PRESS RELEASE; September 2014

Active Products Become Approved Supplier for NMBS.

The Essex based business Active Products UK are delighted to announce their recent approved supplier status with the UK's largest buying society for independents, the National Merchant's Building Society Ltd (NMBS).

Active Products have reported a solid year of sales driven by a strong innovation agenda which is creating new year round retail opportunities for their high quality, affordable products spanning lighting, automotive, gardening, leisure and household.

Supplying some of the UKs largest retailers, Active Products is best known for their original AP lighting range created in 2003.

The recent collaboration with the NMBS will enable Active Products access to over 1,000 independent Builders, Timber, Hardware, Plumbing and Heating merchants who are current NMBS members with a collective buying power of £1.2 billion.

Ted McLoughlin Sales Director with Active Products for over 11 years comments. "We're delighted to have recently gained approved supplier status with the NMBS.With a number of exciting new products and exclusive distributor agreements gaining momentum, we are keen to continue widening our distribution footprint, forging deeper relationships with independent merchants who we hope will find our popular products unique, sensibly priced, with good margin opportunities."

The last two years for Active Products has seen them securea number of exclusive UK distributorships including No Weed™ Dansand®, Green Tyre, Stanley PPE and with US basedTurtle Wax, the world's leading brand in car care products. Combined with their own label AP ranges including AP ProSeries Torches and the new AP Flood Alert products should make their versatile products a great fit for the NMBS collective.

As the most successful buying society in the UK, the NMBS primary objective is to offer their members great deals and a cost effective route to the independent market place.

Steve Harris, Senior Category Manager at NMBS comments ‘NMBS are pleased to welcome Active products as a new supplier to the membership, with an extensive range of Torches, lighting and associated builders products at competitive prices there is something for every NMBS member.'