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Clifton Packaging Group has made a £3m investment in new machinery to boost output amidst continued growth.
The £18m-turnover Leicester-based flexible packaging business has seen continued growth year on year, and has bought a Comexi Pro Slit S2 DT Slitter, an SC3000 Super Combi Nordmeccanica Laminator and the Uteco Crystal flexo printing Press – which is the first one of this particular model in the UK.
The increased capacity will allow the business to further grow turnover, and managing director Shahid Sheikh plans to recruit more staff this year.
Clifton Packaging specialises in manufacturing flexible packaging, packaging machinery and food contract packing.
The business supplies to major fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies and many well-known household brands.
It employs 75 people operating from its 70,000sq ft site, and is two years into a heavy five-year investment and expansion programme.
Sheikh said: “As a private business with a flat management structure, we’re very quick to make decisions. We invest in the latest technologies and are always looking at developing new innovations. To be an ambassador for the industry you have to lead from the front.
“In the last two years we have increased our turnover substantially but it has been achieved via controlled growth and strategic partnerships and investments being made. With continued investments in the pipeline our target is to grow our business by 20% year on year.”
Following on from our Antibac coated lidding film which we launched in December 2014 to eradicate Campylobacter in the upstream supply chain. Clifton can now offer an Ovenable Roasting Bag whereby the chicken is only required to be handled, once fully cooked.
One Bird, One Oven, One Solution
With 25% of UK shoppers’ not happy touching raw poultry, our Ovenable roasting bag allows the consumer to put the raw protein in the oven without touching the meat directly until fully cooked and ready for serving.
Even more protection against Campylobacter bacteria
Published in The Guardian May 28th from a year-long testing programme by the FSA the survey found 7% of the birds tested carried levels of bacteria on the outside of the packaging, our ovenable roasting bag + our Antibac coating embedded to the surface can offer a highly reduced option to bacteria free cooking. Clifton can supply ovenable film as film on the reel or as a pre-made bag all of which is manufactured in house; these can be produced plain or printed in HD Flexo for increased shelf and marketing presence.
Compliant and safe to use. Our ovenable film is stringently tested. Contact our technical Director for more queries [email protected]
Benefits of Ovenable pack
- Reduces the risk of the most common cause of foodborne illness in the UK, with chicken being the highest culprit.
- Limits cross contamination from pack to pack whilst shopping in store with our added Antibac on the outside.
- By adding a sauce at the manufacturer, it’s convenient to just place the chicken in the oven and your time can then be utilised elsewhere whilst the chicken roasts in the oven.
- Produces a succulent, but well browned chicken without being handled.
- Enables other categories of raw protein to be cooked without being directly handled i.e. fish.
