Manchester-based contract packer AKW has invested £35,000 in a clean room facility at its Trafford Park headquarters.
The addition of the 1,500sq ft BRC accredited facility comes just two months after the company invested £150,000 in the highest specification steam sleeving machinery in the UK, the company says.
Rebecca Davies, a director of AKW Group PLC and head of its contract packing division, said: “Our intention is very simple. We want AKW to be the leading player in the UK contract packing market.
“To do this we are investing in technologies and facilities that enable us to offer the very best service to both existing and potential clients, and I am confident that the benefits of this strategy will quickly become apparent.”
The new AKW clean room – featuring full air extraction and purification technology, an air lock and shower room – will deliver complete contamination control, protection against external sources and product integrity from the start of a project to its completion.
AKW, which is traditionally known for its transport solutions, has invested heavily in its contract packing business over the last five years and as a result now boasts an extended range of technically driven contract packing services that includes gift set assembly, steam sleeving, shelf ready packing, shrink wrapping, product labelling and the building of retail pallet displays.
The company currently works with a host of world-renowned FMCG names including L’Oreal, P&G, Diageo, Unilever, Kellogg’s and Heinz.
AKW’s facilities also include 500,000sq ft of warehouse space, over 100 vehicles and access to a further 1,500 through Partnerlink offering UK wide distribution.
The new AKW clean room at its Trafford Park site
