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We are celebrating the first Made in UK Day on 9th March 2021  Here at VeriVide, we are proudly joining Make it British to celebrate the first Made in UK day on Tuesday 9th March 2021. Nearly sixty years after its launch, VeriVide is still a proudly British company, with all R&D, design, manufacturing, and testing carried out in-house at our UK headquarters in Leicestershire. We work in partnership with leading UK universities to further advance industrial applications with our...
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As we have witnessed the postponement of many trade shows which we would take part in and travelling still remains a challenge, we decided to go digital. We are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting virtually in the Innovate Textile & Apparel Virtual Trade Show on 15-30 October. If you are missing, as much as we are, the atmosphere of the exhibitions and the connection with people from your industry, you can join us. We know how you feel, it is new to us too… No...
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Last updated on 6th January 2021 - As the outbreak of COVID-19 has affected individuals and businesses, we thought to keep you updated about VeriVide’s actions in this unfortunate event. Our production facilities will remain open for business. Strict social distancing policies are in place following UK Government advice to ensure everyone’s safety. We continue to manufacture and deliver orders for VeriVide's products and Pantone, RAL and NCS...
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After 7 weeks lockdown, people with essential jobs such as NHS nurses and doctors, delivery drivers or grocery clerks are still risking their lives to provide us with services crucial for our survival. As there is still a critical shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), here at VeriVide we could not ignore the call for help. We are proud to be able to use our equipment to support the front-line community by joining the 3D Crowd UK which has coordinated a huge movement to equip NHS...
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VeriVide Ltd have recently been appointed as approved representatives of NCS products in the UK. Paul Dakin, Director, commented "The addition of NCS colour products to the VeriVide portfolio provides the opportunity to assist more of our customers with their colour matching requirements." Kennet Vrågård, Business Development Manager, for NCS Colour AB made the following statement: NCS Colour AB is pleased to announce that it has recently appointed VeriVide Ltd as a...
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Register to the Make it British! Live ONLINE Event here. The live show is postponed until 2021.  For 3 continuous years, we have been adding the Make it British Live Show into our agenda, as it is a must-attend event for all UK manufacturers and suppliers. However, as the Live Show has been rescheduled on 9th and 10th March, we decided to go digital. We will be virtually exhibiting in the Make It British Online event on 24 & 25 September. Visit our virtual booth and...
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  Providing our equipment for many years to the composite and engineering industry, we are excited to announce that we will exhibit in Advanced Engineering UK 2019 on 30 – 31 October 2019 on Stand J22.                                                                         Advanced Engineering is the...
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The VeriVide team are back from yet another highly successful ITMA, full to the brim with new ideas, information and contacts, from one of the biggest and most attended textile events in the industry. ITMA 2019 was the event’s 18th edition and this year’s theme was ‘Innovating the World of Textiles’. ITMA is ran by CEMATEX and 2019 did not disappoint as visitor and exhibitor numbers were record-breaking. Mr Fritz P. Mayer, President of CEMATEX said, “The...
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The VeriVide team have returned from Make it British Live 2019. Make It British Live is the only event in the world that showcases the best of British manufacturers and producers of textiles, clothing and homeware, and VeriVide were in London to  hear about the latest innovations and meet people in the industry. The event, originally known as Meet the Manufacturer until 2018, changed its name to reflect its mission to encourage more business in Britain. Since the event first...
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We’ve always got our (Digi) eye on the future here at VeriVide, whether it’s developing and embracing new technology, raising our already-high standards or staying one step ahead of the latest trends, to name but a few. Investing in the future is also key, which is why we take an avid interest in the colour and design innovators of tomorrow. Indeed, VeriVide recently made a ground-breaking donation of two DigiEye colour imaging systems and two colour assessment cabinets to the...
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The curtain has just come down on the 91st Textile Institute World Conference and, with VeriVide a proud headline sponsor of the prestigious event, it was every bit the success we anticipated. The annual conference is the major date in the textile-world calendar. It is the flagship event of the Institute and the last 91 years have seen it grow into the huge, global occasion that it is today, with speakers travelling from every corner of the world. VeriVide were honoured to play our...
