PROBURO
 ProBuro company was founded in 1994. For nine years it has grown from a small trading firm into one of the biggest players on the stationery and office market of Russia.
HISTORY
1994-1997:
The company specialized in supplying stationery and back-to-school products from the Czech Republic. Known from the Soviet times trademarks Koh-I-Noor, Centropen were very popular among Russian customers. By 1997 ProBuro reached the position of the biggest Czech stationery products importer and wholesaler.
1997-1999:
ProBuro extended the assortment of goods by direct supplies of high-quality products from Western Europe. The company started close business co-operation with the best Russian manufacturers.
1999-2000:
ProBuro became one of the leaders on Russian stationery market and gained the reputation of a reliable and advantageous business partner. The assortment range offered by ProBuro included more than 6000 items sourced from the best manufacturers from Europe, Russia and Asia. A large net of dealers covering all country regions was formed. The geography of supplies included not only the territory of Russia, but also the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
2000-2002:
ProBuro launched and introduced its own trademarks: "Boom" - for back-to-school and children items, "Proff" - for office and stationery goods.
2002:
ProBuro actively promoted trademarks Boom and Proff, offering the widest range of high-quality stationery goods at reasonable prices. According to the marketing surveys Boom reached one of the top points in popularity among Russian customers.
In 2005 ProBuro is represented by:
? a dealer net all over Russia and in the Republic of Belarus;
? four regional sales branches;
? "Office World" retail chain in Moscow;
? direct supplies to more than 450 retail shops in Moscow and Moscow region;
? Tomsk pencil factory;
? two offices in Moscow;
? a storage area complex of more than 5000 sq metres;
? more than 900 employees working for the company.
The ideology of our business is:
? to provide the maximum satisfaction of any customer demand for stationery products;
? to respond to the conjuncture of the market in a flexible way;
? to provide the highest level of service for any client;
? to offer only high-quality goods at best quality/price ratio.
The distribution system of ProBuro covers all the important distribution channels.
The main clients are large and middle-sized regional wholesalers of stationery and office products. It is really difficult to find a region on the map of our country where you could not buy products supplied by ProBuro.
Company regional branches first opened in 2001 serve as an important instrument of stable and predictable sales policy.
The retail chain "Office World" was created in Moscow in 2000, ProBuro is one of its shareholders. The company is in active co-operation with traditional retail shops in Moscow and Moscow region. At the same time Proburo is the key stationery supplier for the modern hypermarkets "Metro", "Auchan", "Ramstore", "Marktkauf" and others.
Corporate customers are supplied not only with stationery goods but also with everything one may need in a modern office.
ProBuro makes use of modern opportunities given by the Internet. There is an online wholesale order system on the company web-site www.proburo.ru where customers can find the assortment range, take a look at the pictures, get profound info concerning consumer features of the products and the prices, calculate possible discount and place an order. There is an Internet-shop for corporate customers on the web-site www.proburo-corp.ru with assortment range satisfying any office demand not only for stationery goods, but for office materials of daily-use, computer equipment and furniture as well.
ASSORTIMENT
 ProBuro assortment range:
? is universal;
? covers all commodity groups;
? represents all price categories.
One of the most important tasks of each company working in high competitive environment is to create an attractive assortment range.
ProBuro product policy aims at universality and maximum satisfaction of any demand of its customers. What do we mean by "universality"? Company aims at representing all main product and price segments of the stationery market.
The assortment range offered by ProBuro includes stationery and office goods of various groups and also by-products, for example, computer accessories and New Year decorations.
The main principle - high-quality goods at reasonable price - remains steady being one of ProBuro basic competitive advantages.
Formulating our offer we always keep up with the situation on the market and try to respond to the modern market trends in the most effective way.
Well-developed infrastructure of supplies helps the company to offer a wide range of goods. Any customer - would it be a large regional wholesaler, a branch bank, a retail shop or a private entrepreneur - can be sure that any order will be effected precisely, fully and in time.
The assortment range offered by ProBuro today includes more than 6000 items of stationery and office goods.
The assortment range of stationery goods offered by ProBuro includes the following major groups:
PAPER PRODUCTS
Paper products for office (paper for copying technique, fax rolls, check tape, writing and carbon paper, self-stick labels, paper for notes, sticker notes, organizers and phone-books, accounting books), paper products for children (sketch-books, drawing paper, notebooks, paper sets, copy-books, pupil's mark books, coloring books), calendars, diplomas.
WRITING AND DRAWING INSTRUMENTS
Pencils, ball pens, gel and free-ink rollers, markers, fibre-tip pens, paints, chalks, paintbrushes, erasers, pencil sharpeners, rulers, protractors, stencils, curves, compasses, rapidographs, drawing boards, tubules, briefcases for drawings, ink.
OFFICE STATIONERY
Ink pads, glue, correction products - tapes and fluids, punchers, staplers, staple removers, fasteners, drawing pins, staples, paper clips, scissors, cutters, desk organizers and sets, business accessories, daily consumption materials, business card holders, diaries, agendas, wallets, display books, lever arch files, briefcases, calculators, office boards, computer accessories, other office products.
CHILDREN ITEMS
Plasticine, pencil cases, satchels, children creativity sets, children games, teaching aids, globes, copybook covers, book racks.
Christmas and New Year decorations
PARTNERS
ProBuro sources goods from Austria, Italy, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, Finland, Russia, China, Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan.
