A Mansfield-based decorative light metal packaging manufacturer
is set to establish a new base in the town thanks to a
£515,000 Grant for Business Investment (GBI) that the
business received from East Midlands Development Agency (emda).
Crown Speciality Packaging UK specialises in the production of
decorative light metal packaging. It employs over 160 staff at its
site at Rock Valley in Mansfield.
The GBI will help the company, which is part of multi-national
Crown Holdings Inc., to relocate to new premises at Crown Farm Way
in Mansfield, fit-out these premises, and install a new
palletisation system.
The existing, long established site, which is based at Rock
Valley in Mansfield, has evolved over many decades. However, due to
heavier press machinery and larger scale manufacturing, many areas
of the site can no longer be used, resulting in production being
scattered and requiring raw materials and products to be moved
considerable distances from process to process.
Pictured above: (l-r) David Harrison, Business
Operations Director at Crown, with John O'Reilly, Business Support
Director at emda
The move to purpose-built, modern premises will help to sustain
manufacturing at Crown Speciality Packaging UK in Mansfield and
increase efficiency and market competitiveness in the
long-term.
Speaking about the move to the new premises, the company's
Business Operations Director, David Harrison, added: "Relocating
the business in the local area ensures we retain our core skills
and workforce. Efficiency improvements will provide the foundation
of a sustainable business to maximise the opportunities available
to us in the years to come.
I would like to thank emda for its support in making the move a
reality. The priority now is for us to provide a full and
competitive service to all our metal packaging customers and fulfil
our business commitments."
John O'Reilly, emda's Business Support Director, added: "I am
delighted that we have been able to help Crown Speciality Packaging
UK move to premises that will give the business the room it needs
to develop and expand. The manufacture of metal tins for packaging
is long established in Mansfield and we felt that it was vitally
important to ensure the long-term viability of this business. With
the move to purpose-built, modern premises, the company will be in
a great position to continue to be successful and grow."
In addition to the site in Mansfield, Crown Speciality Packaging
UK also operates across four other sites in the UK, at Aintree,
Carlisle, Tyneside and Leicester.
For full details about GBI, visit www.emda.org.uk/gbi, where
initial application forms are also available to download.
For more information about other business support that is
available, contact the Business Link service on 0845 058 6644, or
visit www.businesslink.gov.uk/eastmidlands