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CAPS & CLOSURES | METAL CONTAINERS | FOOD & DRINK | CONTRACT PACKING
retail
Packaging
July/August 2014
FLEXIBILITY FIRST
Your Leading partner in personal care
manufacture.
CUTTING EDGE KIT
Superfast Labels and its Epson
SurePress L-4033A deliver salon style
X MARKS THE SPOT
Yorkshire Packaging Systems celebrate
decades of success with Flexo Servo X
DOING THE BUSINESS
Invoice finance feeds fortunes of USP
food packaging firm
www.retailpackagingmag.co.uk
@Packaging_Mag
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THIS ISSUE
4 INDUSTRY NEWS
All the essential info on the people
making the packaging business boom
8 PRODUCT NEWS
The lowdown on all the latest releases,
renovations, revisions and revolutions
10 CAPS & CLOSURES:
GLOBAL CLOSURE SYSTEMS
VP of GCS, STEPHANE TONDENIER,
explains what it takes to become
King of Closures
12 CAPS & CLOSURES:
GUALA CLOSURES
Making caps and closures across
the continents, we peak behind
the scenes and see how slick its
production process is
14 TOILETRIES: M&H PLASTICS
HOWARD FROST, Marketing
Manager at M&H takes us on a tour
of the market-leading manufacturer
16 METAL CONTANERS:
ASHFIELD EXTRUSION
Upping the aluminium ante, Ashfield
metal-guru, GLENN TYERS,
talks Torq, TIGI and trying out Al
18 METAL CONTAINERS: MPMA
Stating the case for the tough stuff,
MPMA Director and CEO, Nick
Mullen, explains why metal is forever
20 CONTRACT PACKING: BMCPA
Chief Executive of the Association,
RODNEY KING, expounds the
importance of keeping up with
UK shows
ON THE BALL
22 CONTRACT PACKING:
OFFICE DEPOT
Promoting packaging that’s wellpresented and fit-for-purpose,
MIKE McCREESH talks transit
26 FOOD & DRINK PACKAGING:
PERCEPTION RESEARCH SERVICES
Here to help drive success in the
food and drink sector, PRS’s
GRANT MONTAGUE shows how
28 FOOD & DRINK PACKAGING:
ZIGGURAT
Proving that healthy can be tasty,
MD ADRIAN COLLINS, says
the first bite is with the eye
30 MACHINERY NEWS
This issue’s round up of some of the
sharpest new tools of the packaging trade
32 ENVIRONMENT MATTERS:
SMITHERS PIRA
DOMINIC CAKEBREAD explains
why we should never underestimate
the power of pulp
33 ENVIRONMENT MATTERS:
ACE UK
Taking action against eco-impact,
CEO RICHARD HANDS, looks to
wood-fibre paperboard as the future
38 INDUSTRY INSIGHT:
JENTON & PPMA
The inside info from the MD of Jenton
International and Chairman of PPMA
Group of Associations, RICHARD LITTLE
6159 for period
1st January to 31st December 2013
Surprises – some surprises can be good; like surprise parties,
surprise bank notes being discovered in the pocket of your
discarded jeans, or the surprise of bumping into an old friend
while on holiday. But aside from these examples, surprises are
generally nasty twists of fate that assault you when you get too comfortable with
the world, the acts of a vengeful god, or karma coming round to kick bottom for
something you did yonks ago.
Predictability, meanwhile, is something nobody can argue with – for example,
while I would have loved England to get through the World Cup group stages,
good old predictability told me not to be so foolishly optimistic, thus saving me from
the heightened crushing disappointment which surely would have followed. The
predictability of England putting in a sluggish, lack-lustre performance meant that
I didn’t bother expending any energy on, erm, what’s it called again? Ah, yes, ‘hope’.
And this is very much the case in business too – surprises always tend to be of
the negative variety. But while taking your business down the tried and trusted path
of predictability may seem like the safer option, the truth is that it’s fatal to stop
innovating.
Fortunately, this is not a trap packaging has fallen into. A unique arena where
products and techniques constantly evolve to suit ever-new demand from consumers,
the government and environmentalists alike, settling for the predictable has never
been an option – a double-whammy for those of us that commentate on it as there’s
always something new to talk about and talking about an industry that’s constantly
on the ball and scoring goals is far more entertaining than talking about England
failing to do the same.
On which tenuous World Cup-related note we arrive at this issue – a celebration
of all that aforementioned innovation, evolution and fancy industry footwork, it’s a
priceless collection of pages packed with packaging fact worth even more than a
Blatter back-hander!
Stuart Pritchard
Editor
[email protected]
@Packaging_Mag
FRONT COVER
HLP Klearfold is the largest and most experienced producer of plastic
folding cartons and a leading provider of custom thermoforming and clear/
transparent plastic tubes and rounds of more than 40 years. We offer an
expansive and often exclusive range of capabilities and employ the most
advanced printing, decorating and converting technologies. We pride
ourselves on the highest level of quality, personalised customer service,
quick turnaround times, flawless execution, and very competitive pricing.
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July/August 2014
FLEXIBILITY FIRST
Your Leading partner
in personal care
manufacture.
CUTTING EDGE KIT
Superfast Labels and
its Epson
SurePress L-4033A
deliver salon style
X MARKS THE SPOT
Yorkshire Packaging
Systems celebrate
decades of success
with Flexo Servo X
DOING THE BUSINES
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Invoice finance feeds
fortune of USP
food packaging firm
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RETAIL PACKAGING INDUSTRY NEWS
COMING TO THE PONT
FREE-GROWTH AT FRIEDHIEM
It’s onwards and upwards over at leading finishing equipment
supplier Friedheim International, as it strengthens its sales team
with the appointment of two finishing specialists.
Covering East Anglia, the Home Counties and Midlands will
be Stuart Morrison who has more than 20 years’ worth of
experience in the printing and graphic arts industries, and whose
previous employers have included Dainippon Screen and
Morgana.
Adam Drummond also has more than 20 years’ worth of
industry experience; his past employment has included working
for the reprographics company Heidelberg and Morgana. Adam
will now be responsible for covering printing and finishing
companies in the South and South West.
Says Mark Bristow, Managing Director of Friedheim
International: “We are very pleased to have two such
experienced individuals as Stuart and Adam join Friedheim. Their
appointments highlight this company’s continued commitment to
the printing and graphic arts industries, and both have decided
to join Friedheim because of our long-established reputation for
selling the widest range of premium post-press and packaging
solutions to printing and finishing companies, thereby providing
so many opportunities for adding value and reducing costs to
their production processes.”
www.friedheim.co.uk
Stuart Morrison
nd
Adam Drummo
Industry News
All the essential info on the
people making the retail packaging business boom…
TURNAVISUAL
TURNS MOBILE
Bringing the tech bang up to date,
TurnAvisual from RPC Superfos –
the innovative tool which allows
packaging designers to create
artwork on 3D digital models of
their chosen container – has now
also become available on mobile
devices.
Working with TurnAvisual
reduces costs and speeds up timeto-market, and it’s easy to use to
boot – after selecting the
container from an online library,
TurnAvisual app now available for mobiles
just a few clicks allows the
designer to generate a draft
depicting their artwork as it will look on the finished pack. Once done, it can be shared immediately with
others online – and making the application available on smartphones and tablets means users don’t even
have to be in front of the computer to contribute.
Product Design Manager Torben Noer from RPC Superfos explains: “Within moments you get a
revolving visualisation of your packaging in 3D. Your 3D files can be shared on mobile devices using
dedicated apps or simply as 3D PDF files. This is an extremely fast way to share creations with others and
invite feedback. With TurnAvisual we have a great platform for brand owners and designers to come
together virtually while working on the decoration of our packaging. It will speed up time-to-market, save
costs and take design work to the next level.”
The system is secure and confidential information can be hidden or access restricted. Users can even
create a private library or have several libraries in case a designer works with a handful of brands each of
which have their own design teams.
Using TurnAvisual is free for RPC Superfos customers, so to create an account follow the link below.
http://superfos.turnavisual.com/
T: +45 5911 1110
E: [email protected]
www.rpc-superfos.com
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One of the country’s longest standing packaging
companies begins a whole new chapter this summer
when Johnsen & Jorgensen, the UK-based division of
Pont Europe, is formally relaunched as Pont Packaging.
The company first merged with Pont Europe in
2011 and has latterly traded in the UK as J&J Pont
Packaging. It was, however, first established in 1884
by two young Norwegians who began importing an
unlikely combination of bottles and polar bear skins
into London. Since then the company has remained
true to that tradition of product diversity, growing into
one of the UK's leading container packaging
specialists.
Today, the business continues to source an
extensive portfolio of packaging products across a
range of key markets including food and drink,
personal care and pharmaceutical and the industrial
and chemicals sector. Its ability to anticipate and
quickly adapt to market-demand has not just sustained
it through the difficult economic conditions of recent
times but has been its blueprint for success for well
over a century.
Moreover, the company now believes this position
has been further reinforced by its merger with Pont
Europe. Operating internationally from facilities in
Germany, France, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain,
Pont is itself the leading pan-European distributor of
glass and plastic jars, bottles, closures and accessories,
focusing on the same core markets as well as specific
emphasis on the vitamins and mineral supplements
(VMS) sector.
The company’s UK offices in Dartford, Manchester
and Glasgow will be unaffected by the change, other
than to benefit from Pont’s own design and sourcing
capabilities which enable it to provide an extensive
range of patented bespoke container moulds to satisfy
customers’ specific packaging requirements.
T: 0161 874 1930
www.ponteurope.com
Christopher Hart
arrives at Americk
INDUSTRY NEWS RETAIL PACKAGING
FANUC UNITED
Renowned designer, manufacturer and
supplier of factory automation products
FANUC has unified its UK divisions under
one brand: FANUC UK Limited. This move
allows the company to deliver a more
integrated approach to automation
solutions while becoming a smarter and
more efficient partner to its customers. The
rebrand, effective immediately, integrates
FANUC’s three core UK businesses: FANUC
ROBOTICS, FANUC FA and FANUC
All FANUC divisions sent to Coventry…
ROBOMACHINE.
Driven by customer demands, as well as the relocation of a number of employees to the company’s
head office facility in Coventry, the rebrand allows FANUC UK to continue to add value and strengthen its
customer service offering in response to the increasing demand for factory automation.
FANUC UK brings together former divisions: Factory Automation (FA), which manufactures CNC
controls, drive systems and laser systems and has a 65% market share in the global CNC control sector;
FANUC ROBOTICS, which manufactures the widest range of robots in the world for applications ranging
from micro electronics assembly to the forging of precision aerofoils for jet engines; and FANUC
ROBOMACHINE, which manufactures Robodrill vertical machining centres, Robocut EDM machines and
Roboshot electric injection moulding machines.
www.fanuc.eu
GET LEANER
WITH EFIA
The Board of the European
Flexographic Industry
Association (EFIA) has
announced the addition of a
new module to its Academy
online flexo training
package. The new module
overviews the principles and
application of Lean
Manufacturing in Flexo
Printing scenarios and can be
viewed on a PC, iPad, iPhone
or any mobile device.
Accredited by the UK
National Skills Academy,
Academy is the only
flexographic printing training package available in the UK developed by industry experts for the
benefit of the entire flexographic print supply chain. It is now even easier to register onto the
Academy through the online registration form which can be found on the Academy page www.
efia-academy.org.
To find out more about the new Lean Manufacturing Module, getting support from Academy
training for your organisation or to join The European Flexographic Industry Association, please
contact Debbie Waldron-Hoines on [email protected] or visit below.
www.efia.uk.com
AMERICK TAKE HART
Christopher Hart MBA has been appointed as the new CEO of the Americk Packaging Group, effective
as of this month. Mr Hart joins Americk Packaging having held a wide-range of successful senior
leadership positions within Automotive, Chemical Coatings and Plastic Packaging Industries. Since
September of 2008 he served as Managing Director of Food Service for Coveris Global Rigid Business
Sector, which operates across Europe in 16 countries.
“I am delighted and honoured to have been asked to take on this role, and excited about the
possibilities that lie in our future,” says Chris. “Our strategy is to develop our existing businesses further
in order to realise our vision of being the market-leader in UK and expanding globally to create longterm shareholder value. Our objective is to maximise the existing companies’ potential so that each
business is supported to achieve its goals. Where it makes sense to do so, we will pursue shared
opportunities between the businesses, but not at the expense of focus, strength, discipline and
individuality of each one.”
Americk Packaging boasts a portfolio of leading and well established operations in the labelling,
cartons and flexibles markets based in the Republic of Ireland and the UK. It is understood that
expansion plans may include further acquisitions.
www.americkpackaging.com
Ryan Perrington
and Tom Wilkie
join GWP
DESIGN DUO FOR GWP
A long-established market-leading designer and
manufacturer of specialist protective packaging
products, the GWP Group, has announced the
appointment of two designers to their specialist team,
enabling the company to offer further product and
packaging design capabilities. Ryan Perrington joins the
company as a packaging designer and Tom Wilkie has
been appointed as trainee product designer.
Over the last decade, the number of specialised
packaging related design courses have been in decline,
which has had a knock-on effect on the number of
people with the skills and knowledge needed by GWP.
Ryan’s background in retail and point of sale design
has equipped him with the necessary skills and he will
be designing and developing existing corrugated and
correx packaging. Tom, meanwhile, will be working
across the Group, helping the team to develop new and
innovative packaging designs. Although this is Tom’s first
packaging-specific role since graduating from the
University Portsmouth with a degree in product design
and engineering, his experience in working with similar
software, enthusiasm and aptitude for design
highlighted him as having the potential to fulfil a key
role in the design team.
T: 01793 754 444
www.gwp.co.uk
BFP BOARD FOR HALL
Big news over at the BFP as David Hall, the Chief Executive of
the Polypipe Group PLC, is elected as Vice-President of the
British Plastics Federation, the trade body for the UK’s
£19-billion turnover plastics industry.
An honours graduate in mechanical engineering, Hall
brings with him almost 20 years’ worth of experience at
board level in the construction products sector of the plastics
industry. Along the way he has also acquired
in-depth experience of the BPF, having served as a former
President of the BPF’s Plastics Pipes Group, traditionally one of
the BPF’s most strongly supported Business Groups, and as a
member of the Federation's Council, its supervisory
body. Additionally he has been very active in the Construction
Products Association and currently serves as a Vice-Chairman.
“I am delighted to be
given this opportunity to
carry out the role of
BPF’s Vice President and to
share in the overall
leadership of the
Federation,” David says.
“Manufacturing is critical to
the UK economy and I am
keen to put my experience,
gleaned within construction
products manufacturing, to
broader use in the wider
plastics industry.”
