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Innovation and environmental responsibility can go hand in hand in the industrial packaging sector, as shown by CurTec and its customer, Laboratoires Audevard.

We recently embarked on a Customer Experience Improvement Project.  Part of this project was to understand how our customers engaged with Industrial Packaging and what areas of the customer experience needed improvement.

Our journey has been shaped by a singular vision: to emerge as the premier manufacturer and distributor of high-quality industrial packaging, defined not only by our products but by our unwavering dedication to sustainability. 

Hard to believe another year is almost out, and it has been an eventful one in business – locally and globally.

On behalf of all of us at Industrial Packaging, I would like to say thank you for your support of our 60 + Irish manufacturing jobs through your business in 2023.

The Bray and District Chamber of Commerce 2023 Endeavour Awards once again shone a spotlight on the best and brightest of Bray and its surrounding areas.

CurTec has once again broken new ground with its latest offering – the Fold Pack. This versatile plastic container promises to transform the way we store and transport a wide range of products.

Industrial Packaging have been on the road once again, to Ghent in Belgium for the International Industrial Packaging Conference (IIPC). This year, over 200 delegates from around the world assembled in Ghent to discuss the current state of the industrial packaging sector.

Industrial Packaging is proud to be the exclusive distributor for CurTec drums in Ireland. We were delighted to visit the company in the beautiful city of Leiden, in the Netherlands where CurTec hosted the first-ever Reseller Conference! A truly international event, we were joined there by representatives from a total of 12 different countries.

No, not messy! In fact, quite the opposite: our new building project, adding a mezzanine level to our warehouse, will tidy things up and increase storage capacity. This allows us to guarantee short lead times for our customers.

Thank you for your business in 2022, which has supported many manufacturing and other jobs, at our two plants here in Co. Wicklow. In recognition, we in turn have supported some local charities this new year.

The market for fibre drums is growing as does awareness of the need to favour packaging made from recycled and recyclable materials, with a low carbon and water footprint.

At Industrial Packaging, we recently invested in 68 collapsible metal racks, in order to reduce plastic packaging waste AND provide a better customer experience.

This year, Industrial Packaging Ltd will be 75 years in business, and an employer of 60 people in our local community. Even at the ripe old age of 75, we still strive to innovate and stay ahead of the game. Here’s a short business update from one of our Directors.

Each year, Industrial Packaging puts aside some funds to donate to deserving charities. This year we asked everyone working with us if there were any charities they would like to support.

Over the last year, it has been increasingly hard for manufacturers to get raw materials. The pandemic caused labour shortages and stoppages in almost all areas of production globally, leading to supply shortages across most industries, which just do not seem to be righting themselves as quickly as we had all hoped.

Brexit has meant that Irish companies importing from, or through, the UK now face a range of difficulties affecting supply. We manufacture many of our products in Ireland; buy from Irish or EU suppliers; and have long established relationships with carriers – all of which has helped avoid many difficulties. Contact us if you need help!

We just took delivery of a new core winding machine. We designed it in conjunction with the manufacturer, with maximum quality and efficiency in mind, so that we can remain competitive in the future. It was ordered back in 2018, so it’s really exciting to finally have it on-site in 2021! It will increase our production capacity by one-third and shorten lead times for customers.

Thank you for your custom this year. Your business has not only supported many manufacturing jobs, but allowed us to support several charities during this giving season. Happy holidays!

Industrial Packaging Ltd has been an active member of the association of European fibre drum manufacturers since its inception. We are proud to hold presidency of the association this year, with one of our Directors voted in to the position at the recent AGM.

Last month would have been the 100th birthday of Fred Lee, founder of Industrial Packaging. The ability to identify opportunity, engineer’s perspective and tenacity that characterised Fred have also characterised the company over its decades of survival and growth since he took it on, back in the early 1950s.

We have robust crisis management strategies. Our supply chain was fully operational throughout the covid period. We took comprehensive measures to safeguard our employees, while continuing to serve our customers.

Fibre drums are among the most cost-effective and sustainable bulk packaging options available to the pharmaceuticals industry. They are also much more versatile than many people think.

Industrial Packaging will be exhibiting at the National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition on 29 and 30 January 2020, at Citywest Exhibition Centre. We’d love if you came by our stand to say hello.

Our Industrial Containers brochure, updated for 2020, is now available to download or request. It lists all the bulk containers supplied by Industrial Packaging and their main characteristics, for easy comparison.

Thank you to all our customers for their business in 2019. It has enabled us to donate to Doctors Without Borders (MSF), and organisations which support people without homes in Ireland: Peter McVerry Trust, Focus Ireland and the Capuchin Day Centre.

We are working with Cloud Picker to distribute their coffee, roasted in Dublin, to their customers around Ireland. Re-usable fibre drums will provide an alternative to the single-use, non-recyclable, plastic and foil pouches, generally used in the industry for coffee packaging.

We have been manufacturing sustainable fibre containers for bulk storage and transport for decades. While they all have a much lower impact on the environment than packaging made with materials such as plastic or steel, the best from this point of view is the Enviroloc drum.

Specialised dangerous goods packaging can help prevent industrial explosions. Industrial Packaging supplies several types, suitable for different product types and volumes. These may be fibre drums, plastic drums, or larger industrial bulk containers (IBCs).

Fibre drums are a sustainable, value alternative to plastic or steel containers and choosing them contributes to a low-carbon, circular economy. They are robust enough to meet the demands of difficult supply chains. Sealed with steel chimbs for strength and security, or all-fibre for lower value or lighter weight applications (like air freight), they can be UN-certified for transport of dangerous solids.