END OF YEAR REVIEW Lightening up
Beatson Clark continued to deliver what they believe to be cost saving and environmental efficiencies to its client base last year by putting lightweighting at the top of its agenda. During 2011, the English Provender Company was just one of the customers to reap these benefits. Beatson Clark had already been supplying glass packaging to The English Provender Company for over 13 years, so it was merely a continuation of a partnership when it was asked to help redesign and manufacture the 8oz and 12oz bespoke square
jars that the FMCG brand used on a regular basis. Not only was the logo embossing redesigned, but a reduction in glass of up to seven per cent was achieved. These new lightweight jars are now used for sauces, condiments and the iconic Very Lazy range of cooking ingredients. Several lightweighted jars are now available in Beatson Clark’s general sale range and, whenever a mould is due for renewal or a client looks at re-branding or redesigning, the feasibility of lightweighting is fully researched. For more information call 01709 828141 or visit
www.beatsonclark.co.uk.
Royal Mail swaps
with ‘post haste’ Loadhog, the Sheffield-based transit packaging innovator, predicted in 2011, with some confidence, that increasing volumes of UK commercial mail will be transported in trays on its unique Pally & Lid system in 2012, as more and more customers and postal services hear about its efficiency, economy, easy use, safety and added security. Loadhog’s reusable Pally & Lid system has already proved its worth, says the company, with several Downstream Access (DSA) providers, who have utilised more than 5,000 trays since its launch. Also, the Royal Mail started ‘road-testing’ 1,000 systems, which it calls Tray Dollies, late last year – business totalling more than £1/2m for Loadhog. Royal Mail, which is actively promoting trayed mail rather than bagged mail due to the revised tariffs in ‘Access 70’, has just signed a contract with DSA providers to operate a one-to-one swap out with Tray Dollies. Loadhog says that everything is now in place to save money and provide a faster and more efficient service through the supply chain for the national mail service. For more information call 0114 280 0800, email
info@loadhoglids.co.uk or visit
www.loadhoglids.co.uk.
In a field of their own?
Chilled food label specialist Ravenwood Packaging showcased its very latest and highly creative ‘green’-themed stand at Pro2Pac last year. The company, which is known for its off-the-wall stand designs, did not, according to the company, disappoint this year as it revealed what it believes to be its position of superiority in the linerless labels field. On its ‘in a field of its own’ exhibition stand at Pro2Pac, a sleek and shiny 22 ft long US airstream trailer was used as the meeting-point ‘hub’ of an open field which also featured life-sized and life-like farm animal replicas - including a cow, pig and a sheep! This exhibit also featured the very latest examples of Ravenwood’s linerless
Design & manufacture
Coming to the fore in 2011 was CharBrand, which, according to the company, is now the name for one of the UK’s leading brand design and product conception companies. The company claims to understand consumer markets, trends and buyer behaviour and inter- relates with client marketing campaigns to design highly innovative brand,
adhesive backed labels, and on display was the labelling machines and systems that apply them. For more information call 01284 749144, email
paul@ravenwood.co.uk or visit
www.ravenwood.co.uk.
product positioning and packaging solutions. CharBrand also claims that it is strategic in its ability to re-position companies and brands. Using advanced global NPD data, CharBrand says that it can spot trends and conceive new products, and brand owners benefit from the company’s NPD team. For more information call 01480 846650, email
info@charbrand.co.uk or visit
www.charbrand.co.uk.
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