David Hall steps up at the BFP
www.bpf.co.uk
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RETAIL PACKAGING PROFILE - NEWS
Free App from M&H Plastics
Duo wins new contract with ChicBaby.com
Mobile apps have really
changed the way people use
their mobile phones. Today,
every person who owns a
smartphone has an amazing
world of interesting apps to
choose from. M&H Plastics
recently launched a free App
on the Apple and Android
platforms to help customers
select from a range of over
1,300 packaging product
formats. Working in a similar
way to the search facility on
their website, the app allows customers to identify and select samples for a vast range of
products either by product code or by shape, material, volume and neck finish. Advanced
options are also available for height and brimful searches as well as cap combinations. 03
Duo UK has won a contract with Londonbased ChicBaby.com to produce branded
packaging for the online retailer’s shipment
of baby and maternity goods, which will be
shipped to over 30 countries around the
world.
The Manchester-based packaging
manufacturer, which turns over £25m, was
chosen following a client recommendation.
The contract will see Duo provide branded
polythene packaging for the premium
online children’s wear retailer’s postal orders, both in the UK and overseas.
Duo has produced a quality branded dual-strip returnable mailing bag for ChicBaby.com
which will help customers process returns efficiently. The bags manufactured by Duo also
enable customers to participate in ChicBaby.com’s innovative “Give&Get Global Clothing
Drive”. This is a program that enables customers to refill the shipping bags with clothes that
no longer fit their children and ship them to a partner charity in their own country.
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Tel: 01502 715518 | www.mhplastics.com
Tel: 0161 203 5767 | www.duo-uk.co.uk
Tri-Label on cloud nine after scooping another
top award
LINPAC Elite tray picks up its first award
Tri-Label Online, the innovative cloudbased labelling service, has added yet
another gong to its collection after
being named winner of the New
Sandwich Product Award at this year’s
Sammies which took place in London
on 15 May 2014. Tri-Label Online
scooped the top prize in the
product/equipment section of the
category. Judges said they felt that
the Tri-Label system was “innovative and a flexible approach to providing labelling
information”. The ground-breaking, easy-to-use and low-cost cloud software package is
flexible and updateable, eliminating the need to buy new software discs whenever labelling
regulations change. Sandwich retailers access Tri-Label Online via a secure web portal,
through which they can amend and self-print their labels as required.
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The Rfresh Elite® tray for meat
and fish products by LINPAC
Packaging has scooped its first
award. The LINPAC team was
presented with a PackTheFuture
Award, which recognises
sustainability in plastic packaging,
at a ceremony held during
Interpack in Dusseldorf.
Organised by ELIPSO, the French
Plastic and Flexible Packaging
Association, and IK, the German
Plastics Packaging Association,
PackTheFuture 2014 focuses on
promoting the innovative and creative potential of plastic packaging to the public.
Rfresh Elite claimed its award in the Ecodesign category in which judges considered
factors such as recyclability, source reduction and weight reduction.
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Tel: 020 8443 9119 | www.tri-label.co.uk
Tel: 01977 692111 | www.linpacpackaging.com
Denny Bros Pharmaceutical Open Day Highlights
the Need for Clearer and More Accurate Labelling
Keenpac’s ‘Pride Challenge’ raises £2468 for
charities
Staff at retail and product packaging
specialist, Keenpac, have recently
raised a total of £2468 for a number of
nominated charities, by organising and
taking part in a collection of team
initiatives.
Having nominated a leader, a team
name and chosen a charity, the 5
participating teams were allocated £10
each. The challenge was for every team to use their £10 and come up with creative and
entrepreneurial ideas to accumulate more money. The teams had one month in which to
create as much money as possible, with the winners being the team that collected the most.
The teams put on various enterprising activities. The eventual winners were the
Packaging Peddlars team with their stationary bike ride to London, who raised £845 for their
chosen charity LOROS, a local Leicester hospice. 47
Email: [email protected] | www.keenpac.com
Led by keynote speaker, BBC TV’s Dr Rosemary Leonard, the day included a mix of
presentations, machine demonstrations and tour of the key areas of Denny Bros’
Pharmaceutically accredited facility.
Talking from a GP perspective, Dr Leonard, highlighted the critical role that packaging
and labelling played in delivering clear messages on drugs – especially where the elderly
and those taking many medicines are concerned. Multiple brand names for the same generic
drug can cause much confusion.
Omar Ali, an Educational Consultant to the NHS, expanded on this subject further and
emphasised the extent of the needless fatalities and injuries sustained as a result of poorly
designed and branded labels. With colour-coding and drug types clearly displayed, the
statistics could be greatly reduced.
Supporting speakers included Jim Kaye from Atlantic Zeiser, Paul Beamish from
Ravenwood Packaging and Dennys’ Sales & Marketing Director, Stephen Jarrold.
Commenting on the event, Stephen Jarrold said: “The day was a great success and the
feedback we have received in terms of our speakers has been fantastic. Overall it has been
an education and one that we hope our delegates have learnt from considerably. It was also
beneficial to be able to demonstrate the different types of technology we are able to provide
in assisting with the compliance of pharmaceutical labelling – especially our new Validata
machine.”
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For further information, contact Natalie Bonner at Denny Bros on:
Tel: 01284 701381 | Email: [email protected] | www.dennybros.com
UNI Packaging increase capability with HP Indigo
20000 Digital Press investment
Following their acquisition
in June of the Merseysidebased flexible packaging
printer, Arteb, UK & Europe
based flexible packaging
group, UNI Packaging, are
set to increase their digital
print capability with the
arrival of a HP Indigo 20000
Digital Press. The press, which provides a 30-inch (750mm) wide-web solution for flexible
packaging and sleeves, will be located at UNI Packaging’s ICPACK facility in Périgny, France
and will be operational in September 2014.
UNI Packaging launched their digital print offering under their Digiflex® brand two years
ago. Their initial investment in an HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press provides the ideal solution
for short run, multiple product SKUs, as well as extended marketing and traceability activities
through its variable data printing capabilities.
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Tel: 01875 616920 | www.uniuk.co.uk
PROFILE - NEWS RETAIL PACKAGING
Faerch Plast publishes first annual Corporate
Social Responsibility report
UNI Packaging acquire UK based flexible
packaging business
Faerch Plast – one of Europe’s
leading producers of plastic
containers for the food industry –
has published its first annual
Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) report, which gives
stakeholders an inside view of the
company’s CSR strategy, priorities
and performance on its
sustainability goals and CSR
initiatives. The report is available online at www.faerchplast.com downloads.
Faerch Plast’s CSR report provides an annual review of the Group’s responsible business
performance during 2013. It shows how the company is adapting its business model and
pursuing a strategy that delivers sustainable performance, driven by values and adherence to
the ten principles of the UN Global Compact.
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In a move to complement its existing UK
based business, UNI UK, the UNI Packaging
Group has recently announced the acquisition
of flexible packaging specialists, Arteb Printing
Ltd. Based in St Helens, Merseyside, Arteb has
over 30 years experience in the flexible
packaging sector. Operating from six
production sites across France, UNI Packaging
provide a full range of flexible packaging
solutions including: Gravure, flexographic and
digital printing, vacuum pouch and standup
pouch manufacture, lamination, laser scoring,
co-extrusion and logistics. With a turnover in
excess of €104m, the UNI Packaging Group
employs over 300 people in sites and offices
across 15 countries.
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Tel: 020 8254 2300 | www.faerchplast.com
Tel: 01875 616920 | www.uniuk.co.uk
More ‘Horseplay’ from National Flexible
Interpack Success for AutoCoding Systems
Battle Hayward & Bower are driving
innovation with stand up pouches for
their horse treats. The “Lincoln”
treats have better pack stability, as
well as being re-closable.
The horse treats needed stability,
tear notches allow easy opening and
the zip feature enables a re-close
feature. Gravure printing was chosen
to give a strong depth of colour.
According to Robert Murray “We
hadn’t used pouches before, but
National Flexible helped us with the most cost effective pouch size, film specification and
film trialling. We were delighted with the finished packs”.
For further details on the product/packaging please contact Sheena Vaughan, National
Flexible
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AutoCoding Systems exhibited for the
first time at Interpack this year in the
PPMA Great Britain Pavilion and were
delighted with the interest received in
their entry level AutoCoding product.
Visitors to the stand saw
demonstrations of the newly developed
entry level AutoCoding solution initially
aimed at OEMs and System Integrators.
Building on the success of Pack Expo
where AutoCoding Systems appointed
numerous US and Australian System
Integrators, expansion plans continued at Interpack where the AutoCoding team met with
senior personnel from all corners of the globe to discuss potential partnership opportunities.
Many equipment manufacturers immediately recognised the benefits of the solution, not only
for the set-up and control of their own equipment, but for other brands which they often
encountered on a packaging line.
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Tel: 01274 685566 | Email: [email protected]
www.nationalflexible.co.uk
Tel: 01928 790444 | www.autocodingsystems.com
Wonderfil™: The low cost, high reliability answer
to protective packaging
LennoKraft – white kraft paper for a variety of
applications
With the small to medium-sized user in mind,
Ambassador Antalis is launching the Wonderfil™
Wrap system, a simple, low-cost yet highly reliable
packaging solution manufactured by Sealed Air.
Wonderfil™ is an air-packet void-fill solution
system that will stabilise and secure packaging,
ensuring products maintain their original form.
Wonderfil™ is always ready for use – the
intelligent feed system detects when an inflated
wrap has been removed, and will automatically
inflate the next section of wrap material.
Wonderfil™ offers a small carbon footprint, plus
the wrapping material is recyclable with other
polyethylene materials giving Wonderfil™ sound
green credentials.
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Stora Enso broadens its packaging paper offering
with LennoKraft, a white, one-side coated kraft
paper. LennoKraft features high tensile and tear
resistance, coupled with high stiffness and
excellent bending and burst resistance. The
coated kraft paper also stands out thanks to its
high bulk and high opacity. Its strength
characteristics and visual appearance make it an
ideal choice for a variety of packaging
applications for the food and non-food industries.
LennoKraft is produced at Uetersen mill in
Germany in basis weights of 90, 110 and 140 g/m². Its white, glossy surface supports
printing of attractive images in gravure, flexographic and offset printing. Applications include,
for example, single- or multiwall bags and sacks, grocery bags, pouches banderols and
envelopes. Free of charge samples can be requested by e-mail to:
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Tel: 0870 2411466 | www.ambassador-antalis.co.uk
[email protected]
Tel: +49 4122 719 685 | www.storaenso.com/specialitypapers
Bollinger chooses PPS once again for prestigious
packaging
Barrier solution for nutrition supplement
After four years of working with one of the
world’s leading Champagne houses, Bollinger
has once again turned to PPS, an
InnerWorkings company, to provide
the packaging for another of its
prestigious cuvées.
On this occasion PPS was asked
to produce a luxurious, eye-catching
box for Bollinger’s celebrated R.D
Champagne, which stands for
Recently Disgorged; a style
introduced for the first time by
Madame Bollinger in 1967.
The concept for the box was
produced by Johann Klaus Graeber.
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Tel: 01274 623530 | www.p-p-s-ltd.com
RPC Containers Corby has produced a
convenience-size multilayer polypropylene
bottle for Vegenat’s oral clinical nutrition range.
The new 200ml bespoke bottle offers a more
modern-looking design, ergonomic, effective
product protection and preservation, and
excellent functionality during filling and for the
end consumer. Based in Spain, Vegenat
specialises in dietetic food and clinical
nutrition. The eye-catching design has been
developed for over-the-counter sales in
pharmacies as well as in hospitals. The bottle
is blow moulded using a six-layer construction,
comprising PP for durability and EVOH for
barrier protection against oxygen ingress and
to avoid degradation of the formulation’s
critical ingredients.
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Tel: 01536 263488 | www.rpc-corby.co.uk
RETAIL PACKAGING PRODUCT NEWS
A SENSE OF CLOSURE
Expanding the Euro-options, Rieke has unveiled a new range of
closures for the European food industry. The wide selection of closures
includes screw caps for plastic and glass jars, and flip-top closures. In
addition, the company can offer complementary specialist products
such as plastic food scoops and customised moulding, with typical
applications including spreads, nutraceuticals and convenience foods.
The closures will initially be supplied by Rieke’s specialist company,
Innovative Molding, in the USA, with the future intention of
establishing a European manufacturing base to provide localised
supply as the business grows; an important aim, especially as Rieke
says it has already received a number of orders for 63mm and 70mm
closures for several leading brands in Europe.
“We already know the European food market extremely well through our vast range of dispensers, and we recognise
there are many additional opportunities to be pursued for closures,” explains Paul Blankert, Rieke’s European Sales and
Marketing Director. “With Innovative Molding we have the in-depth knowledge and experience to meet these needs and we
are delighted to be bringing this expertise to the European market.”
www.riekepackaging.com
Product News
The lowdown on the latest releases, renovations, revisions and revolutions…
UTTERLY OATLY
Oatly, the oat-based milk-alternative, is to reveal a
complete brand overhaul this month, an overhaul
designed to capture the imagination of what it
describes as its ‘informed consumers’. This
redesign will play out across packaging, a new
website and brand messaging with a focus on
Oatly becoming more appealing to an increasingly
health and environmentally conscious market.
The focus on a more sustainable life is
something that has been at the heart of Oatly
since the beginning, with the original product
being developed to produce significantly fewer
carbon emissions than cows’ milk, allowing
consumers to work toward reducing their carbon
footprint. The overall brand ambition now is to
shift from a food production company to a
lifestyle brand and bring the Oatly way of life to
as many people as possible, highlighting the
benefits of life ‘without the cow’ (insert 70s comedian-style
sexist wife joke here).
The new visual identity has been spearheaded by awardwinning Swedish agency Forsman & Bodenfros, who won
acclaim for their work with Ikea, UNICEF and e.on, as well the
recently lauded Volvo advert featuring Jean Claude Van
Damme performing The Epic Split.
Speaking about the new brand personality, Toni Petersson,
CEO said: ‘Back in the 1990s people thought we were crazy
for making milk without the cow. It’s now 2014 and we know
that people are ready. Our packaging is unlike anything else
on the shelves and will create real stand-out. Our advertising
tells the story of Oatly with a compelling message for the post
milk generation.”
www.oatly.co.uk
THE MILLERS TALE
Following some thinking outside of the box, RPC Containers UKSC and Halstead are producing a bespoke
5-litre oil pack for leading producer Millers Oils featuring a unique dispensing closure that allows the oil to be
fully controllable and to flow freely and easily.
A cunning new closure incorporating a special valve that twists open and shut to control the flow, as the
oil is dispensed out of the spout, a smaller opening below sucks air back through the clever closure and into
the base of the container, which prevents a vacuum forming and helps keep the oil flowing freely.
The resulting Flowcontrol bottle features a ‘straight curved’ shape where each curve comes to a defined
edge, similar to several of the latest car designs. This, together with a wide labelling area, helps to create a
distinctive presence for the pack on shelf. The handle extends into the distinctive closure on top of the
container, whilst the closure itself is produced in a contrasting colour to the main pack – a grey bottle with silver
closure for Millers Oils’ premium range, and a silver and blue combination for the company’s workshop range.
www.rpc-rushden.co.uk
COMPACT
KILLER
Following the success of the
5-litre bottle for Roundup
Pump‘NGo ready-to-use
weedkiller, brand, owner
Monsanto has joined forces with
RPC Gent to develop and expand
the range to include a userfriendly 2.5-litre version.
