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The final touches have been added to our solar panel installation at our facilities in Port Glasgow. The 300 panel install is the largest in the Inverclyde area and, at 500kW, it is 150 times the size of an average residential install producing in excess of 400,000 kwh of electricity in a year. (Enough to power 100 homes.)
Printing / Die cutting is an energy intensive process. The solar system will help cover our electricity requirements with clean energy during the day and we will return energy to the national grid out of hours and at weekend. The install will prevent over 150 tonnes of carbon from being released into the atmosphere each year and demonstrates our ongoing commitment to produce premium, paper based packaging sustainably.
We are increasingly seeing a trend, similar to what we see in other premium products like Scotch whisky, towards premiumisation of food packaging.
Processors are learning that they can boost their brand image through a focus on packaging, particularly on their premium lines.
This has resulted in customers placing more emphasis on the design of their artwork, structures and materials employed whilst striving to achieve improved stand out by utilising high quality printing and finishing techniques.
Scotch Whisky has done an excellent job supporting higher price points through investing in their shelf packaging. There is a significant opportunity for UK food processors to enhance the aesthetics, quality and format of packaging to achieve price point growth, across their own retail channels.
At McLaren Packaging we have cross-sector experiencing of partnering with brand leaders to create packaging that increases product value whilst making commercial sense.
