A major investment package has been made as part of Smurfit Kappa’s continuing development of its high-quality post print (HQPP) service.
The investment consists of a six colour flexographic, rotary die-cut press, an enhanced material handling system and corrugator upgrades to its plant in Yate, Bristol. Supplying a wide range of customers in the South of England, as well as major national brands and Pan-European customers, it has drawn from the knowledge and experience of HQPP and six colour printing expertise at UK plants. As part of the development process, John Wroot has moved to become operations director at Yate from the Chelmsford plant, one of Europe’s foremost and award winning HQPP plants.
The upgrading of the plant’s material handling system will give greater accuracy and reliability, and when combined with modular enhancements on the corrugator will drive additional improvements in quality and service at the high volume site.
Clive Bowers, CEO, said ‘We listen continuously to our customers and ask how we can help them achieve their future business objectives. The decorative corrugated market continues to outperform the general market and our customers and potential customers have asked us to leverage our skills in print into the wider corrugated market. Our investment at Yate will allow our customers to source the highest quality post print, flexographic packaging and differentiate their products from their competitors in an increasingly competitive marketplace.’