The bottle’s smaller size
makes it easier to carry and
store, while the pack is still large
enough to tackle significant areas
and patches of weeds, and once
the handle and spout are
attached to RPC’s bottle, the
unique Pump ‘NGo pressurised
system offers users three minutes
of continuous spray, which
means weeds can be tackled
simply and swiftly. Ready mixed
for convenience, there is no
messing around required so
gardeners can get on with
treating weeds.
A money-saving refill, one of
RPC’s standard bottles, is also
available so that users can simply
top-up the sprayer system and
start again if new weeds appear
throughout the summer.
T: +32 (0) 9 250 0611
www.rpc-gent.be
CROWN-ING
GLORY
Crown Aerosols and Speciality
Packaging Europe has recently
unveiled two newly designed
coffee tins for the prestigiously
fancy Fortnum & Mason brand.
For Fortnum & Mason’s
premium coffee range Crown
developed an elegant tin that perfectly highlights the quality associated with the iconic British department
store brand. The intricately crafted tin, decorated with a deep peachy copper flourish, is both unique and
dynamic, subtly combining a smooth satin finish with a light powdered effect. A sophisticated metallic sheen
is combined with semi opaque inks, emphasizing the allure of the coffee within. The Premium tin includes
two lid variants – gold for its ground coffee and peachy copper for whole beans.
A second, larger tin manufactured for Fortnum & Mason’s most popular ground coffee blends, is also
available. Featuring a gilded motif, the tins are designed around a golden shell pattern that stands out on
shelves and demands consumer-attention. Available in eight vibrant colors, the tins have a luxurious feel
thanks to subtle embossing that brings the packaging alive.
Both tins include an aluminium peelable end which helps preserve the aroma of the coffee. Consumers
need simply to grasp the tab on the end to quickly, easily and safely remove the lid in a simple, fluid gesture
in order to enjoy some of the world’s most luxurious coffees.
www.crowncork.com
SAUCY
SUPERLOCK
A new addition to the range
of Britain’s oldest pasta sauces,
Ragú, has become the first UK
product to go on-shelf in RPC
Superfos’s award-winning
SuperLock® barrier pack. The
400ml pack, supplied to
manufacturer Symingtons by
RPC Containers Blackburn, has
been selected in preference to
glass due to its ambient shelf life
of up to 24-months combined
with glass-like transparency and
the added in-home safety of a
non-shatter container.
SuperLock containers
combine an oxygen barrier on all
surfaces with a membrane seal to
ensure an almost non-existent
oxygen transmission rate. The
barrier is created through the use
of a leading-edge in-mould
labelling (IML) technique. Labels
are manufactured using a special
co-extruded barrier foil and are
applied during the
injection moulding of the
containers. After filling, the
containers are sealed with a
PP/EVOH/PP membrane seal.
Together the two processes
ensure virtually zero oxygentransmission and are suitable for
hot filling and autoclaving
during processing. An additional
filling line benefit is that the
process is far quieter than other
materials.
Further consumer benefits
include easy re-closability thanks
to the twist-off/screw-on lid and
SuperLock is microwave,
dishwasher and freezer safe.
T: +44 (0)1254 682298
www.rpc-blackburn.co.uk
RE:CLOSE ENCOUNTER
New in from Essentra Packaging, Re:Close Tape™ enables brands to maximise the combined benefits of
resealability, consumer communication and product protection in an easy-to-apply tape. Developed in
response to growing consumer demand, and durable enough to withstand repeated use, with Re:Close
Tape, consumers can keep the product in the original pack between uses, adding to convenience, retaining
branding in the home to encourage repeat purchase, and can even enhance environmental credentials, by
minimising food waste caused by spillage or leaving a pack open.
For easy use, Re:Close Tape incorporates a large finger-lift area that runs along its length, making it
simple to lift the tape away from the pack. And bringing further impact, Essentra’s world-class printing
technologies allow the creation of eye-catching designs for maximum visibility on shelf. Printed instructions
can be added to ensure consumers understand how to use it. Or the generous dimensions mean brand
owners can quickly add information such as QR codes for the
duration of a limited promotion, without the cost of
originating a whole new pack design. Equally
importantly, the tape adhesive is strong
enough to handle repeated closures
across a wide variety of pack formats.
Essentra’s offer of two different reel
formats, pan-wound and traverse-wound,
means Re:Close Tape can be applied using
banderol style tape application equipment
or Essentra’s easily retrofitted applicators.
www.essentrapackaging.com
RETAIL PACKAGING CAPS & CLOSURES
The Peak of Caps
WE LOVE A GOOD SUCCESS STORY, SO SEEKING OUT A RECESSIONBUSTING TALE WE INVITED STEPHANE TONDENIER, VP BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT AT GCS, TO TELL US HOW THE GROUP BECAME KING
OF CLOSURES…
With consolidated revenue of €583 million in 2013
and approximately 3500 employees, Global
Closure Systems (GCS) is one of the
world’s largest providers of plastic and
metal closures and dispensing systems
solutions for the FMCG market. With
its brands’ roots stretching back to the
late 19th century, GCS has a wellestablished international presence. And
thanks to our 21 sites worldwide and a global
network of licensees, GCS sells its products
in more than 100 countries
worldwide.
With our broad portfolio of
standard and customised
products – over 2000 designs –
GCS serves its key markets of
beverage, food, household/
industrial, pharmaceutical,
personal care and wines and spirits
and works with some of the biggest
names in FMCG, producing almost 40-billion
closures per year for nearly 2000 customers all over
the world.
The group had an excellent year in 2013 and
grew its revenue by approximately 4%, and our
financial performance – in terms of revenue,
profitability and operating cash-flow generation – was
the best since the company was formed in 2005 by
PAI Partners.
The group’s strategy is based on three key pillars:
the development of innovative, value-added products,
operational excellence and penetration of global
markets – and the group’s goal for 2014 and beyond
is to further implement this successful strategy across
the whole group.
TO CAP IT ALL
Innovation is the hallmark of the GCS business, hence
the development of a focused innovation
approach which is supported by its solid R&D
organisation and its proven successful innovation
process. Focusing on safety, performance,
convenience, shelf appeal, in-use cleanliness and
sustainability, we have a strong track record of
developing unique new solutions for a wide-range of
end-markets: valve closures for beverage, food,
household and personal care applications,
lightweight Child-Resistant Closures for home-care
and healthcare markets, roll-on applicators for
deodorant and skin-care, high security closures for
spirits.
Also the full lifecycle of the product is
considered, from its manufacture,
through filling, retail, consumer use
and final disposal. It is the only
sustainable way to bring new
The Parachute cap
always goes down well
products to life. Which is why, in May 2014, GCS
received an award at interpack for our concept
Parachute, described as “An innovation that is
environmentally friendly throughout the product’s
entire lifecycle, from the choice of raw materials,
production methods, transport, and functionality
through to the end of its life.” In a constantly
changing world GCS meets the market-demand by
working more proactively with its customers to
implement new ideas faster than ever before.
ALWAYS IMPROVING
The upgrading of our production facilities throughout
the world is a continuous process for GCS, and we
support our customers through worldwide standards
of quality and continuous improvement initiatives.
These are enacted globally ensuring that cutting-edge
technologies are available to our customers across
product lines and geographies. Moreover, because of
our presence in six market segments, GCS is in a
unique position to cross-fertilise and transfer
technologies from one market to another.
The excellent results achieved in 2013 gave us a
firm foundation for further growth; already leading
the way in Europe, we currently have sights set on
development in the American and Asian markets, with
recent expansions of facilities in Mexico, the
Philippines and China.
In Mexico we have recently seen success in the
personal-care market, for example with L’Oréal in
North America, and also strong-growth notably in
sport caps for the energy drinks and beverages
market. In Asia, meanwhile, GCS also has good
growth prospects – our launch of deodorant sticks in
the Philippines has already brought a significant
increase in the plant’s turnover. We have also
expanded in China, and thanks to some very
advanced high-tech products the group will soon be
producing there for a key customer too.
www.gcs.com
Water design!
Nestle picked GCS
to keep their
Aquarel aqua
contained
GCS closures
cleaned up
at Persil
PROFILE - CAPS & CLOSURES RETAIL PACKAGING
Aptar Introduces new Flip Top closure
Beatson Clark’s new machine caps it all
Aptar is introducing a new Flip Top
closure to its standard range: Samba.
The 38mm 3-start neck
completes Aptar’s Flip Top product
portfolio. Thanks to the
SimpliSqueeze® valve inside, the
Samba closure provides convenient
dispensing and the flip lid makes the closure easy to handle for consumers of all ages.
Ketchup, mayo and other sauces and condiments are perfect applications for the new
Samba cap, as the built-in drainholes make the closure suitable for your hot-filling needs.
Aptar has also developed a new valve. The performance of the new F10
SimpliSqueeze® valve has been tailored to deliver improved dispensing and venting
performance, when used in conjunction with light-weight PET bottles. The dispense
behaviour is much gentler, offering an easier squeeze and greater control for consumers. It
also allows for improved vent-back of air into the package when used with light-weight
bottles. This ensures faster package recovery, making sure that consumers can dispense as
much product as they want – without any drips, leaks or spills.
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Leading glass manufacturer Beatson
Clark can now supply pharmaceutical
bottles pre-capped thanks to an £80,000
investment. A new Groninger six-head
capping machine is now in operation at
the company’s Rotherham site. The
equipment will allow Beatson Clark to
fulfil a contract with a major high street
chemist to supply pre-capped alpha
sirops, continental winchesters and
bespoke round bottles. The machine
applies a 28mm Mediloc cap to glass
bottles and can process up to 180
containers per minute. Beatson Clark’s
new capping machine has an associated
UV ink jet coding system which applies a date/time stamp code on both the cap and the
container for traceability.
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Tel: +49 8551 975 327 | Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01709 828141 | www.beatsonclark.co.uk
Global Closure Systems Valve closure stands Lyle’s breakfast pack on its head
Lyle’s Golden Syrup’s® new easy-to-use Breakfast Bottle is the latest addition to join the
existing range.
The much loved syrup now also comes in a handy-sized Breakfast Bottle that has been
ergonomically designed with an oval valve dispensing closure from GCS to provide the
perfect format for squeezing onto porridge, toast, bagels and chopped fruit.
Produced by GCS’s UK manufacturing facility in Norwich, the custom designed snap-on
gold-coloured PP closures in a gloss finish provide a stable base for the 340g Breakfast
Bottle. Tamper evidence is provided by a label matching paper seal, which covers the fliptop and thumb recess. The headstand pack format offers consistent non-drip dispensing
with clean product cut-off and minimal product wastage on disposal, providing the ultimate
in packaging performance and convenience-of-use to the consumer.
Senior Brand Manager of Lyle’s Golden Syrup®, Elpida Gailani said: “Lyle’s Golden
Syrup® has been a staple cupboard ingredient for over 130 years and is synonymous in
baking. We are confident that the new easy-to-use Breakfast Bottle will encourage
consumers to enjoy the same great tasting golden syrup to help brighten up their
mornings”.
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Tel: 01784 415 203 | Email: [email protected] | www.gcs.com
RETAIL PACKAGING CAPS & CLOSURES CASE STUDY
contributed to some impressive results in speeding up
production and meeting quality targets, repaying the
company’s faith in innovative thinking.
“Over the last four years, output of closures has
increased by 12% and our overall equipment
efficiency (OEE) rating has seen a 5% increase,”
highlights Stevie. “This has consistently made us one
of the group’s top performing plants since 2009. In
addition, the technology we’ve adopted has made a
real impact on our quality targets, with a 40%
reduction in scrap.”
Visitors to the Guala plant are invariably
impressed by the smooth, orderly atmosphere in the
production unit, despite its impressive output and
24/7 operation. “This is no accident,” smiles Stevie.
“This is what manufacturing should be – a calm,
controlled environment with everything running like
clockwork.”
The company’s investment in high-speed
automatic assembly equipment has paid dividends.
Fed by a stream of consistently accurate components,
assembly of the finished closures progresses without a
hitch.
Sumitomo Demag’s injection
moulding equipment has
sped up production at Guala
case study:
guala closures uk
CAP AND CLOSURE MANUFACTURER ACROSS THE CONTINENTS, GUALA, LET US
BEHIND THE SCENES TO SEE JUST HOW SLICK ITS SUMITOMO-MACHINE-DRIVEN
PRODUCTION PROCESS REALLY IS…
At its plant in Kirkintilloch, Guala Closures UK works
around the clock producing over millions of
components each week. These precision-mouldings
include innovative products, such as tamper-evident
bottle caps, valves and internal devices to make
counterfeiting increasingly difficult, as well as
decorative closures, all of which are critical to the
integrity and visual appeal of premium global brands.
Since adopting IntElect injection moulding technology
from Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, the company continues
to deliver distinctive packaging and customised bottlecap closures, whilst also reducing energy consumption
and boosting output by over 12%.
In 2011, Guala, which has 26 plants in five
continents, installed two all-electric presses from
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag into its Kirkintilloch
manufacturing centre. The rationale behind the
purchase of the 100 and 160-tonne machines was to
“speed up production and increase the manufacturing
consistency of Guala’s precision components, whilst
also reducing energy consumption,” explains
Manufacturing Manager Stevie Houston. Satisfied
with the results achieved, Guala subsequently invested
in a further six 100 and 160T IntElect machines.
The two companies began working together
eight years ago when the plant purchased a hydraulic
Sumitomo press. Today, the Kirkintilloch centre has
seven Systec hydraulic machines with NC4 and NC5
controllers in situ. Referencing the relationship with
Sumitomo, Stevie says: “Just like us, they thrive on
innovation and we can be sure of getting precisely the
equipment we need to meet the fast-changing needs
of our market. For instance, we have been able to
tailor new machines to work with some elderly
moulds with special platen requirements. And we are
currently installing two new 120-tonne machines, one
of which is equipped for twin shot production so we
IntElect injection moulding has reduced energy consumption and
boosted output
can produce mouldings in two colours, or from
composite materials.”
FRIENDS ELECTRIC
Rising energy costs was just one factor behind Guala’s
decision to invest in all-electric moulding technology.
The eight IntElect machines installed on site have
Guala produces millions of
precision mouldings, including
tamper-evident bottle caps
KEEPING SPIRITS SAFE
To illustrate the importance of quality, Stevie
showcases a particular spirits cap. “We produce 16
million of these per year for a premium brand in the
Asian market. With an expensive retail price per
bottle, we can’t take risks with quality.
According to Guala, every year all over the world,
hundreds of millions of bottles of the most prestigious
spirits brands are counterfeited which is a threat to
manufacturers and consumers alike. Guala Closures
Group produces a huge number of non-refillable
pourers, including valve systems and tamper-evident
systems. The group also develops and produces
innovative cap solutions for the water and beverages,
oil and pharmaceutical industries.
