Beacon Packaging has invested £1.1 million in its biggest ever box-making machine.
According to the Aldershot, UK-based company, the new equipment from Sipack in Italy will enable it to increase by 20-25% its current production of more than 200,000 boxes a day supplied to household names in the consumable goods, pharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors.
Francois Eliet, managing director at £14 million turnover Beacon, says: “The new machine makes the most of the space that we have.
Previously we had to make larger boxes in two pieces.
We can now make most of these larger boxes as one piece, improving the cost competitiveness of the product.”
Beacon’s investment in the machine was largely funded by a hire purchase facility from Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance.
As part of the transaction, Beacon traded in its older Sipack machine but, due to strong business levels, the older machine has been leased back by the business, which has also retained an option to buy it back.
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