which currently drive our industry forward. Bernard believes that at Thomas & Green we understand the high demands of the market place, and, by combining good manufacturing practises with substantial stocks of both raw material and finished goods we can ensure that we provide the very best service possible while maintaining our competitive edge. Living on the outskirts of his home town of Cardiff with his wife Sandra, they are the proud parents of two sons, five grand children, and at Christmas 06 their first great grand daughter. In the past three years Bernard has learnt to Ski (without braking any bones) and this month he has successfully completed a Padi Scuba Diving course for both wet/dry suits(without drowning).

		Sarah Powell-Tuck, Customer Services Co-ordinator Sarah is a recent addition to the Thomas & Green structure, joining us in January 2006 as a Customer Services Coordinator. At the tender age of 24, she joined the company after graduating from the University of Bristol in 2005 in BSc Biology. As a new recruit to the paper industry Sarah has enjoyed progressing and learning about the paper trade with Thomas & Green Ltd. As your first point of contact with the company she is always more than happy to resolve queries and advance enquiries in a timely fashion! Sarah has recently flown the farming nest in Herefordshire and moved to the local market town of Ledbury. She spends her time with her family, friends and terrier dog and is of the opinion that every weekend is always too short!

		Arthur Ho- Regional Sales Manager Arthur Ho, our Regional Sales Manager, is an environmentally conscientious man. His graduate training was in environmental engineering and he has worked as an engineer and consultant for both the government and private sector. He went on to specialize in sales and marketing of environmental consultancy services for the Asia Pacific region. In 2005, he joined Thomas &Green and is currently based in Singapore. Issues on sustainability have become more crucial for businesses as the environmental awareness of the consumers has grown tremendously over the years. Arthur is happy to know that the coffee filters manufactured within the group is environmentally friendly as the paper pulp is harvested from managed forest and chlorine is not used in the bleaching process. Arthur is happily married to Ai Lin and they have a baby boy, Aden. They live in a quiet town in the Western part of Singapore.