Dave Raine, Technical Sales Manager at
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag UK, comments on this aspect
of the company’s IntElect range of machines: “Our allelectric technology was developed specifically for
applications like this. Manufacturers of mass-produced
precision parts are choosing IntElect machines to
improve the quality and production speed of their
products, from closures to medical devices, packaging,
automotive and electrical components.”
The IntElect range of machines combines Demag’s
mechanical engineering know-how with advanced
direct drive technology from Sumitomo. These allow
customers to achieve new standards of precision,
performance and productivity for critical moulding
applications. The savings in reduced energy
consumption alone brings rapid payback and IntElect
is fast becoming the technology of choice for leading
manufacturers the world over.
uk.sumitomo-shi-demag.eu/
PROFILE - CAPS & CLOSURES RETAIL PACKAGING
Runway, the new dual action aerosol accessory
from Aptar Beauty + Home wins award
Hector, a new Child Resistant Closure designed
by Global Closure Systems
Runway the new aerosol actuator
from Aptar Beauty + Home was
awarded with Pack The Future Award
by ELIPSO and IK the professional
bodies representing the plastic and
flexible packaging industry in France
and Germany.
Runway is a bold, dramatic
innovation providing choice for
convenient dispensing: Actuate
vertically or via trigger. The vertical
actuation is suited for precise control whereas using the trigger is most convenient for longer
use. Runway can be locked securely utilizing Aptar proven twist-to-lock technology. The
unique, distinctive trigger design guarantees eye catching shelf appeal as the two-piece
design allows color combinations and enhances brand differentiation.
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Tel: +49 (0) 231 92 40-430 | www.aptar.com
tesa® Lift & Reseal goes global
Since the launch of tesa’s revolutionary Lift & Reseal reclosure tape, it can now be found on
major grocery brands in some of the
UK’s major supermarkets. Building on
its success, orders have been received
from as far afield as Russia and Japan
and the company is in the final stages
of developing a range extension aimed
at providing an effective reseal solution
for produce with a shorter shelf life.
Packaging providers can be assured
that the tape dispensers provided on a
free of charge basis can be integrated
into packaging lines within a day, without reducing packaging line speed. Tested and
approved for food use, Lift & Reseal provides retailers and consumers with the easiest, most
effective way to repeatedly reseal packs for freshness and storage.
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For further information on tesa Lift & Reseal visit
GCS introduces Hector, a user-friendly and lightweight Angle Neck Bleach (ANB) Child
Resistant Closure. This new 2 part ANB CRC assembly has a snap on neck finish to safely
retain it to the container neck featuring a new CRC operating system developed by GCS. The
total packs are accredited to latest IS0 8317:2003 standard offering a good balance of safety
for young children whilst allowing adults to easily and safely handle the product.
Hector’s CRC mechanism is contained within the cap assembly itself and not the normal
combination of the cap and extrusion blow moulded container neck design. This means all
the accuracy of the CRC system is contained within two injection moulded parts leaving the
bottle maker only needing to produce a snap on neck finish. The CRC system is a
combination of cams moulded into the closure body and locating features within the top cap
design, which unlock the CRC mechanism when squeezed by the consumer whilst
unscrewing the top cap.
This new closure system allows consumers to clean in a much more convenient way
thanks to its directional nozzle which is ideal for precise dosage. What’s more, the system
comprises a transparent cap which enables users to check at a glance whether the spout is
clean. The closure’s unique shape along with its two-colour design sets it apart from the
competition and helps it to stand out on the supermarket shelves.
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www.liftandreseal.co.uk | www.tesa.co.uk
Tel: 01784 415 203 | Email: [email protected] | www.gcs.com
RETAIL PACKAGING TOILETRIES, PERFUMERY & COSMETICS
in good company
HOWARD FROST, MARKETING MANAGER AT M&H PLASTICS,
TAKES US ON A VIRTUAL VERBAL TOUR OF THIS MARKET-LEADER
IN PACKAGING…
If you take a look around your kitchen or bathroom
shelves you will undoubtedly come across a range of
packaging from M&H Plastics. Actually, if you have
any plastic tubes, jars or bottles there’s a good
chance that the Suffolk enterprise employing over
600 people on the 50-acre site in the market town
of Beccles may be the source.
Now part of the RPC Group of companies, a
£1.1-billion packaging multinational employing
more than 11,100 people across 19 countries, M&H
Plastics has developed a strong and trusted
reputation over its 40 years of trading. The company
continues to grow and the recent acquisition by RPC
has served to extend the markets that they supplied.
The standard range of over 1300 products is one of
the largest in the industry and the comprehensive
catalogue of designs supplies packaging to suit
almost every need. Coupled with complementary
packaging from the rest of the RPC Group the
companies address the needs of clients from beauty
and personal care through to food, industrial
chemical, DIY, health and pet care.
Technically, M&H Plastics has developed its
services to enable a ‘One-Stop Shop’ approach for
clients with full concept design facilities, including
3D printing through to design development, tooling,
moulding, decorating, labelling and distribution. The
company regularly works with global, national and
local clients to help them develop their products to
achieve optimum shelf presence and to target
appropriate customers.
Joining the dots for the visually impaired
Di-Fusion cap with innovative insert
PLASTIC FANTASTIC
Many consumer brands now operate on a
multinational basis and they seek partners that can
match their markets. Over 10 years ago M&H
recognised this and set up a complete factory in
America, which very recently doubled in size to nearly
200,000 square feet. Companies both large and small
often require a combination of exclusive and standard
designs. M&H’s ability to provide that aforementioned
global one-stop shop is probably best illustrated
through one particular project where the firm helped
a small company of English doctors based in Florida to
produce packaging for a vitamin supplement to be
marketed in Canada. The company was also able to
“The standard range of over 1300 products is one of the
largest in the industry and the comprehensive catalogue
of designs supplies packaging to suit almost every need”
“M&H Plastics has developed its
services to enable a ‘One-Stop
Shop’ approach for clients with
full concept design facilities,
including 3D printing through to
design development”
help the brand owner by linking them to vac-forming
companies for retail SKU trays as well as contract
fillers in North America.
Another of the innovations that has enabled
brand-owners to quickly address varying demands
across a family of products is the Di-Fusion cap.
Ingenious in its simplicity, the design allows for an
insert to be placed within the cap to offer a costeffective colour differentiation in packaging across
large and small families of products. Thoroughly
quality tested, the cap passed the most stringent
testing from the company’s in-house QA team and,
most importantly, allows clients to be very flexible in
their ordering as the new technique becomes
economic at production runs of 10,000 when
compared with bi-injection.
DOT TO DOT
Some 600 people work at M&H’s Beccles plant
This kind of innovative thinking is endemic throughout
M&H Plastics. Mindful of people with visual
impairment and their need to identify products in the
retail environment, M&H recently developed a
technique to print Braille dots onto plastic tubes and
bottles. The process has recently been endorsed with
accreditation from the Royal Institute of Blind People
to BS EN 15823:2010 standards.
With all this ability to service both global clients
and yet remain flexible enough to help regional and
local companies, M&H continues to grow. As a holder
of various quality and environmental accreditations,
the company employs specialist continual
improvement experts analyse the processes to both
increase efficiency and to save money.
So next time you are shopping or in your garage,
kitchen or bathroom, have a look at those plastic
tubes, jars or bottles and know that when you see
‘MH ‘ on the bottom, your product has been
packaged with care.
www.mhplastics.com
PROFILE - TOILETRIES, COSMETICS & PERFUMERY RETAIL PACKAGING
Quality glass packaging from Roma
Complete Packaging Solutions
Roma International is perhaps best known for its
comprehensive range of quality standard glass
packaging including fragrance, skincare, nail polish
and related components, however custom tooling in
all these sectors also features in the company’s
repertoire of services. With nearly 50 years of
experience in developing glass moulds for both
standard ranges and customer bespoke items,
Roma is able to offer realistic costs and MOQ’s.
Working closely with the customer from initial
concept to final delivery, with advice in areas such
as feasibility, decoration, and closures. In addition,
as Roma Manufactures its own plastic bottles inhouse, a similar service is also available to clients
looking to develop a complimentary or stand-alone
plastic bottle.
For more information contact Barry Aldous:
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Continental Bottle
Company Ltd. are one of
the UK’s largest suppliers
of primary packaging to
the cosmetic, toiletry and
fragrance industries. A
wide range of standard
bottles, sourced from
their global
manufacturing partners,
can be complemented by
using pumps, collars or closures that are available in a variety of materials and finishes.
Their full decoration service includes screen printing, frosting, spraying, hot foil stamping,
sublimation and metallisation, and can be supplied on bottles or glasses for wax fill.
Continental Bottle Company have a wealth of experience and design knowhow contributing
to quality and excellence in all parts of the design process. They can offer custom designed
bottles and closures to complement your packaging requirements.
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Tel: 01473 826808 | www.roma.co.uk
Tel: 01606 862525 | www.continentalbottle.co.uk
Superfast Labels weaves its magic with Epson
SurePress
Superfast Labels, Kent, and its Epson SurePress L-4033A digital label press are
playing a key role in the launch of a new range of hair care products for professional
hair salons this month. Gary Sunderland, aka The Hair Wizard, is already established
as a supplier to salons and is now adding a wet line range of 9 different organic
shampoos, conditioners, mousses etc with enticing names such as ‘Love Potion’ and
‘Spellbound’.
The labels carry photographs and, later this year, will be changed to feature one
of nine different hair styles produced by salons which stock The Hair Wizard range.
These images will be changed several times a year to reflect changing seasons and
fashion trends. “It’s a very competitive market and we believe we are the first hair
care supplier to do this,” says Gary. “We needed a high-quality, waterproof label that
was cost-effective to produce in short runs to allow us to customise and vary the
range throughout the year and Superfast provided the perfect solution using the
digital Epson SurePress. The quality is fantastic and the ability to easily vary labels is
very exciting.”
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www.epson.co.uk
Producing a range of products including:
• PERFUME BOTTLES
• SAMPLERS
• VIALS AND DROPPER
ASSEMBLIES
• TUBULAR GLASS VIALS
FOR PHARMA AND
LABORATORY INDUSTRY
• PLASTIC
BOTTLES AND
JARS FOR THE
COSMETIC INDUSTRY
• MOULDED GLASS BOTTLES
FOR ANTIBIOTIC AND SYRUP
• ALUMINIUM BOTTLES
• AIRLESS BOTTLES
AND MANY MORE
RIVERSIDE COURT, OFFICE 2, 24 LOWER SOUTHEND ROAD, WICKFORD, ESSEX SS11 8AW
TEL/FAX +44(0)1268 764106 EMAIL [email protected] WEBSITE WWW.SMPACK.EU
RETAIL PACKAGING METAL CONTAINERS
Ore inspiring
UPPING THE ALUMINIUM CONTAINER ANTE, ASHFIELD EXTRUSION
LTD’S MD AND ALL-ROUND METAL-GURU, GLENN TYERS, TALKS
TORQ, TIGI AND TRYING AN AL ALTERNATIVE…
Innovative and individual
There are many styles and materials
available for packaging, each of which have
their own, individual value for brands and
customers alike, whether it’s cost, style,
availability, history, or after-life uses. Indeed,
while we know that all these alternatives
have their place, packaging today responds
to the consumers’ demand for choice and
convenience; which is why Ashfield specialises
in aluminium containers – we believe that
metal containers offer a hugely viable
alternative to other materials. Aluminium
packaging offers a high level of corrosion
resistance, it provides optimal protection
properties by providing an impermeable metal
barrier to light, it is solid, unbreakable, nontoxic and, certainly, recyclable.
It is also important to keep variety in mind
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has on the buyer. Our containers can achieve
both the retro look, as recently taken on by TIGI
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for its Bed Head salon range (a product aimed at
restoring the quiff!), and also achieve a modern
high-tech status as Torq achieved with its energy
performance drinks.
Aluminium packaging is often used to create a
premium-look, setting the pack aside from other
alternatives, and Ashfield manufacture using an
impact process from slugs/billets as opposed to flat
sheet so it can create tall containers up to 200mm tall
(depending on diameter) and with a range of
diameters between 15mm and 97mm. The process
can give easy options on weight as the base thickness
can be greater than the wall – this enables us to add
features in the base such as indents, steps, and
nozzles, plus features which can act as spacers or
separators internally without the need for assembly at
the filler.
VERY METAL
Aluminium does not necessitate volume either
(Ashfield produce quantities from 5000 pieces to
18-million). A small restaurant in Cumbria had such a
demand for its Indian dishes it was encouraged to
create a range of ingredients/dishes for their
customers to be able to take away with them to
reproduce the dish at home. Aluminium cans were
the chosen pack to give the product the image that
the restaurant owner wanted to create – that this
product was unique and premium.
Packaging is a wide terminology and the process
we operate not only produces screw cap packaging it
Aluminium really
makes a mark
four spot colours in one pass. In addition it
can apply internal coatings to support those
products which need additional protection.
The aluminium container is very
versatile and can also take a label which
can be applied directly or onto a plain or
textured coating to help enhance the
appearance. Caps can also be embossed
with a company logo or text for a one-off
die coast, giving a further opportunity to
promote the brand.
CALL ME AL
Variety is the spice of life with aluminium
“The aluminium container is very
versatile and can also take a label
which can be applied directly or
onto a plain or textured coating to
help enhance the appearance.”
also offers the premium option for such items as
marker pens which want to be set apart from other
mediums, and it offers clear brand distinction for
these products to boot.
With the impact extrusion process forming from
the slug, it does not preprint plate but post prints the
containers after forming to overcome any issues with
print-distortion on forming. Ashfield is equipped with
automatic and semi-automatic print lines that work
using a rotary dry offset print process which applies
TIGI and Torq
– two of
Ashfield’s
aluminium
aces
The benefits of aluminium cans, ranging
from lightness and decoration flexibility
to recycling, are becoming increasingly
acknowledged and rather than be in
decline the demand for aluminium
packaging is on the increase for
Ashfield. Which material is used is a
choice based on the requirements of
the product to be packaged, and whilst we would not
suggest metal can compete directly with other
materials like plastic, for instance, it is not a direct
comparison and this is not the goal with aluminium –
it is to offer alternatives for brand-distinction in a
pack which has many advantages with its premium
look and practicalities on weight and recyclability.
Start-up cost for new sizes are also much lower than
other materials.
