Midlands Business News

A Midlands family business is celebrating 100 years of trading at the forefront of the transit packaging industry.

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Kite Packaging, the UK’s leading packaging supplier has been awarded the Mars Drinks Gold Standard Award for quality performance in 2012. The award which was launched several years ago, was awarded to Kite, which has branches throughout the UK, in recognition of its full delivery performance, better-than-target parts per million quality, and in celebration of [...]

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A packaging specialist is warning that there is a worrying skills shortage when it comes to new talent entering the industry.

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Coventry based Kite Packaging is preparing to provide customers with a fresh approach to packaging at this year’s Online Retailing Expo, by offering visitors free advicefrom its packaging experts. The Kite team will be attending this year’s show at the Birmingham NEC on the 20th and 21st of March, with the intention of helping prospective [...]

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Expansion plans for an international packaging company are set to continue following the acquisition of new Leicester premises in a deal secured by property agent Innes England.

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New Vision Packaging has helped luxury chocolate brand Elizabeth Shaw create its most environmentally friendly Easter Egg box to date.

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Following the announcement that the Government is to increase the targets for the Packaging Regulations from 2013 – 2017, Kite Packaging, one of the UK’s leading packaging suppliers is offering help to its customers who might be affected. Under The Producer Responsibility (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007, companies which exceed turnovers of £2million are required to [...]

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Leading UK packaging supplier Kite Packaging has launched a brand new range of ‘Handle With Care’ boxes in response to customers looking to transport and store delicate items. This new range of sturdy double wall cartons is designed to be both strong and convey a clear message to handlers, without the need to add separate [...]

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New Vision Packaging, the packaging design and sourcing specialist, has created a new innovative solution for Kinnerton Confectionery.

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The continuing importance of openability as the packaging issue that most concerns consumers will be underlined by Payne managing director Martin Dallas at EasyFairs Packaging Innovations at the NEC in February.

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Vending machines are found on sites around the country and many of us rely on them to keep us going throughout the day

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Last week’s announcement from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) stating that December’s retail figures were boosted by online sales is encouraging news for OiPPS; the online packaging superstore launched by Warwickshire based Involvement Packaging Ltd (IPL) in October.

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A Shropshire supplier of industrial packaging materials and environmental management equipment to businesses throughout the world is celebrating after completing its 15th and most successful year of trading.

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Due to expansion, Riverside Medical Packaging Ltd has taken a unit at Newmarket Court on the Osmaston Park Industrial Estate, Derby.

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The difficulties in opening different types of packs are of far greater concern to most consumers than environmental criticisms such as perceived over-packaging.

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Birmingham-based Jaffabox Ltd, one of the UK’s leading cardboard box manufacturers, has scooped the prestigious ‘SME Company of the Year Award’ at the ‘UK Packaging Awards 2012′.

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Continuing in its quest for environmentally friendly alternatives, Coventry based Kite Packaging has improved its range of gummed paper tape machines and gummed paper tape in time for Christmas. This paper tape range is yet another of Kite’s growing lines of eco-friendly products that provide an alternative to traditional packaging materials without compromising on quality. [...]

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The packaging experts at Kite Packaging are encouraging their customers to get Mini Pak’r-ing this festive season by introducing them to The Mini Pak’r Air Cushion Machine for on-demand cushioned protection. This innovative packaging system can produce an astonishing five different types of air cushion that can be used for wrapping, interleaving, cross-layering, corner protection, [...]

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A leading packaging firm based in Lincolnshire will save energy and more than £20,000 a year on its electricity bills and maintenance costs thanks to new energy-efficient lighting.

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Leicester-based label printers Label Apeel is celebrating after taking home two industry awards, Label of the Year at the UK Packaging Awards and the Labels Award at Digital Printer 2012.

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New Vision Packaging has given Waitrose an early Christmas present by completing work on its own-brand festive confectionery offering.

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Involvement Packaging Limited (IPL), the group behind INVOPAK, the UK’s largest supplier of rigid packaging containers, has launched retail division, OiPPS, which will be shipping all orders from its warehouse in Warwickshire.

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Birmingham based Nicklin Transit Packaging is currently enjoying record levels of turnover following a 500k investment programme over the last 3 years in its biomass, two-way pallet line and bespoke business management software.

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The leading packaging suppliers at Kite are celebrating today, after its latest figures for 2011 demonstrate a twenty per-cent increase in sales, despite the tough economic climate and its competitors falling by the wayside. 2011 was also a record year for Kite, who specialise in providing protective packaging including, cardboard boxes, packing tape and pallet [...]

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New Vision Packaging, the packaging design and sourcing specialist, has completed work on the latest Lee Stafford Christmas range.

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The packaging experts at Kite Packaging have a long history of providing efficient pallet wrapping solutions for customers, bringing together specialist knowledge and market leading prices across a wide range of hand and machine films. The company is now offering their machine pallet wrap in single roll packs in response to an increased demand from [...]

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Local packaging solutions provider Payne has won a prestigious Asian Manufacturing Award 2012 for helping to add the ‘wow’ factor to packs.

