St. Helens-based flexible packaging group, UNI Packaging, has recently announced a £1.5 m investment package for its manufacturing site, including a Titan SR9-DT dual turret slitter.
The move comes as the group continues to increase its UK market share in the short run, high quality flexible market.
The recently installed Titan SR9-DT dual turret slitter operates at 1650 mm wide with capacity up to 700 mm rewind reel diameters on both 76 and 152 mm cores. The slitter features an automatic knife positioning system with 30+ Tidland rotating knives. The machine can process a wide range of materials to a minimum slit width of 25 mm on both cores.
Coupled with capability upgrades, the company’s St Helens site is being reorganised to create a more logical sequence to its manufacturing workflow – a dedicated print hall is being created, alongside a new lamination hall with a new high tech film curing facility and a brand new slitting hall.
‘The investment in UK manufacturing has strategic importance to the group,’ said UK managing director, Rod Entwistle. ‘We have a growing market share in this country and with the resources across the group, we can operate on a different level to other flexible packaging companies, allowing us to give our customers a consistently high level of service at every stage.’
‘Our customers benefit from the assurance of a UK manufacturing capability and the advantages that brings, such as the ability to address the growing trend for very short runs, fast response times and high print quality. Investments at the St. Helens site will provide the group with additional capacity at a time of ongoing expansion,’ Mr Entwistle concluded.