So, it’s your choice; you have options to chose
from, and aluminium has much to offer and is well
worth exploring if you have not done so already.
www.ashfield-extrusion.co.uk
• Flip top caps for
the personal
care market
• Standard bottles
available
MAKES IT HAPPEN
Phone +44 2920 473 147
[email protected]
www.menshen.co.uk
A shining example
RETAIL PACKAGING METAL CONTAINERS
Nemo’s thinner
and lighter can
is clearing up
in the awards
STATING THE CASE FOR THE TOUGH STUFF, METAL
PACKAGING MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION DIRECTOR AND
CEO, NICK MULLEN, EXPLAINS WHY METAL IS FOREVER…
Innovation is a sure-fire winner with brand owners,
but the sector’s sustained consumer and trade
campaigns have also played a part in its continued
popularity. Innovation in retail packaging never stands
still and every so often a pack that is a real gamechanger stops brand owners in their tracks. Metal
packaging is no exception and with the arrival of the
‘technologically brilliant’ Nemo can, a new generation
of food cans has been born. Produced by Ardagh
Group for vegetable processor, Bonduelle, Nemo
dominated the metal packaging sector’s most recent
awards season taking the coveted UK Packaging
Awards prize and the metal packaging industry’s ‘Best
in Metal’ award.
The drive for ever-thinner and lighter cans which
retain the pack’s unbeatable robustness and shelf life
has been around since the very first can was invented;
but Nemo has taken this to whole new level by
combining lightweight production technologies with
nitrogen dosing enabling a greater reduction in
material used and thinner can walls than ever before.
continue to strike a chord with consumers, not least
the vast choice of products, the availability of a range
of pack sizes, and the can’s long shelf life; the latter
two both making a significant contribution to
reducing food waste at home.
These key attributes are well presented by the
sector through cannedfooduk.co.uk, run by the
canned food supply chain, which presents, amongst
other activities, a range of recipes developed by
celebrity chefs using canned fruit, vegetables, fish and
meat in particular. The site has also generated
widespread awareness of canned food’s nutrient
retention by helping dispel that myth that canned
food uses preservatives. The site highlights canned
METAL MAINTAINS
This latest innovation is extremely well-timed, lending
itself in particular to canned fruit and vegetables –
two vital canning industry sectors that continue to
grow despite ever increasing competition from other
packaging materials and mixed results in other
categories. According to Kantar Worldpanel data,
consumer-spend on canned vegetables grew by 1.6%
and canned fruit by 4% in the year to March 2014
(Source: Kantar Worldpanel).
Other canned products showing particular
strength over the same period include canned fish, up
by 7.9%, and perennial household-favourite, canned
custard, up by some 3%.
In a recently resurgent retail environment, there
are many stand-out factors for canned food which
fruit and vegetables’ real contribution to ‘five a day’
targets and now even has its own cooking channel.
MATERIAL FOR THE FUTURE
Metal is forever, and its sustainability credentials as a
permanently available material and the huge industry
investment over many years in making metal
packaging as easy as possible to recycle, play their
part in its continued popularity. The workplace and
public building and event collection scheme, Every
Can Counts, helps raise awareness of the can’s
recyclability and actively encourages recycling; while
the groundbreaking MetalMatters campaign continues
its great work with local authorities to improve
capture rates for metals collected at the kerbside.
MetalMatters and Every Can Counts are funded
by a partnership of metal packaging manufacturers,
fillers and reprocessors and managed by the
Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro).
The MetalMatters campaign also works in partnership
with local authorities and their waste collection
partners and has now reached over 2.3-million
households with leaflet drops and targeted marketing
communications activities to promote the ‘make your
metals matter’ message. Activities also include panels
on recycling vehicles, outdoor advertising and town
centre roadshows; plus the provision to councils of a
range of template communications materials for use
in publications and on websites to promote the
benefits of metal recycling.
METAL’S METTLE
Sustainable and strong: cans that can
Metal’s longevity as a packaging material shows no
sign of abating. It cannot claim to be the new kid on
the block, but nonetheless remains streets ahead
where it matters most – innovation, sustainability and
consumer choice.
www.mpma.org.uk
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Packing them in at
Packaging Innovations
Best of British
FLYING THE FLAG FOR THE FUTURE OF PACKAGING IN THE UK,
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE BRITISH CONTRACT MANUFACTURERS
AND PACKERS ASSOCIATION, RODNEY STEEL, EXPOUNDS THE
IMPORTANCE OF HOME-SHOWS…
NEC Birmingham, is set to follow the same success,
once again with active support from the BCMPA.
With 88 exhibitors in year one, it’s not pretending to
be a CPhI, but it was a focused event attracting
high-calibre visitors and is definitely a must to note
down in your 2015 calendar.
INNOVATIONS IN THE UK
Whilst the big exhibitions such as interpack in
Dusseldorf and CPhI 2014 in Paris are key to our
industry, it is gratifying to note the development of
the smaller sector-focused shows in the UK and the
important role they play.
From a visitor’s point of view, the thought of
having to climb on an aircraft, spend money on hotels
and be out of the office at a time when there are lots
of important things going on back at base, can have
limited attractions. By contrast if one can hop in the
car, spend a few hours at the show and be back the
same day, all of a sudden visiting an exhibition makes
perfect sense.
The growing trend for shell-scheme-only
exhibitions is a big plus for exhibitors too. Many
members of the British Contract Manufacturers and
Packers Association (BCMPA) have been able to
promote themselves very effectively at these low-cost
shows, whereas participating in big international
exhibitions would have been out of the question. The
costs don’t crucify the budget and ease of set-up and
break-down make the whole thing an altogether less
stressful experience.
UK. The BCMPA stand was besieged both days with
visitors looking for outsourcing partners, and with
eight of our members exhibiting they had plenty of
people to talk to about their personal care projects.
The content of the seminar programme was excellent
and was graded into what the organisers called their
‘3 chilli’ rating system to cater for everyone from the
technical boffin to the entrepreneurial start-up. So
popular were some of the sessions that it was
standing room only!
Its new sister show, Making Pharmaceuticals,
which was launched in April at the National
Motorcycle Museum just across the road from the
STAY GROUNDED
HOME ADVANTAGE
As a UK Trade Association with a membership
spanning a number of industry sectors, the BCMPA is
keen to put its weight behind niche, locally organised
events, allowing members the opportunity to include
exhibitions in their annual marketing strategy. Whilst
some of our 130 members are global players, most of
them are not. Their main market is in the UK and if
suitable a show exists, that’s where they want to
exhibit.
I am thinking of events such as Making
Cosmetics, now in its third year, and already
established as the most important of its kind in the
A tangible result of these two shows is that we have
seen a marked increase in the amount of personal
care and pharmaceutical enquiries received over
recent months via the BCMPA website.
From modest beginnings almost a decade ago,
easyFairs Packaging Innovations has grown to
become the leading packaging show in the country,
but still retains the shell-scheme lost-cost business
model which has been key to its success. Although
there are a few overseas exhibitors and visitors, it is
promoted very much as a UK, not international
event.
Their February show at the NEC is, of course,
their flagship event with seven brands, including the
BCMPA’s Contract Pack zone, covering the entire
packaging supply chain and attracting in excess of
6000 visitors over the two days.
Europe’s finest meet
and mingle at interpack
The BCMPA will also be featured again at the
easyFairs Packaging Innovations London, now in its
fifth year, taking place at The Business Design Centre
Islington from 30th September to 1st October. In
2013, it attracted over 3650 visitors and this year the
event has been enhanced by the growth of the
Luxury Packaging zone, which is sure to be of
interest to many Retail Packaging readers.
Of course there are important international
exhibitions that one must attend or exhibit at. But
just think, by the time you’ve checked in at
Heathrow and are standing barefoot at security with
shoes, laptop and belt in a black conveyor tray, you
could already be ensconced at a UK show having
meaningful discussions with customers or suppliers
over a freshly brewed coffee – and still be home in
time for tea!
www.bcmpa.org.uk
Further expansion at Lemonpath
Following a 35% growth in food and
drink gift packing activity in 2013,
work is nearing completion on doubling
the size of Lemonpath’s clean room
and food storage facility at the
company’s head office site in Leicester.
The refurbishment has seen
significant investment in what is seen
as a key growth area for the company
and will complement the company’s
cosmetics and general contract
packing activities.
The new facility will be completed
in July, just in time for the busy
Christmas packing season and will give
both extended capacity and flexibility to
existing and new clients.
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Tel: 0116 264 5000 | www.lemonpath.co.uk
Expac increases tube manufacturing capabilities
Expac are predominantly known in the market for their talcum powder manufacturing facility
and are currently one of the largest talcum powder manufacturers in Europe. Expac also has
a wealth of liquid filling equipment enabling the company to manufacture the full range of
personal care items from lotion and surfactant products through to alcohol based products
like fine fragrances.
Expac can fill into a wide range of packaging mediums including one of the most
popular, tubes. Expac have been filling tubes for the past 10 years and have seen an
increase in their demand, particularly over the last 18 months. Due to this increase in
demand, Expac is now making further investment into the tube filling equipment by
increasing the range of tubes that they can fill. For the past 10 years Expac have been able
to fill and seal tubes with diameters of 35mm, 40mm and 50mm, which has a capacity
range from 40ml through to 250ml. However, this will increase to being able to fill and seal
tubes with diameters of 19mm, 25mm and 30mm, which in turn means Expac will have the
capability to fill the full range of tubes with a fill level of <10ml all the way through to 250ml.
This will be a positive investment for Expac and will help improve the companies
offering within the market place, which should facilitate with Expac’s growth targets for the
next 24 months.
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Tel: 01772 453 925 | www.expac.co.uk
RETAIL PACKAGING CONTRACT PACKING
Handle with care
POINTING THE WAY FORWARD IN PACKAGING THAT’S BOTH WELLPRESENTED AND FIT TO PERFORM, OFFICE DEPOT’S SUPPLY CHAIN
DIRECTOR UK & IRELAND, MIKE MCCREESH, EXPLAINS THE
IMPORTANCE OF TAKING TRANSIT INTO CONSIDERATION…
For some, packaging is just the final box to get ticked
before getting a product out of the door. However,
others rightly see the value that can be driven out of
this stage of the delivery process – properly
considering how packaging can be made as flexible
and accessible as possible can pay dividends in terms
of driving repeat business. After all, the manner in
which something is received has a direct bearing on
customer experience.
Much of this is governed by whether or not a
supplier implements a warehouse culture that
welcomes new ideas and innovations. Within this
setting, it is vital that there is an on-going forum in
which operatives can suggest or contribute new ideas
– however, this is only the first step. There must be a
formalised process in place for any suggestions of
merit that are worth trialling. It is only in employing
this kind of system that suppliers can truly appreciate
that the ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’ attitude to
packaging simply isn’t good enough.
The Depot’s dispatch in
Office-based operation
DAMAGE LIMITATION
It’s an obvious point, but the way in which goods are
packaged has a direct bearing on the level of damage
that can be caused in transit, especially if being
delivered by road. However, any efforts to address this
must not favour a solution that involves additional or
excess packaging. There are numerous technologies
on the market that allow warehouse operatives to
accurately measure the amount of material needed to
package an item to ensure a level of protection and
reduce unnecessary waste.
A further way of addressing this is to implement
a closed-loop recycling process where all excess
packaging is recycled for re-use in-house. This
From conveyor to
customer, it’s vital to
get the protection/eco
balance bang on
increases site efficiency and also reduces the amount
of material that needs to be sent to landfill.
The open culture discussed earlier can really help
in implementing the trialling and, in some instances,
introduction of more efficient and more sustainable
packaging solutions. Just one example of innovation
in this area is utilising a bag and tote system, where
products are suitably packed and placed in a tote bag
before this is returned by the customer for re-use –
eliminating the need for new packaging.
It is vital that operatives realise the extent to
which flexible packing solutions can enhance the
overall experience a customer has had. Given the
intense competition that exists in the market, it is
essential that the packaging stage of the selling
process is properly capitalised on.
OFFICE ORIGINS
Office Depot relies on a global
network of operations to
ensure damage-free delivery
Formed by the merger of Office Depot and OfficeMax,
Office Depot, Inc. is a leading global provider of
products, services, and solutions for every workplace.
A resource and a catalyst to help customers work
better, we are a single source for everything customers
need to be more productive, including the latest
technology. The company has combined annual sales
of approximately $17 billion, employs about 66,000
associates, and serves consumers and businesses in 59
countries with more than 2200 retail stores, awardwinning e-commerce sites and a dedicated businessto-business sales organisation – all delivered through a
global network of wholly owned operations, joint
ventures, franchisees, licensees and alliance partners.
We know the value of picking the perfect
packaging for every product; just as well as we know
the importance of ensuring said packaging can
protect its contents from everything the often
dangerous world of delivery can inflict on it. Flexible,
resilient and pleasing to the customer when it all
arrives in one piece – it may seem obvious to say, but
it’s surprisingly how many still get it wrong!
www.officedepot.co.uk
Leading
the way in
first class
contract packing
and logistics
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Hand Assembly
Project Management
Full Pick-Pack facility
Internet fulfilment
Quality Control & Inspection
200,000 sqft warehouse space
UK/European distribution
Worldwide Logistics
40,000 sq ft Clean
Room Facility
For more information speak to Paul Price on:
0116 264 5000 or email: [email protected]
www.lemonpath.co.uk
RETAIL PACKAGING HLP ADVERTORIAL
Beauty is in the eye of the pack-holder
Clearly superior cartons…
Packaging fit for
any product
Eye For Aesthetics
POINTING THE WAY FORWARD IN PACKAGING THAT’S ATTRACTIVE AS WELLS AS
ECO-FRIENDLY, C. M. YEUNG, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE HLP LIK GROUP,
EXPLAINS HOW TO KEEP UP APPEARANCES…
Faced with a never-lessening squeeze from the
competition, as well as the pressures of purchasingpower, when companies struggle to make their
margin and allow for the future investment that will
keep their product at the number one position, it is
often because they’ve forgotten that it is
appearance that makes a product standout from the
crowd.
Okay, the initial appearance is something your
product already has, but with HLP’s help you can
build on that by having us enhance the product
with attractive packaging designs which work to
emphasise said product’s quality, sex-appeal and
attractiveness even more. Our design team is always
on-hand to discuss the process with your designers
Eye-catching design
every time
and ensure the design and specification matches
your desire as well as our abilities in order to
optimise the presentation and value for money.
Quite often designs are made which do not
make use of our capabilities well enough, and that
will only increase costs when changes need to be
made later on down the line. Designing your
packaging requirement is a service we provide which
“Besides our many certifications,
ISO, BRC and award-winning
packaging products, we are also
constantly investing in reducing
energy consumption by making use
of wind and solar power“.
will see you avoid expensive and unnecessary effort in
the future – something especially important during a
time when cost-savings have become unavoidable in
order to achieve objectives.
TRANSPARENT BENEFITS
HLPKlearfold has become one of the global leaders
within the field of transparent packaging by strongly
focusing on attractive aesthetics and sustainability.
Besides our many certifications, ISO, BRC and awardwinning packaging products, we are also constantly
investing in reducing energy consumption by making
use of wind and solar power. On top of that we also
strive to increase the use of recycled material in our
production to protect the environment and increase
our efficiency in line with the company’s policy to
reduce overall costs to ensure both our and your
competitive edge.
