Who we are Core is one of the European leader brokers of empty and used printer cartridges. With more than 2 million cartridges collected in 2007, our company is able to fulfill the needs of the most demanding recyclers, empties brokers and consumables producers all over the World.
Core´s facilities consist of the Headquarters in Madrid, a 3100 square meter Logistics Platform in Valladolid, Spain, and 38 Local offices throughout Portugal, Spain and France.
History
Core was founded in 1997 by the Spanish businessmen Mr. Pablo Conde-Pumpido and Mr. Julio Guerrero. The franchise concept was developed in 2000.
At present Core has 38 operative branches in Spain, France and Portugal which collect empty cartridges from all type of end users. Many of these Local Offices also sell a wide variety of original and recycled computer consumables and devices.
Quality and Environment
Policy of quality of CORE SERVICIOS INFORMATICOS S.L ( CORE Group Central ) Core’s management is conscious of the importance of quality and we aspire to be fully trusted in such activities as the collecting, classification , storage and distribution of computing consumables. Quality is a right of the client and the objective of those working in our group. In Core we seek our client’s satisfaction, the increase of his confidence in us and satisfactory relationships for both parts. We want our clients to have with us a long-term commercial relationship and for this purpose we have been working to increase the quality of our services.
Being conscious that our clients need the best of qualities, we will seek excellence in the processes and providers in order to make this a reality. Our commitment to our clients demands our continuous improvement to get the highest level.
CORE and the enviroment
In environmental issues, as in medicine, it is better to prevent that to heal. That is why CORE makes substantial efforts to identify in advance importance sources of contamination, so as to avoid them. It is better to avoid than to correct. Thus , Core prevents the harming of the environment and guarantees the control and tracking of any activity that could damage the environment, diminishing in this way the environmental risks and at the same time following one of the main strategies of the enterprise: the constant improvement.
Culture of enterprise
Formal definition
The culture of enterprise refers to the identification of the essence of an enterprise and it is evidenced by reactions to incidents and problems, new opportunities of management or by the adaptation to internal or external changes or requirements, that are interiorized in the form of beliefs and collective philosophies and transmitted to new members of the organization as a way of life, behaviour and thought.
Purpose
To be the indisputable leaders in the buying and selling of used consumables at an international level. Mission.
To achieve our goal together with our employees and associates, joining our efforts in a common objective: the achievement of continuous business and personal success.
Values
-In core we value people beyond any economical or social consideration. -The relationship between employee and employer is one of total cooperation, since they complement one another. - The total cooperation is present in the relationship between the head office and its delegations, since the harmonic coexistence is a symptom of growth and long-term business life. -We value the world in which we live and we behave accordingly. We respect the environment, and we follow all the rules in this area -We respect our rivals since we like to be respected .It is thanks to them that we are better everyday since they make us get the most of us. -We understand our clients’ needs and for that reason we choose the total quality. We believe that quality is the road to the business success. -Seriousness, honesty and respect are our signs of identity.
General policy
In Core we are determined to adapt to the changes the market demands, developing and modernizing the system, always respecting our purpose, mission and values. We grow by our culture of enterprise and at the same time it grows with us as we exchange with persons and enterprises that share our way of thinking. |