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One of the things we’re most proud of at VeriVide is that all our products are made in Britain. Even after more than 50 years since we launched, all our R&D, design, manufacture and testing is still carried out at our headquarters in Leicester: So it makes perfect sense that we’ll be exhibiting at the Make it British Live! event at the Old Truman Brewery, in London, on May 23-24. We’re fiercely passionate about manufacturing in the UK, particularly in...
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We are honoured to announce that we are the official sponsors of this year’s Colour Blast Dash happening on 29th April 2018 at Victoria Park in Leicester, which raises money for The Laura Centre. More about The Laura Centre The Laura Centre truly does amazing work and it’s great that we can do our bit and support such a wonderful organisation. Opened in 1991 by the bereavement charity COPE, The Laura Centre offers specialist bereavement counselling to parents who have lost a...
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The last few months have been very exciting at VeriVide’s HQ as four new employees have been welcomed to the team. We are continually looking for ways to improve all aspects of the business and the new employees will do just that by strengthening internal processes, improving overall standards of our products and services and ultimately ensuring we go above and beyond customer expectations. Last month we unfortunately said goodbye to Swapneil as his university placement came to an end,...
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In May, the VeriVide team will be heading over to Frankfurt in Germany to exhibit at this year’s Techtextil 2017. The event runs from the 9th - 12th May and is known as being the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens. Never heard of Techtextil 2017? Techtextil showcases the latest in textile technologies and their motto is ‘Connecting the Future’. Exhibitors travel from across the globe to present their textile innovation to visitors. Did...
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We are proud to announce that we won the International Trade Award at the Leicester Mercury Business Awards last Thursday (28/04/17). In our category, we were up against some great, inspirational businesses based in Leicester and knew we would have some competition. We were estastic when we made it as finalists in our category, so going along to the awards ceremony in the evening and being annouced as winners, we were over the moon! John Dakin, one of the VeriVide directors said,...
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We’re thrilled to announce that we have made it through to the finalist stage of the Leicester Mercury Business Awards 2017! Just goes to show that hard work does pay off! We have our fingers and toes crossed, as we’re up against some pretty amazing other businesses in the international trade award category. What are the Leicester Mercury Business Awards all about?   The Leicester Mercury Business awards was set up with the aim to not only celebrate success but to also...
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This year, ITMA Asia + CITME 2016 will be celebrating its 5th year and will be held between 21st – 25th October 2016 at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre (NECC) in Shanghai, China. We will be there showcasing our colour assessment cabinets, our unique leading-edge system DigiEye and the latest VL Luminaire development which provides both standard daylight and point-of-sale illuminants. We are committed to innovation in colour assessment and quality control. From...
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We have reached the midway point of ITMA 2015; the world’s most established textile and garment machinery exhibition, which kicked off on the Thursday 12th November and will run until Thursday 19th November. With this in mind, we thought we would run through the key points of ITMA 2015 so far. ITMA 2015 has attracted its largest number of exhibitors since its launch in 1951. Hosted at the Fiera Milano Rho, ITMA 2015 is celebrating its 17th year. This year the exhibition has...
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We are excited to be exhibiting at ITMA 2015 in Milan from the 12th to the 19th November 2015. Since 1951, ITMA continues to be the world’s most established textile and garment machinery exhibition. It is held every four years in a different location worldwide and is the place to go for the latest trends and innovative solutions, to gain new knowledge and find out the best practices and establish tactical professional relationships with industry leaders. As leaders in Visual &...
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Did you know that VeriVide lightboxes are used to assess all sorts of products? One product that you may not have thought of before is bank notes - one of our lighting cabinets has been spotted in the background of an interview during CBBC Newsround. 12 year old schoolgirl Kayla won a competition in which she designed a new banknote to raise money for Children in Need. It has been reported that the note will be a limited edition, with only 50 copies going in to circulation to...
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VeriVide Ltd is a member of the Made in Britain campaign and we use their flag logo on our products and on our website and documents. Since the company was formed in 1964 VeriVide’s products have been designed and manufactured in Britain at locations within Leicestershire. All VeriVide equipment is manufactured or assembled in our workshop in Enderby and where possible we source the materials from other UK companies preferably local to us. The woodwork and metalwork used to build the...