The keyword is ‘differentiation’ and with the
help of HLP’s transparent packaging you can attract
that extra attention from the consumer and make
your product far more favourable above others at
the POS.
BOXING CLEVER
Transparent PET-boxes are a one-stop-shop-solution
to reach all your objectives. With 45 years’ worth of
experience, HLPKlearfold can supply you with utterly
eye-catching PET packaging novelties covering the
arenas of design, printing techniques, high-speed
process-ability (1.5 million boxes per day), easy
handling, state-of-the-art service in delivery-terms,
and on top of all that flexibility too, due to in-house
material manufacturing.
Our soft-crease technique, crash-lock, 13-colourin-one-pass printing as well as our one-to-one
production-quality sampling enable you to be more
efficient, competitive and successful than others.
So if you worry that your product is going to fall
back in favourability, why not up its edge with some
fresh, attention-grabbing packaging design? Contact
HLPKlearfold and let our multilingual team of experts
be your navigation system on the road to success!
T: 01684 273 905
www.hlpklearfold.co.uk
PROFILE - FOOD & DRINK PACKAGING RETAIL PACKAGING
Yeo Valley launches competition using unique
coding solution from Chadwicks Lids
FFP’s Platinum Print Brightens Up A Great British
Brand
Clondalkin Group company Chadwicks
has developed an innovative lidding
solution for a range of Yeo Valley dairy
products that incorporates a unique code.
The code, which is only revealed when
the polyester lid is peeled back, is the
first of its type to be used in the UK dairy
market. Each lid has its own unique 10
character code that customers enter
online via the Yeo Valley website for the
chance to win a VW campervan. Dan
Rusga, Marketing Director from Yeo Valley
said: "When Chadwicks first came to us with this innovative printing technique we were
quick to identify an opportunity to apply it to our product competitions. We've been very
impressed with Chadwick's technical expertise and their ability to come up with unique
lidding solutions whilst not compromising on quality."
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Tel: 0161 763 2100 | www.chadwicks-lids.com
Delicious ice cream in a distinctive pack
Ledo, the largest producer of ice cream in Croatia,
is reaping the benefits of having a bespoke
pack created together with RPC
Superfos Balkan. Quattro is sold in a
sleek, transparent plastic pack
displaying four different ice cream
flavours. Each flavour is beautifully
decorated with a topping and a
sauce which also need to be clear
to see straight from the display
freezer at the supermarket. The
transparent packaging solution for Quattro
has been made especially for the Croatian
company Ledo, and its subsidiary Frikom in Serbia.
With its in-house mould shop and highly skilled staff,
RPC Superfos Balkan met Ledo’s demand for creative
solutions.
Tel: +45 5911 1110 | www.rpc-superfos.com
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FFP Packaging Solutions have supplied new freezer-aisle packaging for Harry Ramsden’s At
Home chicken dippers, printed using their award-winning Platinum Print HD flexo process.
FFP printed the packs through Platinum Print process to get the very best out of the
photographic elements of the design and the vibrant colours. Platinum Print is an awardwinning print protocol developed over a two year programme, considering every aspect of
the print process and refining it to get the best possible results, even down to testing to find
the best plate mounting tape. Investment in new printing equipment and the latest in-house
platemaking equipment has gone hand-in-hand with research into imaging, high density ink
and colour management, including installation of the latest x-rite spectrophotometers and
software.
The packs are a polyester/polythene laminate, reverse printed in eight colours. Platinum
Print allows strong, vibrant colours to sit comfortably alongside soft vignettes and shading.
That quality comes through strongly on these packs; the dynamic red of the top and bottom
strips works well alongside the ‘newspaper’ detail in the background of the image, which is
printed cleanly with no ‘tidemarks’ and no ‘carry dot’ to detract from the pure white of the
background.
FFP have a long and successful partnership with the manufacturers, 2 Sisters Food
Group. Commenting on the new designs, 2 Sisters Group Business Development Director
Jeremy Chew said, “The new packs look great, they look bright and full of impact in the
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Tel: 01604 798600 | Email: [email protected] | www.ffppkg.co.uk
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always travel well across borders. In our
experience, we’ve rarely found that a single ‘look’
or visual image is equally compelling on a global
level.
In addition, product familiarity is often limited
in developing markets, which drives a greater
need to be literal in conveying product
information and usage occasions.
Similarly there can be locally imposed
information constraints, such as manufacturers
being bound to identify nutritional information
(fat content, salt levels etc.) on front of pack,
which can impact upon where benefit messaging
resides on pack and effectively breaks through
versus less persuasive messaging.
Cereal thriller: getting
global branding right
relies on local taste.
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Varying Marketing Challenges
In globalising, marketers typically start from very
different looks and business challenges across
countries – a well-established brand in the UK
may be a newcomer in China. If this context is
ignored, marketers may design to the lowestcommon denominator and end up with ‘global
mediocrity.’
APPLIED INTELLIGENCE
going global
WANT TO DRIVE SUCCESSFUL GLOBAL PACKAGING IN THE FOOD AND
DRINK SECTOR? THEN YOU’RE IN LUCK, AS GRANT MONTAGUE,
VP, EUROPE, OF PERCEPTION RESEARCH SERVICES EXPLAINS HOW…
In an increasingly connected and competitive world,
food and drink marketers are striving for the
efficiencies associated with establishing one-look
globally. However, whilst global design can be elegant
in theory, we’ve found that it’s quite difficult in
practice, due to:
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Varying Retail Formats & Packaging
Structures
For the shopper the brand begins in the store.
And globally packaging must work in a wide
range of retail contexts, from the wide aisles of
modern trade to the cluttered kiosks and smaller
pack formats in Traditional Trade.
Packaging structure can also be quite different
in developing markets from those most common
in North America and Europe. Typically, they are
much smaller, to allow for lower price points. This
smaller pack obviously leaves far less ‘real estate’
than larger formats found in your local Tesco. This
reality, along with lower literacy rates in the
developing world, means that copy/claims are less
likely to be effective (or legible!). As a result,
colour and primary visuals need to work harder to
delineate varieties (such as different flavours).
Varying Design Aesthetics & Information
Needs
Because perceptions of beauty, health and/or
appetite appeal vary by region, designs don’t
So what can marketers do to drive successful global
packaging? The key is using consumer research wisely
to incorporate local insight at both the beginning and
end of the design process.
At the pre-design stage research must inform the
design brief with an understanding of the local
markets, including ‘retail realities’ (of store context),
‘in-home realities’ (of storage and usage) and ‘visual
equities’ (that shoppers use to recognise the brand).
These core-equities can then be leveraged and evolved,
as the foundation for a new global design system.
At the evaluation stage research should guide the
decision-making process, both to ensure effectiveness
and to guide marketers beyond regional agendas and/
or individual opinions. To do so, it’s important to
marry the use of a consistent global methodology (to
provide consistent metrics) with local analysis (to
measure success within each market). Specifically, in a
packaging context, we’ve found that:
■ Behavioural measures of shelf presence (visibility,
shop-ability and purchase from shelf) are most
predictive of in-market performance
■ Setting realistic global Action Standards is critical,
as it is nearly impossible to drive ‘wins’ in all
countries
■ Diagnostic insights (from eye-tracking of pack
viewing patterns) are valuable in uncovering the
‘why’ and guiding refinements
UNIFORMLY FLEXIBLE
It’s vital to stand out on shelves awash with similar products.
In addition to incorporating the consumer’s voice, our
advice is to avoid defining ‘global packaging’ in terms
of global uniformity. Instead, the most successful
global packaging systems mandate a few coreconstants (a logo, a colour, etc.) and give regions the
freedom to use their local knowledge to customise
appropriately. This may involve modifying claims or a
visual to speak to local priorities or sensitivities, or
changing the packaging structure to work more
effectively in store or in-home.
Global design (and, indeed, global marketing) is
ultimately a balancing act, between global continuity
and local customization; and in some cases, between
long-term brand strategy and day-to-day execution.
Marketers and designers that respect this balance –
and are guided by a true understanding of local
shoppers – are far more likely to win their battles at
retail.
www.prsresearch.com
A sweet solution in packaging for East End
Nurseries of Hull
Zott Monte desserts in Weidenhammer twochamber containers
East End Nurseries of Hull is a principal fruit grower
and member of the Total Berry Group – they use
Holfeld HP punnets to supply a leading UK food and
clothing retail chain.
Kevin Hobson Nursery Manager said ‘ we are
delighted with the performance of Holfeld punnets,
with their product delivery, their customer service
record both internally and externally and in the
consistent quality of their punnets’.
The Nursery is a major customer for Holfeld
taking its range of HP soft fruit punnets specially
designed for the retail customer. The range of HP
punnets is supplied in rPET containing up to 90% post
consumer food use approved recyclate. The full HP range consists of 7 profiles, lidded or
unlidded with a unique heat seal design for top seal applications.
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The new Monte desserts from Zott are
simply ingenious and very tasty – and
the packaging plays a key role! The
flavour stays fresh thanks to the modern
two-cup chamber system with folding
seam that keeps the unique Monte
cream – a combination of creamy milk,
chocolate and hazelnuts – and fruit or
crispy ingredients separate until they are
mixed just before eating. The plastic
container is manufactured using a thin-walled injection technique with in-mould labelling by
the Weidenhammer Packaging Group (WPG), Europe’s leading supplier of composite cans,
composite drums and plastic containers. Perfect all-around labelling is achieved using the
special Weidenhammer full-cover technique that enables the sides and bottom of the plastic
container to be seamlessly processed without edges.
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Tel: +353 (0) 402 41234 | www.holfeldplastics.com
www.weidenhammer.de/en/home
Tri-Pot’s “curves” give food-to-go the wow factor
Beverage carton industry’s figure for verified
traceability of wood fibre hits 93%
New from Tri-Star Packaging, the Tri-Pot™ is stylish, sturdy and versatile, and perfect for
products such as pasta salads, couscous, olives, yoghurt & granola, Bircher muesli and
chopped fruit. It offers superb presentation onshelf and excellent levels of clarity, making it
ideal for encouraging impulse
purchases. The Tri-Pot™ has
pleasing soft curves that fit
perfectly in the hand, ensuring it
will be a hit with customers
every time.
Available exclusively from
Tri-Star, the Tri-Pot™ comes in
three sizes – small (170cc), medium (300cc) and large (440cc) – with separate one-size lids
and inserts. It is stackable, has plenty of room for labelling and branding, and makes portion
control easy. Tri-Pot™ is not just stylish and practical – it is environmentally-friendly too. It
is made in Britain from premium UK-sourced crystal-clear rPET that is both recycled and
recyclable, resulting in a low carbon footprint.
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Tel: 020 8443 9100 | www.tri-star.co.uk
Hungarian premium wine brand
Royal Tokaji creates luxury gift
box using MirriNor
To enable and support sales through travel retail and
enhance its shelf presence in selected outlets
globally, premium wine brand Royal Tokaji, has
created a gift box designed to package its Blue
Label (Europe/Asia) and Red Label (US). The box was
created using MirriNor Rainbow which has a
holographic effect. This in turn was printed with
artwork produced using Color-Logic software,
applying a layer of translucent white to soften the
holographic effect. Areas of text were released out
of the material along with various borders in the
design. These were highlighted inline using a
reticulation varnish.
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Tel: 07789 753 359
Email:[email protected]
Good progress has been made towards achieving full third-party verified traceability of
globally sourced wood fibre used in cartons produced by beverage carton manufacturers
represented by ACE UK.
According to the seventh annual Proforest* report on the Chain of Custody (CoC)
commitment made in 2007 by Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE)
members – Tetra Pak, Elopak and SIG Combibloc – 93% of wood fibre purchased globally by
these companies in 2013 was either FSC certified fibre or originated from FSC controlled
wood. This is compared to 88% in 2012.
The latest figure means ACE members are well on track to meet their commitment to
source 100% wood fibre that is traceable to legal and acceptable sources by 2015. 100% of
the fibre already used in the EU already comes from plants which are FSC chain of custody
certified. In addition, 46 (89%) of the 52 converting plants owned by ACE beverage carton
producers worldwide are now FSC chain of custody certified, which is up from 81% in 2012.
This means there are only six more converting plants to be certified to meet the ACE
commitment of securing CoC certification for all beverage carton manufacturing plants by
2018.
Traceability is one of our industry’s most important strategies to combat illegal logging,
and is equally important in avoiding socially and environmentally unacceptable sources of
wood.
The main raw material for the production of cartons is wood fibre, which is a renewable
resource. In Sweden and Finland, where most of the wood fibre for European beverage
cartons originates, forests are expanding with growth in forest volume increasing year-onyear as annual growth actually exceeds cuttings.
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www.ace-uk.co.uk
National Flexible’s ‘Sweet Touch’
National Flexible have recently been appointed to provide the latest packaging for a new
range of pre-packed confectionery launched for sale in selected retail outlets throughout the
UK.
Produced by Harrogate-based The Serious Sweet Co, the packs needed to have instant
stand-out and shelf-appeal as part of a high-visibility premium range.
National Flexible produced a bespoke printed laminate used to create the quad-style
packs. The inner layer of the laminate makes use of an ‘easy-peel’ sealing layer to improve
the end-consumers handling and opening of the packs.
“Specialist bespoke laminates can often mean a lengthy lead time as the materials are
made to order. We offer all of our customers the opportunity to benefit from reducing those
lead times to only a matter of days by making use of our free stock-holding capabilities,” said
National Flexible’s Marketing Manager - Andy Smith.
“Finished reels can be delivered in as little as 24 hours - or as required. This level of
service is ideal for customers who are dealing with supermarkets and need to be able to
respond quickly to any unexpected demand or promotions.” he continued.
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www.nationalflexible.co.uk
RETAIL PACKAGING FOOD & DRINK PACKAGING
Appetising Ideas
PROVING THAT HEALTHY CAN BE TASTY, ADRIAN COLLINS, MD OF ZIGGURAT
BRANDS, EXPLAINS HOW THE FIRST BITE REALLY IS WITH THE EYE…
In recent years consumers have become increasingly
concerned with the health implications of what they
put in their mouths, and with predictions that more
than half of the UK’s population could be obese by
2050, regulators have shown a marked enthusiasm
for action in the area of food packaging, most
notably with the traffic light system.
Consequently, food manufacturers have been
left with a simple choice: target either the healthconscious market or those looking to enjoy their
food. So, when PepsiCo approached us wanting to
know why its Sunbites product was not selling as
well as it could, we took the bold step of
suggesting that it could become one of the first
brands to break out of this divide between healthy
and tasty.
In 2007, Walkers, the UK’s number one crisps
and snacks manufacturer, had launched Sunbites, a
savoury snack containing a third of your daily
recommended amount of wholegrain in each
portion and 30% lower in fat than standard crisps.
Although it experienced high repeat purchase rates
in the ‘Better For You’ segment, indicating that
consumers who tried the product loved it, Walkers
wanted to increase penetration by getting more
consumers to try Sunbites.