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Visitors to Cadbury World in Birmingham can take home a pumpkin with a difference this Halloween, thanks to the work of New Vision Packaging.

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As the Forestry Stewardship Council get set to promote responsible forestry on September 28th, Kite Packaging, one of the UK’s leading packaging suppliers is reminding its online customers that by purchasing boxes from them, they too are doing their bit for the environment. The annual celebration known as FSC Friday promotes responsible forestry and encourages [...]

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Kite Packaging, one of the UK’s leading packaging retailers is launching a live online tool aimed at assisting companies with a turnover of more than £2million, to be compliant with the Packaging Waste Regulations. The online compliance calculator provided by Kite will allow customers quick and easy access to a live packaging waste report, through [...]

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Kite Packaging, one of the UK’s leading packaging suppliers, is celebrating today after being one of 33 suppliers out of a supply base of 50,000, to be awarded the Premier Supplier Award (2011) from the Eaton Corporation.

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A Leicestershire food packaging company was part the recycling initiative designed to make this summer’s Olympics and Paralympics the first ever zero waste games.

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New Vision Packaging has been helping Absolute Beauty Solutions fly the flag for temporary hair colour and capitalise on what has been a patriotic summer.

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UK corrugated packaging manufacturer Northern Packaging has reaffirmed its commitment to the latest technology by installing a second vertical strapper from Mosca.

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A Leicestershire export packing firm has enjoyed its best half year in recent times with support from Yorkshire Bank, and has increased its workforce as a result.

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Business support organisation The Food and Drink Forum is teaming up with the Sherwood Press Group to turn the spotlight on the latest innovations in board packaging. Aimed at food and drink companies across the East Midlands, the event will explore new packaging board options, sustainable wrappings and the issue of ink migration. It will [...]

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Nottingham-based brand and packaging design consultancy We Are Pure is preparing to launch an office in Russia after enjoying continued success in the country.

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Coventry University greeted suppliers and clients from the sustainable construction sector last month as they met to discuss how small and medium sized enterprises in the West Midlands could be put on the map for supply to the industry. The University is leading on the Sustainable Building Futures (SBF) project, which engages with eligible SMEs [...]

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New Vision Packaging, the packaging design and sourcing specialist, has secured a contract with Pure Spa Products to work on their latest beauty range sold in an exclusive deal with ASDA supermarkets.

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Birmingham based international packaging manufacturing firm, Delta Pack Ltd has appointed Morgan Reach Accountants, to provide accounting support and business advice. Morgan Reach will assist Delta Pack to put in place a more effective business structure that will deliver savings on overheads, improve the efficiency of the operation and with sourcing grants to help fund [...]

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Brand and packaging design consultancy We Are Pure has unveiled a new initiative to help small brands trying to make an impact in tough economic times. The ‘Purely Because’ scheme will see We Are Pure selecting one small or start-up business to work alongside each year. They will receive a complete brand makeover free of [...]

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New Vision Packaging, the packaging design and sourcing specialist, has secured a new sole-supply agreement with luxury chocolate brand Elizabeth Shaw. The contract will see Kettering-based New Vision design, source and manage packaging for Elizabeth Shaw’s entire product range over the next 18 months. New Vision has worked alongside Elizabeth Shaw for the past 3 [...]

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UK pharmaceutical manufacturer, Pepceuticals Limited, has been awarded a European research contract to develop an edible coating for fresh meat which will increase the shelf-life of the product and ultimately reduce the need for oil-based plastic packaging.

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Kallik Limited, a leading supplier of labelling and packaging artwork management solutions, has won the Software Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2011. The Digital Entrepreneur Awards were sponsored by hosting company UKFast to recognise and reward the UK’s pioneers of the internet.

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Derby based packaging firm, Davpack, has been appointed a UK distributor for Colompac book packaging and postal products, marking the start of a mutually beneficial European partnership.

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Belpac, the Midlands based Packaging Manufacturer and Contract Packager has become an independent company in its own right after more than twenty years as a subsidiary of a parent group with different core business and market focus.

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The future of Horncastle’s second largest employer has been secured after a management buyout brokered by Lincoln firm Queensgate Management.

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Davpack the leaders in online packaging distribution are assisting Sealed Air in rewriting history with the launch of a brand new Bubble Wrap product smartly coined as ‘DubbleBubble’.

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Staffordshire-based packaging specialist, ESS Packaging, has launched a new e-commerce website to sell its full range of packaging supplies. Customers can now order a diverse range of packaging materials including pallets, cardboard boxes and cartons, plastic boxes, polythene bags, protective materials such as bubble wrap, paper, card, plastic trays, sealing materials and office supplies from a convenient ‘one stop’ online shop.

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Automated packaging system specialists Schubert UK has been awarded with Benchmark Gold Accreditation for customer satisfaction. As part of the Schubert group strategy for continuous improvement, Schubert UK has also independently gained accreditation for ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001, for exceptional business and health and safety practises in the UK and Ireland.

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