Essentra Packaging
Essentra Packaging is a multinational manufacturer of pressure-sensitive tear tape, labels, closures and seals for the packaging and labeling industry. It is also part of the Packaging & Securing Solutions division of Essentra.[1][2]
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| Company type | Trading Division of Essentra plc |
|---|---|
| Industry | Packaging |
| Predecessor | Payne, PP Payne, Contego, Dakota Packaging |
| Founded | Nottingham, United Kingdom (1911) |
| Founder | Percy Philip Payne |
| Headquarters | Nottingham , United Kingdom |
| Products | Consumer Packaging, Healthcare Packaging |
| Revenue | £181.8 million (2013) [3] |
| £30.2 million (2013)[3] | |
| Parent | Essentra plc |
| Website | essentrapackaging |
History
P.P. Payne was founded in 1911 by Percy Philip Payne, manufacturing cotton tapes for the local textile industry. In the 1950s the business developed Rippatape, the first tear tape based on cotton fibres, used for easy opening of boxes and sacks. P.P. Payne went on to develop self-adhesive tear tapes which became popular for cigarette packaging and was acquired by Bunzl in 1996 as a consequence of the group's growing success in filter production.[4] PP Payne was demerged from Bunzl in 2005 and formed part of the Filtrona group where it was renamed to Payne.[5] In 2010 the company expanded its product portfolio through acquisition of Cardiff-based BP Labels.[6] In early 2013, Filtrona plc completed the acquisition of Contego Healthcare, which was incorporated into the Coated & Security Products Division of the Company.[7]
On 26 June 2013, the parent company, Filtrona plc formally rebranded to Essentra Plc.[8][9][10][11] As part of this, Payne re-branded to Essentra Packaging on October 14.[8][12] The company’s Coated & Security Products Division in which Payne operated was renamed Essentra Packaging & Securing Solutions.[8][11]
In November 2013, the company acquired Dakota Packaging, based in Dublin, Ireland to reinforce the division's product range and customer base in healthcare packaging, it also provides significant additional scale in the Irish market.[13]
In November 2014, the company announced an acquisition of a healthcare carton and labeling company Clondalkin for $455m in order to grow its North American business.[14]
Locations and Facilities
Essentra Packaging is headquartered in Giltbrook, Nottingham and has additional manufacturing facilities in Banbury, Cardiff, Liverpool, Bradford, Newmarket, Fareham, Waterford, Sarreguemines, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Cervia, Podenzano, Dublin, Richmond, Sao Paulo, Bangalore and Surabaya, along with offices in Singapore and China from which Essentra Packaging provides its products to customers in over 100 countries.[1] All of Essentra Packaging's sites are accredited with the ISO 9000 quality management and ISO 14001 environmental management standards.[1] and are supported by an in-house design studio, an R&D facility and multi-million pound print capabilities.[15]
Products
Essentra Packaging manufactures a range of tear tapes, labels, closures and seals which offer functional aspects to packaged goods through providing easy opening and resealability. The products can also act as a medium to carry branding and messages, in the form of printed images, text or data. Additionally, these products can also carry brand protection solutions, such as tamper evidence or a range of overt and covert authentication technologies.[15] such as holography, colour shift inks and taggants.
The healthcare packaging area of the business manufactures and prints cartons, labels, leaflets and blister pack foils for use in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. These are designed for use on high speed packaging lines and can incorporate a range of print features along with embossing and tamper evident features.[16]
Essentra Packaging won an Asian Manufacturing Award in 2012 in the Innovation Solution Category for their Variable Data Print tear tape which combined digital print technology and gravure printing, to deliver over 500 million unique digitally printed codes together with a promotional message. It is suitable for use on many different flexible packaging styles, and has been successfully used by a number of leading multinational consumer goods companies.[15] The in-house design department of Essentra Packaging was named Design Team of the Year at the prestigious 2013 UK Packaging Awards. The company was also highly commended in the ‘Packaging Company of the Year’ category, after reaching the final shortlist of four nominees.[17]
Essentra Packaging produces enough tear tape in a year to go around the world 700 times and has developed labels to help identify 100 million pharmaceutical products.[1][18]
References
- ^ a b c d "Filtrona Annual Report 2011" (PDF).
- ^ "Filtrona C&SP Division Overview".
- ^ a b "Filtrona End of Year Results 2013" (PDF).
- ^ "Bunzl acquires PP Payne".
- ^ "Market Watch Bunzl Demerger".
- ^ "Payne acquires BP Labels".
- ^ "Filtrona to acquire Contego Healthcare for £160m".
- ^ a b c "Formal Rebranding to Essentra Plc" (PDF). Essentra Website.
- ^ "Filtrona faces re-branding test". Financial Times.
- ^ "Filtrona highlights diversification with name change to Essentra". Financial Times.
- ^ a b "Filtrona Plc to be re-branded Essentra Plc" (PDF). Filtrona Website.
- ^ "Payne and Contego re-brand to Essentra Packaging". Packaging Europe.
- ^ "Essentra plc ACQUISITION OF DAKOTA PACKAGING LIMITED". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Essentra makes biggest acquisition in its history". Telegraph.co.uk. 12 November 2014.
- ^ a b c "Filtrona Annual Report 2012" (PDF). Filtrona Website.
- ^ "Packaging & Securing Solutions". Essentra Website.
- ^ "UK Packaging Awards 2013 winners: Design Team of the Year".
- ^ "BBC: Payne Celebrates Centenary". BBC News. 9 July 2011.