It was abundantly clear that the packaging was
putting off consumers who considered taste
alongside health in their food purchases. The
Attractive design that health obsessives can really get their teeth into.
our new design, commenting: “I love this image as it
relates to the name and is eye catching”, “I like the
different fonts. It makes the product seem like a fun
thing to have and eat”, and “Looks nice and bright,
and is eye catching enough to want to check it out.”
Given that a pack change on an existing brand
often sees an initial fall in sales as consumers
unfamiliar with the new identity fail to see ‘their
brand’, it was an immediate vindication of our work
to see Nielsen sales data revealing a 26% uplift in
sales for the first three months. The Millward Brown
Tracking data also told a very positive story in that
consumers’ perception of the brand, reflected in the
‘Brand Regard’ measure, increased by 23% in just 12
weeks after the new packs were introduced. This
improved perception was particularly evident in key
areas: ‘are high-quality’, ‘have flavours you like’, ‘are
great-tasting’ and ‘are acceptable to eat as part of a
balanced diet’.
PUBLIC PERCEPTION
Sunny logo, far sunnier sales.
product expectation set up by the healthy cues did
not reflect the actual product experience, and so we
needed to change that.
A FRESH PROPOSITION
The original packaging had been entirely focused on
emphasising the wholegrain content of the product,
so we established an original, exciting, colourful
illustrative style and language to reflect just how tasty,
light and enjoyable Sunbites actually are, to engage
new consumers who were attracted to the idea of
trialling a healthier, tastier snack.
We worked with Walkers to develop the core
proposition ‘Tiny Moments of Extraordinary Pleasure’
which served as a descriptor for both the product and
the category. Focus groups responded positively to
This was no short-term spike either, as sales of
Sunbites have risen from £8m before the rebrand to
more than £40m now. Really it was a long-term shift
in perception from a dull, worthy product to a one
that is healthy but also tasty. It shows just what can
be done by packaging design alone. It is also worth
noting that this relaunch was supported by
advertising, but this only began after the initial three
month period, meaning that sales increased 26%
without any above-the-line support.
It is a remarkable success story and one that
many other food brands could emulate. Perceptions
can be changed, but it requires the right product, a
willingness to invest in a rebranding strategy, and a
partner who can find the authentic thought that
resonates at the core of the brand and then craft
compelling packaging design that will inspire
consumers to purchase. It is by no means easy, but it
can be done!
T: +44 (0)20 7969 7736
www.zigguratbrands.com
LINPAC hoping to double up on awards for its
Rfresh® Elite meat tray
M&S embrace on-demand digitally printed
packaging
LINPAC Packaging has been announced as a
finalist in two categories of this year’s Plastics
Industry Awards. The packaging manufacturer
has been shortlisted in the Best Recycled Product
and Best Technology Application categories for its
Rfresh Elite tray for fresh meat and poultry.
Winners will be announced at a black-tie event on
October 24 at the London Hilton hotel, hosted by comedian and television presenter Al
Murray. The awards recognise the best that the UK plastics industry has to offer and covers
material usage, product design, manufacturing, training and environmental performance.
Rfresh Elite is a mono-material tray, manufactured from up to 95% rPET. It uses a
unique sealant, developed by LINPAC, on the tray flange to create a secure seal with the
lidding film, removing the need for the industry standard laminated PE base film and creating
a crystal clear tray which is 100% recyclable at the end of its service life - a breakthrough in
tray packaging design.
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In response to demand from retailers,
wholesalers and food service, Lovemore
Foods have extended their range of ‘Free
From’ Gluten and Wheat free snack pack
cakes and cookies.
Paul Haines, Business Development
Manager said, “Our customers buy
Lovemore products due to the superb
quality of our ingredients. Even customers
who don’t need ‘free from’ products prefer
the taste.” According to WHO, medically
recognised food allergies have been estimated to be up to 3% in adults and 6% in children.
Britain’s Food Standards Agency claims an additional 20% of adults describe themselves as
‘food intolerant’. That’s almost 25% of the population.
“We always choose National Flexible for our films,” said Darren Evans Purchasing
Manager, “they give us excellent customer service and are always competitive, but
importantly they are extremely forthcoming with ideas to help grow our business.”
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M&S are the first
retailer to use digital
print to produce
confectionery
packaging to package
their Summer of
Flavour Fruit Jellies,
which are available in
M&S stores across
the UK.
The digitally
printed, flexible
packaging has been
printed and laminated
by Ultimate
Packaging, a UK
supplier of all the
major UK retailers. As
an M&S Hero Printer,
Ultimate has
supported it with the
development of
design and print
standards for a number of key ranges.
Andrew Speck, M&S Commercial and Environmental Packaging Manager commented:
‘M&S and Ultimate have worked closely to develop food-approved digitally printed flexible
packaging. Digital print allows small volumes of printed packaging to be produced, which
enables new products to be trialled in-store. With no need for printing plates and a reduced
artwork process, this has opened the door to on-demand print, something that conventional
print techniques cannot deliver.’
Ultimate Packaging has reverse printed the M&S Fruit Jellies design using only four
process colours, plus white, to match the existing eight colour flexo specification. Laminating
digitally printed film requires specialist adhesives. Ultimate is leading the industry in the
digital print and lamination of digitally print flexible films. The business is fully accredited to
produce food standard flexo and digitally printed food packaging.
J&K Confectionery packed the M&S Fruit Jellies using its standard packing line to
process and pack the digitally printed film.
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Tel: 01274 685566 | www.nationalflexible.co.uk
Brewers can save cash and reduce their impact
on the environment by switching to disposable
PET kegs
Invoice finance feeds success of food packaging
business whose bank lacked appetite to lend
Tel: 01977 692111 | www.linpacpackaging.com
Lovemore Foods love more taste
Brewers could make significant financial savings, improve operational flexibility and reduce
their environmental impact simply by switching from re-usable steel kegs to non-returnable
PET kegs, according to an independent analysis commissioned by Petainer.
The analysis, carried out by leading supply chain expert Axel Hartwig of Sauer & Hartwig
Technologie, compared multiple aspects of the use of steel kegs and PET kegs such as
Petainer’s petainerKeg™. In a white paper outlining his findings, Hartwig concluded that
there was “a strong case for using one way PET kegs instead of conventional steel kegs
because there are clear benefits at every stage of the supply chain from the brewery to the
final customer.”
Hartwig’s white paper highlights the rising cost of steel, which has led to increases in
the price of steel kegs to as much as €81 for a 50-litre keg. PET kegs, by contrast, require
far less in the way of investment and, because they are designed to be recycled after use,
there are no ongoing costs associated with maintenance and repairs.
Operationally, PET kegs provide more flexibility because they are often more widely
available than steel kegs in smaller 20 litre and 30 litre sizes, which are increasingly popular
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The white paper can be downloaded at:
http://www.petainer.com/_/Downloads/Petainer/FileLibrary/English/petainer_keg
_supply_chain_white_paper.pdf
www.petainer.com
When entrepreneur and sole trader Karl Hannaford of USP Packaging went to his bank to
finance the launch of a new range of drinking containers, he was turned down flat.
Despite his company’s success and track record in providing disposable catering products
and tamper evident containers to food companies across the UK, his application was
refused.
Instead he sought the help of a commercial finance broker, Touch Financial, who in turn
introduced Karl to one of a panel of specialist invoice finance providers who took a rather
more positive stance regarding his plans.
“I looked at six or seven different companies, but chose Touch Financial to help me
because they seemed genuinely interested in my business and what I was trying to
achieve,” he says.
The factoring package that Touch Financial brokered allows Karl to secure cash in
advance against the invoices he raises – usually up to 80% of the invoice total. The more
invoices he generates, the more cash is made available, which far exceeds what would have
been available through a bank loan or overdraft facility.
Since the invoices are generated and followed up by the factor, Karl can focus on what
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www.touchfinancial.co.uk
RETAIL PACKAGING MACHINERY NEWS
AUDIOPACK FINISHES OFF
Print finishing specialists SM Finishing have added
to their already impressive range of equipment with
the installation of an Audionpack H22SA seal/shrink
combination wrapping machine. Supplied by UK
and Ireland agent Friedheim International, the new
wrapper is already proving itself value for money,
according to managing director Gary Benner: “Like
any good, sensible company we did our homework
on what machine best suited our requirements, and
the Audionpack H22SA fulfilled all our criteria. It is
a compact but robust machine, and for its price
very cost-effective!”
SM Finishing (2004), based in Aspley,
Nottingham, offers a host of finishing services
including specialised folding, saddle-stitching,
guillotining and trimming, as well as tipping on
and attaching, inkjet
personalisation and gluing for
one-piece mailers, leaflets and
other similar promotional items.
Says Gary Benner: “We are
capable of taking on all types of
work, and our experience enables us
to handle many jobs that others are unable
to. In terms of run-lengths, these can
vary from as little as 200 to many
millions of items. When
products require shrink
wrapping, prior to distribution,
the Audionpack wrapper is already
proving its worth in terms of quality, output
and reliability, and has been a good investment!”
T: 01442 206100
www.friedheim.co.uk
www.friedheimpackaging.co.uk
Machinery News
Some of the sharpest new tools
of the packaging trade…
COST-CUTTNG CARTONING
Looking for cartoning equipment that’s robust and
reliable, whilst still cutting running and part
replacement costs? Welcome to T. Freemantle Ltd, a
manufacturer that remains the first choice for a
growing number of UK Blue Chip companies.
A cunning bit of cartoning kit, the flexible design
of the Freemantle machine means it can meet a wide
range of applications without the need for changing
parts or complicated resetting. Plus, new products can
be brought on stream with no further equipment cost
and no waiting time for part delivery.
Constructed mainly of stainless steel and
aluminium, only the very best components are selected
to deliver a reliable performance every time. As
selection of components is a key consideration, only
easily accessible, standard, ‘off the shelf’ components
are used, meaning that parts are available across
Europe, further reducing costs and, more importantly,
down-time.
This ease of access to parts is further backed up by
Freemantle’s huge parts stockholding which can
guarantee that 90% of all spares despatch the same
day.
Adding to the already brimming list of bonuses,
day to day running costs are also reduced, as these
machines are proven to offer the simplest and fastest
size change in the industry, reducing down-time even
further. And, finally, special attention has even been
made to allowing ease of access for cleaning and
routine maintenance, once more cutting the time
needed for these essential operations to an absolute
minimum.
T: 01724 272463
www.tfreemantle.com
PA’S SALAD DAYS
As keen on saving the environment as it is
serving succulent tomatoes, APS Salads’
mission has always been to grow and source
delicious tomatoes in the most
environmentally friendly way possible. So,
when the time came to invest in new
packaging machinery, it was only natural that
environmental issues were high on the
agenda, and as a result APS Salads chose to
install Packaging Automation’s fully electric
eclipse tray sealers, designed to address the
environmental impact of packaging
operations by reducing the user’s power
consumption by up to 90%.
APS Salads’ requirement for tray sealers
arose when Tesco requested a pack format
change from flow wrapping to heat sealed
punnets. After an impressive site visit to an
existing PA customer with eclipse machinery
the decision was taken to purchase eclipse
SL4 machines for the Cheshire and Kent sites.
As part of the installation PA also modified
APS Salads’ own conveyors to ensure
compatibility with the new tray sealers.
The in-line, fully electric SL4 is a smallfootprint machine capable of sealing 60 packs
per minute. Featuring PA’s PowerdriveTM
technology, the SL4 is a fully electric machine
and operates without using any compressed
air, therefore offering savings of up to 98% of
the running costs of conventional
pneumatically operated tray sealers. This
enables tomato producers to demonstrate a
real commitment to environmental issues,
whilst delivering a competitive operating cost.
Established back in 1963, Packaging
Automation Ltd is a leading UK manufacturer
of tray sealing and pot filling and sealing
machinery, offering customers a tray sealer or
pot filler for a wide range of applications in
the food industry. Full packing lines can be
specified and installed to include tray
denesting, conveyoring, tray filling, film
sealing including modified atmosphere
packing (MAP) facilities. Foil tray sealing as
well as plastic tray sealing can be
accommodated on all machines as standard.
T: 01565 755000
www.pal.co.uk
PROFILE - MACHINERY NEWS RETAIL PACKAGING
Installation of Allen Coding Thermal Jet Printers
proves a cunning move for Fox’s Biscuits
Fox’s Biscuits has replaced old, costly
and messy case coders with 14 robust
and reliable TJ500 thermal jet printers
from leading marking and coding
specialist, Allen Coding. Installed at the
biscuit manufacturer’s plant in West
Yorkshire, the cost effective TJ500 was
chosen for its clean operation, low
maintenance, minimal operator
involvement and consistent print quality.
Allen Coding’s TJ500 thermal jet
printers are being used by Fox’s Biscuits to apply a variety of date formats on to both outer
cases and primary product cartons. The units, which are primarily fitted to Endoline case
sealers in this instance, are operating at speeds up to 20 ppm (packs per minute) on the
case code application and 120 ppm on the primary packs.
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Clayton Park baking the most of its production
lines with Ulma’s Atlanta Hi-Tec packaging
solutions
Award-winning Clayton Park Bakery, renowned for
its range of high quality savouries,
cakes and breads, turned to Ulma
Packaging Ltd for the flexible,
flowrapping equipment it required to
cope with soaring demand for its
morning goods and confectionery.
Clayton Park invested in two of Ulma Packaging’s
Atlanta Hi-Tec horizontal flow wrappers for its second purpose-built bakery at
Accrington which is producing a variety of tasty food items including bread rolls, finger rolls,
cakes and vanilla slices. From wrapping loaves of bread to bagging pasties, flexibility, speed
and presentation are key ingredients for bakers and many, like Clayton Park, are choosing
Ulma’s equipment because it can safely wrap a whole range of different shaped products in
any configuration, while at the same time maximising visibility on retailers’ shelves.
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Tel: 01438 347 770 | www.allencoding.com
www.ulmapackaging.co.uk
PPMA Show 2014
Mettler-Toledo Safeline X-ray’s X36 series boosts
versatility
Yorkshire Packaging Systems Ltd are celebrating almost 40 years in business during the
PPMA 2014 show, with the introduction of the Flexo Servo X following their recent tie up with
the leading German machine manufacturer Hugo Beck. Hugo Beck specialise in high end,
high speed shrink wrapping and mailing applications and occupy a leading position in this
technically demanding sector.
YPS will also unveil their new totally re-designed high speed SLAU 50x50 fully automatic
L sealer and TR45/90 shrink tunnel designed to work with the high quality Bollore shrink film
of which YPS are the sole UK distributor. The model incorporates new features which have
been added to strengthen its position in the market. A new intuitive touch screen control
system, servo controlled motors and a new pack detection system ensure faster speeds than
ever before.
Also on display will be YPS’s complete range of sleeve wrapping systems for transit
packaging including our SVA 60x35 side feed sleeve sealer coupled with our TR65/100
shrink tunnel and our series of semi and fully automatic combination unit ‘L’ sealers and
shrink tunnels. Stand A30.
