Operations Manager Steve Holmes, along with Managing Director Helen Fewings and Director Rebecca Piek are united with the appointment of Bart Mann as General Manager of PhilStic Labels Ltd. He will spearhead our Executive Team and help drive PhilStic Labels into another 40 Years or manufacturing multi-layered and multilingual specialised Labels. He is also at the forefront of PhilStic’s Vision and Core Values. Creating relationships with our employees, suppliers and our customers for life.

Bart joined Philstic in August 2008 as a senior printer, a year later took on the role reel-fed supervisor. Then in 2018 Bart took on the role as Production Manager, running all operations, production schedules and working with suppliers.

Bart has over 36 years’ experience in self-adhesive labels since leaving school in 1984, serving his apprenticeship at Avery Labels. Having learned his trade from the ground-up, starting as a reel-fed letterpress printer, with this knowledge & experience Bart will help mentoring others and effectively lead the team at Philstic.

Bart is of Māori and Tongan descent affiliated to Ngāti Ruapani and Ngāti Kahungunu, and has familial ties to Vava'u, Tonga