42 PRT GROUP /SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2021 2.3. PRT Group’s suppliers PRT and the brands KimiPrint and Ki-Shirt resort to several types of suppliers, each operating in the processing of the respective assignments. With reference to the Beinasco plant, the mother companys’ suppliers can be grouped into 4 categories, depending on their specific supplied items: - Materials: Paper is the raw material used to create the final products, and in this case, it comes in reels and envelopes to send letters. PRT requests suppliers to hold the FSC and PEFC certifications. Besides paper, other materials allow to prepare products, such as aluminum and ink. Moreover, packaging materials, pallets, cling films, adhesive tape, and pallet straps are all needed to pack final products. - Finishing: it includes some processing following the production of printed materials, that is, cutting, folding and envelope packaging. All of that is commissioned to specialized suppliers outside the company. - Customization: For some specific commissions, a customer may request some degree of customization for envelopes, such as including brands or specific colors. PRT asks its suppliers to use only FSC-certified envelopes and it provides them directly, in order to prevent the use of non-certified products. The use of exclusively certified materials is controlled by inspectors; that is how the Group is able to keep its certifications. - Transportation: PRT Group entrusts deliveries of its products to Italian or foreign companies. PRT’s suppliers (Beinasco plant) Local Italian International Transportation Transportation Paper Envelopes Envelopes Inks Finishing Paper Envelopes Label factories Customization Adhesive paper Inks Adhesive paper Transportation Aluminum plates Finishing Wooden pallets Label factories Extensible cling films Inks Adhesive tape Adhesive tape Boxes Boxes Natural rubber Natural rubber Pallet straps Wooden wedges
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