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Tel: 01924 441355 | www.yps.co.uk
Mettler-Toledo Safeline X-ray further
drives the development of maximum
efficiency product inspection and
quality control for food and
pharmaceutical manufacturers with
the latest advancement of its x-ray
inspection systems, the X36 Series,
which is now available in a shorter
1.2m version. The new design
incorporates short tunnel guards,
which are instrumental in reducing
the machine footprint ideal for
manufacturers with restricted
production space. After installation,
extension tunnel guards can be easily
constructed, around the detector
apertures and over the conveyors
without increasing the system size.
These measures ensure compliance
with radiation guidelines issued by
the European Commission and the
United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA).
The X36 series utilises Mettler-Toledo Safeline X-ray’s advanced x-ray imaging
technology, guaranteed to produce consistent and reliable product inspection results on
single and multi-lane applications. Designed for manufacturers seeking to detect and remove
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RETAIL PACKAGING ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
Paper packaging is on a roll…
Pulp Non-Fiction
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF PULP – DOMINIC CAKEBREAD,
PACKAGING CONSULTANT AT SMITHERS PIRA, EXPLAINS WHY, WHEN IT
COMES TO PACKAGING RECYCLING, PAPER IS PRE-EMINENT…
Within the recycled materials market, paper
packaging is the largest sector, accounting for
around 65% of all recycled packaging. Paper and
paperboard also have the highest recycling rates
worldwide (with the exception of glass in some
countries). Demand for paper packaging will
continue to grow, due to the manufacturing
economies of China and other emerging countries.
In fact, the overall market for recycled paper
packaging will grow at a CAGR of 5% to reach $139
billion in 2018.
In the US and Canada, paper and paperboard
recovery has increased by 81% since 1990, and has
reached a recycling rate of 70% in the US and 80%
in Canada. European countries have reached an
average of 75% for recycling paper, with some
countries like Belgium and Austria achieving almost
90% recovery. In the UK and many other countries in
Western Europe the paper recycling rate is 80%.
Eastern Europe and the rest of the world tend to lag
behind in paper recycling, mainly due to a lack of
adequate recycling infrastructure.
Containerboard packaging represents the largest
market for recycled paper packaging. About 30% of
the paper and paperboard recovered in the US is used
to produce containerboard which is the material used
for corrugated packaging. A large amount of
recovered paperboard is exported to China, while the
rest is used to produce other paper packaging such as
boxboard, which includes folding boxes. In 2011
exports of recovered paper to China and other
countries accounted for a huge 42% of the paper
collected in the US for recycling.
It is estimated that the demand for recycled
paper will exceed supply by 1.5 million tonnes
of recycled pulp per year by 2018. The paper industry
is investing in paper packaging plants in the
developing world to satisfy growing demand in these
regions.
In the future, paper packaging is the most
obvious choice for replacing polystyrene. Many key
players in the industry have already switched to or are
experimenting with paper products. For example,
Starbucks uses only paper cups and is actively
involved in paper recycling initiatives including closedloop systems in select locations. Further improvements
in paper recycling will also help to grow the market,
as recent advances have made it possible to recycle
coated paper packaging along with corrugated paper.
This will reduce the cost of recycling significantly,
driving up the demand for recycled paper.
PAPER PLATE-SPINNING
One of the fastest growing markets for recycled paper
is the food-service market. Although it represents a
small percentage of the overall market for recycled
paper (<1% of the total recycled paper market), it is
expected to grow faster than the overall demand for
recycled paper packaging. With the economy
improving, the food service market will start to see
more growth, and that combined with increasing
consumer awareness of litter and solid waste, caused
by discarded plates and glasses, will drive the demand
for recycled paper. Also, industry players are also
getting active in this market as pressure from
governments and various environmental groups
continues to increase.
To learn more about the paper packaging
market, the full report ‘The Future of Sustainable
Packaging to 2018’ can be purchased from Smithers
Pira via the website address below.
www.smitherspira.com
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE
Recovered paper accounts for 37% of the US pulp
supply. The demand for paper pulp is growing rapidly
in developing countries; China, India and the rest of
Asia are the fastest growing users of paper per
capita. The increase in the transit packaging sector in
China, combined with growing consumerism, is
leading to rapidly growing demand for paper
packaging. Paper packaging demand has been
growing at a rate of 6.5% since 2008, far higher
than anywhere else in the world. Along with this
demand for paper packaging, the demand for
recycled paper is also increasing.
When it comes
to recycling,
pulp-produced
packaging
is a gift.
ENVIRONMENT MATTERS RETAIL PACKAGING
Ace in the hole
EXPLAINING HOW WE CAN TAKE ACTION AGAINST ECO-IMPACT,
RICHARD HANDS, CEO OF ACE UK, PROMOTES WOOD-FIBRE
PAPERBOARD AS THE FUTURE OF PACKAGING…
Earlier in the year Britain suffered the effects of smog
and high levels of atmospheric pollution, exacerbated
by a combination of freak weather conditions and
Saharan sands blown from North Africa. It was
another reminder to us all of the impacts of our
actions on the environment, and the need to
consider the decisions we make, both as businesses
and individuals.
Businesses can reduce their environmental
impacts by looking beyond their own operations to
the sustainability of their whole supply chains. ACE
UK’s members, Tetra Pak, Elopak and SIG Combibloc,
are the leading manufacturers of beverage cartons for
the UK market, and are committed to improving
environmental performance across the whole lifecycles
of their packages. As an industry, we seek to improve
the efficiency of cartons, from sourcing responsiblymanaged, renewable raw materials, through to
supporting recycling at end-of-life.
RESPONSIBLE & RENEWABLE
Beverage cartons, on average, are made from 75%
paperboard, a renewable material if made from woodfibre sourced from responsibly managed forests. We
demonstrate this through rigorous traceability systems,
independently verified and certified annually according
to Chain of Custody (CoC) standards set by the Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC).
The majority of wood-fibre for European
beverage cartons comes from Sweden and Finland. In
these countries, due to their sound forest
management practices, net wood volume is actually
increasing year-on-year. In Sweden, for example, 85
million cubic metres of wood is harvested annually,
while annual growth is around 120 million cubic
metres (2011 figures). In Finland, the picture is much
the same with 71 million cubic metres of wood
harvested annually, with annual growth at 104 million
cubic metres (2011 figures). This helps in the fight
ACE UK’s new Earth-friendly
facility in Yorkshire
against climate change as growing forests are
effective absorbers of CO2. A study by the faculty of
Biosciences at the University of Helsinki has estimated
that between 1990 and 2005, expanding forest
biomass in the EU27 absorbed 360-495 million
tonnes of CO2 from the Earth’s atmosphere each year
– 8-10% of the EU’s fossil fuel carbon dioxide
emissions.
CLEVER TO THE CORE
Additionally, the beverage carton industry has worked
hard to ensure that carton packages can be recycled
at end-of-life in the UK. Developing collection and
recycling infrastructure and stimulating a domestic
market for used beverage cartons have been key to
this, particularly ACE UK’s new carton recycling
facility, developed in partnership with paper and
packaging producer Sonoco Alcore. Situated in
Stainland, West Yorkshire, the facility is capable of
recycling up to 40% of the cartons manufactured
each year for the UK food and drink market. Before
September 2013, UK cartons were exported to
Europe for recycling. Now, Sonoco Alcore will take
advantage of the strength and quality of the virgin
wood-fibres found in cartons, by turning them into
industrial-strength coreboard at its paper mill located
on the same site.
The collection of post-consumer cartons has also
increased significantly in the UK in the last few years,
with 57% of local authorities now including cartons
in their kerbside collection systems, and a further
34% using ACE UK’s own bring-bank collection
system. As well as increasing resource efficiency,
recycling beverage cartons also saves carbon.
IDEAS IN ACTION
This development benefits all stakeholders: local
authorities are provided with a commercial and
environmental incentive to collect beverage cartons
Tackling CO2 by saving trees
for recycling, which makes it easier for consumers to
recycle cartons, which in turn meets retailers’
requirements for packaging that is easy to recycle.
Climate change is a reality, and we are already
experiencing its negative effects. Taking action to
reduce environmental impacts and improve resource
efficiency is something we can all affect – from
individuals to whole industries. We can no longer ask
ourselves if we can afford to take action, but if we
can afford not to.
www.ace-uk.co.uk
**TRADE REGISTER JUL-AUG 14_TRADE REGISTER JAN-FEB 13 15/07/2014 14:53 Page 34
RETAIL PACKAGING CLASSIFIED
ADHESIVES
BOTTLES
CONTRACT PACKING
AW Gregory & Co Ltd
Plastic Bottles and Containers
To request our latest brochure call
Tel: 01732 462656
Fax: 01732 742602
BAGS
Technical Treatments Ltd
Est. 1946
Dale Products
(Plastics) Ltd
Barnsley Road,
Platts Common,
Barnsley S74 0QW
Tel: 01226 742511
Fax: 01226 350496
Manufacturer of all types of
polythene bags printed or plain
inc. shaped bags, block bottom bags,
drawstring.
Say you saw it in
Manufacturers of Blow
Moulded Bottles.
Station Works, Rye Lane,
Dunton Green, Sevenoaks,
Kent TN14 5HD
Tel: 01732 462656 Fax: 01732 742602
www.technical-treatments.co.uk
BOXES & CARTONS
SPECIALISTS IN HIGH QUALITY PACKAGING
THE WALSALL BOX CO LTD
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!!!Are You in a Hurry???
Large range of both narrow
and wide mouth bottles and
containers. ISO Approved
Over 80 years experience. Est. 1926
Bespoke packaging design and manufacture with
total satisfaction and delivery on time guaranteed.
Large range of cartons and boxes
available from stock.
We are the people you require for
High
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We can pack:
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Granules • Creams
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01772 723100
www.thesachetcompany.co.uk
• Plain and printed cartons
• Presentation and Gift Boxes
• Rigid and folding boxes
• Lock end and long tuck cartons
• Pharmaceutical and tablet boxes
Bank Street, Walsall
West Midlands, WS1 2ER
Telephone: 01922 628 118
Fax No:
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www.thewalsallbox.co.uk
We have over 700 sizes of cartons
and boxes in stock:
• Single, double and triple wall cartons
• White boxes • Long boxes
• Telescopic boxes • Removal boxes
• Loading cases and containers
• Export boxes
We have over 3,800 packaging products in stock
available for delivery to you next day.
To get your FREE COPY of the Rajapack catalogue
call or go online:
Tel: 0800 542 44 28
www.rajapack.co.uk
e-mail: [email protected]
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• Flow Wrapping
• Shrinkwrapping • Shrink Sleeving
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Tel: 01525 383636
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• An eco-alternative that
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Tel. +44 (0) 116 2760206
[email protected]
Fax. +44 (0) 116 2742995
www.hollowrap.com
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The
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UK Manufacturers of High Quality RPET Packaging:
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Screen & Litho Printing.
FREE DESIGN & SAMPLE SERVICE
Our RPET material has a 70% post consumer waste content.
Tel : 01455 637734 Fax : 01455 637724
email : [email protected]
Web : visionpackagingltd.co.uk
Say you saw it in
SHREDDERS
The largest stockist of
shrinkwrap machinery in the UK.
New, refurbished or second hand.
Tel: 07802 886250
Email:
[email protected]
RING ME – GERRY WAINMAN!
www.aaron-pack-mart.co.uk
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JENTON & PPMA
IN THE Q&A CHAIR THIS ISSUE WE GET THE
INSIDE INFO FROM THE MD OF JENTON
INTERNATIONAL AND CHAIRMAN OF
PPMA GROUP OF ASSOCIATIONS,
RICHARD LITTLE…
So, Richard, the obvious first
question is: as Chairman of PPMA
and the big show mere months
away now, what can exhibitors
expect from this year’s event?
The aim of the PPMA is to help
members develop their businesses and
this extends totally to the PPMA show.
Now we have the show back in-house PPMA Show: busy aisles assured
the team have been working really hard
to make sure that the event connects plenty of visitors with plenty of exhibitors and
plenty of the latest equipment on working display. The show has been more widely
promoted than ever before and exhibitors are supporting us in excellent numbers so
that the space has had to be extended. It will be a great networking event.
Equally, what can visitors expect to find and take away from the NEC by
way of an education?
We know that visitors are managers and engineers who are busier than ever and so
we are making sure that visiting the PPMA show will be time well spent. The
combined processing and packaging knowledge of the standholders represents
many thousand years’ worth of experience. Visitors can bring almost any packaging,
innovation and vision challenge to the show and find someone who will help solve
it. In addition there are seminars on subjects such as branding, sustainability and
innovations with speakers from M&S, Tesco, Coca-Cola as well as the keynote
speech from Christine Tacon, Groceries Code Adjudicator.
You’re also hosting a special PPMA Awards in the evening of day one, so
what areas of the industry will you be honouring?
The PPMA Group Industry Awards are open to the whole industry, not just
members. They recognise and reward excellence throughout the sector with 12
categories from ‘Processing and Packaging Manufacturer of the year’, to ‘Most
innovative automation system’ to awards for sustainability and customer service. In
addition they identify the best apprentices in our sector and those who have
contributed over their careers. We will also be launching ‘PPMA BEST’ (Business,
Education, Skills and Training) which will use funds generated by future PPMA
shows to encourage young people into our industry.
A wealth of industry info and innovation await at the PPMA event
Other than your PPMA duties, you’re also the MD at Jenton International.
Can you give us a brief overview of what the company does?
Jenton develops, manufactures and sells equipment for various industries, food and
medical being the main ones. We supply banding machines, lots of converting
equipment, the Ariana range of food automation equipment (we make seal testers,
convergers and stackers) and more recently a range of UV sterilisation equipment
for air and surfaces in the food industry. We are lucky in that we have some real
experts in mechanical design and in control technology and they have created some
groundbraking innovative machines.
Jenton launched in 1973 and has been a family business since then, growing
into the success it is today, but where do you see it going next?
We do very little of what we did in 1973! As a small company we’ve needed to
change and adapt to suit circumstances and changes in technology – for example,
industrial UV curing, one of our main lines, wasn’t even on the radar then. Current
developments are in blending our know-how with the need for sustainable
processes and equipment. Our seal tester for example identifies leaking MAP packs
on line and rejects them so the contents can be repacked thus preserving contents –
typically 90% of the CO2 load of a package. Our banding machines, once used for
banknotes and labels, are now integral to several low material use shelf loading
solutions.
Finally, returning to the PPMA Show, what will you in particular be looking
forward to at this year’s event?
I’ve been to every PPMA show and the buzz is all about meeting old and new
customers and coming up with ideas with them and with other exhibitors. It’s
always got something new to see. This year I’m looking forward to Michael Portillo
opening the show and, of course, the dinner and awards with Rory Bremner who
will draw people to see and join in the celebration of the great things our industry
can achieve.
www.ppma.co.uk
www.ppmashow.co.uk
www.jenton.co.uk
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