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VeriVide Ltd are demonstrating the new developments in LED technology at the CIE 2015 in Manchester from 29th June to 3rd July. John Dakin, Director of VeriVide and Michael Butterworth are representing VeriVide and are keen to share knowledge with other CIE members. Michael Butterworth, Colour Technical Manager, is seen showing a visitor a special split cabinet which was built to demonstrate the correct UV level for CIE D65 versus D65 without the correct level of UV....
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VeriVide have been appointed as one of only two official RAL distribution partners in the UK.http://www.ral-farben.de/content/application-help/sales-offices-worldwide.html We were warmly welcomed by Markus Frentrop, Global Head Sales & Marketing at RAL who signalled his continued commitment to RAL customers in the UK by his decison to increase the number of distribution partners. We now hold stock of a number of RAL products which can be purchased online for next day...
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Digital colour and appearance measurement at Techtextil Discuss DigiEye with VeriVide in Hall 3.0 stand H43 on the BTMA Pavilion VeriVide’s DigiEye non-contact, digital colour measurement system is proven in use in many industry sectors including food and pharmaceuticals, and specified by textile and associated manufacturers and retailers such as Adidas, Nike, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Marks & Spencer, Heathcoat Fabrics and Ikea. Its advanced yet easy-to-use technology...
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Colour assessment innovation Come and talk to us Hall E3, Stand H44 For any textile business pursuing accurate colour assessment, a visit to the VeriVide stand at ITMA Asia is a must.  VeriVide is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of ligh ting and imaging equipment for both visual and digital assessment of colour and appearance.  Best-in-class VeriVide products on working display at ITMA include: DigiEye digital colour assessment systems VeriVide is...
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Additional speaker announced! VeriVide are delighted to be organising a Pantone Summer 2015 Trend Presentation for designers which will be held at De Montfort University on Wednesday 4th December 2013. Carola Seybold, Sales Director Textile PANTONE EMEA is flying in from Germany to give the presentation and VeriVide will support her with product examples including trend books and be available to answer questions at the event. We will also have an additional presentation from...
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VeriVide are delighted to be supporting North Print and Pack 2013 being held at the Harrogate International Centre, situated right in the heart of Harrogate, the North Yorkshire spa town. NorthPrint is an invaluable opportunity for us to engage with existing and potential customers within Graphic and Printing sector and to listen and respond to the Colour Assessment Lighting needs of the Printing & Packaging industry. And as an official Pantone distributor, we will also be available to...
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Since the company was formed in 1964 VeriVide’s products have been designed and manufactured in Britain at locations within Leicestershire. So we are proud to show our on-going commitment to UK manufacturing by joining the Made in Britain initiative launched in 2011 by Stoves, the last British manufacturer of cookers. We will be displaying the Made in Britain campaign logo on our products, our marketing material and external literature. The Made in Britain initiative was launched at...
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Food color is an important factor influencing consumers; their verdict is universal: preferring colors to be consistent, accurate, and reliable. If your customers don’t like the color of your products, it is likely to be financially damaging your business. So why gamble on color when you can choose the precise, consistent and repeatable approach of DigiEye? DigiEye offers you results and data which are accurate, objective and quantifiable, supported with product imagery which can easy...
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Fantastic Response to New Applications We had an extraordinary response to the latest software now available for our DigiEye System at ITMA 2011, held recently in Barcelona. The image left, and those at the bottom the page, display our stand just before opening on the first day. Our new range of applications, reflect the challenging diversity of products and processes within the global apparel supply-chain.  At ITMA we demonstrated reliable and consistent applications for colour...
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Looking for better quality control in food and drink manufacture and processing?   VeriVide brings color and visual assessment into the picture on Booth #4229 VeriVide is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of equipment and systems for digital assessment of color and appearance. Its DigiEye imaging and data capture system in particular is increasingly used in the food supply chain.   Food producers looking for a faster way to check quality should definitely...
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