(L – R) Jason Mathie HSQE manager, Smurfit Kappa Tannochside; Matthew Sheppard, technical sales director C&T Matrix; Scott Burnett, production manager, Smurfit Kappa Tannochside and Howard Mead, technical sales manager UK & Europe for C&T Matrix.

Smurfit Kappa Tannochside has invested in a C&T Channel Corrugate matrix to add to its production of boxes for whisky bottles and food packaging.

The C&T Corrugate matrix is a creasing matrix designed specifically for corrugated board.  Its extra wide body (20 mm) reduces pressure and prevents cracking.  It is available in Standard, Internal Chamfer and U Bend options.

The Scotland-based plant supplies customers across multiple industries – including Distilleries, Food Producers and Pharmaceuticals – with a large variety of corrugate packaging solutions and high quality post-print.  Packaging for some of the world’s most expensive whiskies is produced at the

Scott Burnett, Production Manager at Smurfit Kappa Tannochside was impressed by both the product and the support he has received from C&T Matrix, ‘We run the Corrugate matrix on a very high speed bottling line and it’s performing very well; it runs very efficiently.  And the support has been excellent.’