Our suppliers are the leading European companies, well known Asian manufacturers and the best Russian producers. We introduce full assortment range of such world-known brands as Koh-I-Noor, Centropen, proOFFICE, Korona (Czechia), Helit, Herlitz", Rotring, M+R (Germany), Reynolds (France), Italian Files, Universal (Italy),
Rapid (Sweden), Storaenso (Finland), UNI Mitsubishi Pencil Co (Japan).
ProBuro develops its partner relationships with the best Russian manufacturers that produce only good-quality stationery products, such as "Alex", "Bumizdelia", "Gamma", "Globus", "SZLK", "Stamm", "Luch", "Svetogorsky CPC", "Krasin pencil factory", "Khudozhestvennye materiali" and many others.
Choosing a manufacturer we stick to the following criteria: high professional skills, concentration on long-term business model, good quality standard and reasonable price.
Leaders of the industry.
ProBuro company introduces the production of more than 100 manufacturers and
trademarks.
A great number of suppliers allows us to offer our customers exactly what they need
at the expected price.
We do our utmost to be the most predictable for our partners. Our customers know very well that we can always offer acceptable price level and the best cooperation terms.
OUR TRADEMARK
ProBuro company responds to the slightest changes in the market conjuncture. When a great demand for high quality goods became the leading tendency, the company introduced the trademarks Boom and Proff to its customers. The assortment range and prices of the trademarks are answering the market situation to the limit.
 The assortment range of Boom trademark includes a great variety of goods for children: black lead and color pencils, fibre-tip pens, ball-point pens, copy-books, albums and colored paper, erasers, paints, chalks, plasticine, pencil cases, satchels, school bags.
Boom assortment range is constantly renewed. ProBuro tries to make Boom production popular with a great number of potential customers. For example, new series of pencils and fibre-tip pens “Cat and Dog" and "Simsala Grimm" were introduced after the first series "Classic" to attract attention of children to Boom production. Every season new items are added to the collection of satchels, school bags. Boom assortment range is constantly renewed. ProBuro tries to make Boom products popular with a great number of potential customers. For example, new series of pencils and fibre-tip pens “Cat and Dog” and “Simsala Grimm” were introduced after the first series “Classic” to attention of children to Boom production. Every season new items are added to the collection of satchels, school bags and pencil cases. For instance in the year 2002 the assortment range included more than 60 items of pencil cases and 50 items of school bags and satchels. Attractive design not only makes the production original, but entirely create the trademark image.
Boom products are made for children, so only high-quality goods are introduced. New technologies and modern materials are used in the manufacturing process and the quality of the production is regularly tested. All the goods are up to the European quality standard and have Russian hygienic certificates.
 Proff trademark offers stationary and office production. All goods, necessary for any office and remarkable for their modern and original style, are combined under this trademark. Customers - either a trust-worthy bank or a small institution - will find everything for effective office work. Proff products have optimal price-quality ratio: you obtain maximal results at minimal expenses.
Proff assortment range includes the best and most essential goods for any office and organization: black lead pencils, ball-point and gel pens, gel and free-ink rollers, markers, highlighters; correction products, lever-arch and plastic files, briefcases, fax rolls, organizers, accounting books, copy-books, punchers and staplers, glue, adhesive tapes, drawing-pins, fasteners, paper clips etc.
Special attention is paid to quality. Proff goods are produced from the best raw materials - would it be granulate for polypropylene files or ink for markers. The production of the trademark is aimed at the markets of Europe, Japan and the USA and is up to European and Russian standards of safety for consumer products.
CO-OPERATION
ProBuro has the highest level of service due to long work experience on the stationary market. Our customers know that their order will be executed fully and in time. There is always a necessary number of the most popular goods in ProBuro warehouse.
Our managers work individually with every customer of the company, they are always ready to answer all questions and are helpful in solving any problem. For more convenience of the customers, there is a special free phone line. The transport department of the company guarantees delivery of goods to any region of Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States. For Moscow customers delivery is free of charge. The Department of Corporate Sales was specially formed to supply organizations with stationary and office production. Every customer can obtain there not only everything from the stationary assortment range, but what is necessary for effective work of any office: office-hold goods, products of daily consumption for office equipment, computer equipment, furniture, electric goods. Promotional materials and souvenir production may be personalized.
There is an Internet-shop of office goods on www.proburo-corp.ru. At present more than 6000 items can be ordered on-line. The production is delivered by the company courier service.
The customers of the Department are: Mosgorduma, Aeroflot, the USA Embassy, Gasprom, the Russian Standard Bank and many other well-known organizations and institutions.
ProBuro company is always ready to provide you with any information concerning the terms of work, the assortment range and prices. Our partners get company news by mail and e-mail regularly.
Nowadays only a company that uses modern technologies and aims at satisfaction of any demand of the market can be successful. ProBuro belongs to the described type of companies and constantly develops sales technologies. Our business is based on mutual respect and ProBuro makes every customer feel we’re interested in him.
We do our best to make our work more convenient for our customers. Such an approach towards the business organization guarantees us long and stable life on Russian stationary market.
CENTRAL OFFICE:
Vyborgskaya str., Moscow, 125319, Russia
Phone: + 7 (495) 785 1430
Fax: + 7 (495) 785 1433
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CORPORATE SALES DEPARTMENT:
Vyborgskaya str., Moscow, 125319, Russia
Phone: + 7 (495) 785 1432
Fax: + 7 (495) 785 1433
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