6 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, March 11th, 1982


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C O L N E L A N C A S H I RE


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i IN THEIR


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Supplying


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Vulcan Works, Bradley Hall Road, Nelson, Car­ rington Packaging Ltd. leads the way in the manufacture of automa­ tic packaging machinery for the food industry — but more than this, it has proved a pathfinder in the wrapping of pork' pies and sausages. Never has the British


THE past is a quarter- of-a-century of engineer­ ing excellence. The pre­ sent is working to capac­ ity to meet a growing demand. The prospect is a bright, almost unli­ mited future . . . And the product is simply the “Rolls-Royce” of the food packaging industry. From its premises in


“banger” or the popular pork pie been wrapped more efficiently and the Pendle packaging com-


Eany can ju s t if iab ly


.that is not only in this country, but throughout the world. National and interna­


company to achieve suc­ cess in the art of auto­ mating the traditional sausage pack” . . . and


oast that it is “the only


cated machines costs be­ tw e e n £20,000 and £30,000 and the company has an annual turnover of about £1,000,000. Carrington' Packaging


Each of the sophisti­


tional concerns such as the Walls Meat Com­ pany, Bowyers, Pork Farms, Sainsbury groc­ ery chain and Associated Dairies (Asda) Ltd, all u s e th e “ Made in


employs 49 people, all but one of whom are based at Nelson, from where the servicing and spares operations are conducted as well as the m a n u f a c tu r e


by John Adamson


P e n d le ” p a c k a g in g machinery. Carrington Packaging


machines. Carrington Packaging


machines wrap 3,500 pork pies an hour for Asda, whose pies are discharged straight from the oven into the wrap­ ping machine and 2,500 packets of sausages an hour at the Walls Meat Company — which has 23 of the revolutionary machines. After almost 25 years


has always produced wrapping machines for


the food industry but the company really took off when it satisfied cus­ tomer demand for a machine that could wrap a neat bunch of sausages in a package now well known in the trade as the four-on-four or five- on-five configurations.


in the shadow of tex­ tiles, Carrington Packag­


ing is finally emerging within the giant Carring­


ton Viyella Group to take its rightful place at the head of the industry p ro d u c in g w rap p in g machines for the food market.


then Minister of Agricul­ ture in the last Labour administration, Mr John Silkin MP, visited the Nelson company and ex­ pressed his enthusiasm for the work being car­ ried out by the firm. And only la s t y e a r former Labour Prime Minister Rt Hon. Sir Harold Wilson showed great interest in Car­ rington Packaging’s pro­ ducts when he was guest of honour at an Anglo- F rench exhibition in Oxford, organised by the Nelson firm to promote the Carrington 85 saus­ age wrapper. The company was set


Four years ago the of


up by th e Hind ley brothers ; in a move to diversify from textiles.


An American company, Crompton and Knowles, took an interest in the company, this partner­ ship being taken over by Carrington Dewhurst. The merger leading to the formation of Car­ r in g to n Viy.ella took place in 1970. But this company —


be here if we were not profitable.” Not only does the company sa tis fy the


"machines for pies in Adelaide, South Au­


“home” demands for wrapping machines but it also exports between 16 to 20 per cent of its production.' Wrapping


stralia, and cheeses in France, number among


that has, in the words of managing director Mr R eg W a r d 1e , b e en “ p lo u g h in g i t s own furrow” — is proud of the fact th a t i t has always made a profit, even during times of re­ cession.


The 48-strong, work­ force, of skilled millers,


turners, '.drillers, sheet- metal workers .and elec­ t r ic ia n s , produces a b a tc h of w ra p p in g m a c h in e s e v e ry 12 weeks and its ability to adapt to several opera­ tions has meant that it has won through even in lean times. Says Mr Wardle: “Our


the overseas food stuffs wrapped by. Carrington Packaging machines.


side the company pro­ duces machines to wrap b e a r in g s in S o u th America, West Germany and Sweden, and tape wrappers for a Greek company. _


And on the rion-food j


salvation has been find­ ing the right people who are capable and have the ability to do more than one job efficiently,” and he added: “We would not


company is determined to maintain its ' lead in the packaging industry. And it is confident it has the team and the pro­ ducts to do it.


C a r r in g to n P a c k a g in g Ltd Sausage Wrapper


Model 85 Automatic


is exhibiting its machin­ ery at exhibitions at Old Trafford, Manchester on the 23rd and 24th of this m o n th and a t . th e “Meatex ’82” exhibition in the National Exhibi­ tion Centre, Birmingham, between 28th and 31st of this month.: Certainly the Nelson


Carrington' Packaging


Confident power team'


Carrington Packaging “power team” who are confident in maintain­ ing the Nelson com­ pany’s lead in the pro-' duction of. packaging machinery. Standing next to one


Key members of the Carrington Packaging has it all wrapped up


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