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Incorporating Processing and Logistics MINISTER’S FOREWORD

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COMPANY PROFILE

Phil Hogan TD, Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, introduces the Irish Packaging Yearbook and Directory 2012, and focuses on the Government’s new waste management policy statement ‘A Resource Opportunity’ ....... 3

Repak’s Colm Munnelly assesses the role of Repak in helping Ireland to meet its packaging recovery targets and looks at packaging waste prevention over the longer term ...............10

With machine sales and their customer base growing all the time, Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd has become one of the giants of Irish packaging ........16

Ita White, Food Industry Development, Teagasc, writes on how EU Food Laws provide both challenges and opportunities for the food and packaging industry .........18

SUSTAINABILITY & INNOVATION Margaret Walsh, Quality/Environmental Manager at Atlas Box & Crating Co. Ireland, looks at some of the new technologies and materials taking green packaging to new levels ............................................. 4

LEGISLATION

LOGISTICS COVER STORY Smurfit Kappa Ireland can be described as the one-stop solution to all your packaging needs................12

Johnston Logistics has evolved from a traditional domestic haulier to a true pan-European logistics provider ......23

ALUFOIL Celebrating a traditional but very modern product, demonstrating the variety of innovations and the clear commitment towards resource efficiency are this year’s core activities of the European aluminium foil industry ...14

CARTONBOARD Cartonboard packaging is innovative and resourceful, as evidenced by this year’s Pro Carton/ECMA Award winners, while a new study highlights packaging’s importance as a marketing tool ....................... 7

LISTINGS Product & Service Index ...24 Alphabetical Listings of Packaging, Processing & Logistics Companies ........ 37 Diary ................................ 48

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Minister’s Foreword

Forging Ahead With Resource Efficiency

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am delighted to introduce the Irish Packaging Yearbook and Directory 2012.

My Department is responsible for the implementation of the EC Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste in Ireland through the Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations 2007. The purpose of the Regulations is to ensure that packaging is managed in an environmentally friendly manner by minimising the production of packaging waste and ensuring that as much as possible is recovered, recycled and reused. Ireland continues to exceed our EU targets thanks to the help of industry. In 2010, a recovery rate of 74% was achieved, 14% above the 60% EU target due by 2011.

initiatives include packaging training, sector specific guidance and case studies, all of which are available to companies from the website.

Furthermore, the EPA’s Cleaner Greener Production Programme has focused on packaging. For example, by applying eco-design principles to its packaging designs, Dawn Meats reduced the amount of packaging it created by 10%. This reduction resulted in related savings due to reduced resource consumption.

The Review of the Producer Responsibility Initiative for Packaging In late June, as mentioned in last year’s foreword, I launched the review of the Producer Responsibility Initiative Model in Ireland.

This review will examine all aspects of the regulatory structure for packaging compliance in Ireland, including the possibility of a packaging levy, competition, self compliance, enforcement, deposit and refund and reverse vending. The wide ranging nature of this review will provide me with an overall assessment of the existing regulatory structures and will assess how various proposals might impact or complement our current structure.

I want to thank all of the industry stakeholders who have provided their valuable input into the review of the Producer Responsibility Initiative Model in Ireland and the earlier consultation on a possible packaging levy. I expect that my Department will have the conclusions of the review on the packaging sector for consideration before the end of the year.

Any policy changes which might be forthcoming should be viewed as an opportunity. They provide the opportunity to build on the industry’s success in exceeding EU recovery targets. They also provide a platform from which the packaging industry can position Ireland as a leading exporter of expertise in packaging waste prevention.

I know that the Irish Packaging Yearbook and Directory 2012 will be an extremely useful tool for the sector.

A New National Waste Policy Statement: ‘A Resource Opportunity’ In July 2012, I published the Government’s new waste management policy statement ‘A Resource Opportunity’. This policy will provide the regulatory certainty that industry needs to plan and make investment decisions. In terms of the prevention of waste, the EPA, as part of its renewal of the National Waste Prevention Programme (NWPP), will be asked to focus on resource efficiency, prevention and reuse.

In addition, all local authorities (whether acting separately or in groups) will be expected to participate in the Local Authority Waste Prevention Demonstration Programme, which provides the skills to develop waste prevention in local communities.

The measures outlined above will focus even more attention on the steps industry takes to minimise packaging waste. The minimisation of packaging waste will help reduce operating costs. It could be a competitive advantage for firms looking to increase sales. Consumers are fully aware of the financial benefits of reducing the number of bin collections they have annually. Therefore, consumers may be more inclined to buy better packaged products.

The ongoing Packaging Waste Prevention Programme, jointly funded by the NWPP and Repak (www.preventandsave.ie) continues to deliver. Between July 2010 and June 2011, the programme worked with over 30 companies on packaging related projects and carried out 12 formal packaging optimisation surveys. Other

Phil Hogan TD, Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government.

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Sustainability & Innovation

Packaging a Greener Globe Margaret Walsh, Quality/Environmental Manager at Atlas Box & Crating Co. Ireland, looks at some of the new technologies and materials taking green packaging to new levels.

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ith the current global population standing at seven billion and set to rise to over nine billion by 2050, the planet’s resources are already stretched and landfill space is running out. In recent years, governments have been forced to take steps to impose and meet targets for recycling and encourage innovative ways to help reduce packaging waste. Major retailers and brand owners are demanding sustainable business practices from their suppliers in their quest for “greener” solutions. The packaging industry is taking steps to address this through light-weighting of materials and use of alternative materials/technologies, all the while ensuring the performance level and quality of the packaging is maintained.

Some examples of new materials/technologies that have come about in packaging include:

• It is capable of growing 24 inches a day; • It doesn’t require pesticides or fertilizers; • It absorbs five times more CO2 than trees and produces 35% more oxygen; • It is certified for both recyclability and compostability; • Bamboo is available that is REACH, RoHS and FDA 21CFR175-177 compliant; • When harvested, the plant is not killed and there is no damage to its large root structure; • Poles mature in 4-7 years, compared to 30-50 for hardwood trees.

When traceable to FSC certified forests, waterways, wildlife habitat and species are protected. Furthermore,

Bamboo Pulp Trays Providing an alternative to paper pulp, foam and corrugated cushioning, bamboo is considered one of the most sustainable plants on the planet.

Providing an alternative to paper pulp, foam and corrugated cushioning, bamboo is considered one of the most sustainable plants on the planet.

Bamboo absorbs five times more CO2 than trees and produces 35% more oxygen;

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the rights of indigenous peoples are respected and local people are involved in forest management. The majority of the water used in the pulping process is reclaimed and rice hull (waste from rice harvesting) is what is used to fuel the process.

Other materials being looked at and trialed as packaging alternatives include rice hull, coconut waste, sugarbased polymer, corn, bio-films, etc.

over a wide loading range (PSI) and withstands the temperature and altitude extremes per industry standard performance testing.

The advantage of the individual cushion cells is additional protection of the packaged product, in case one cell is punctured or damaged: i.e. the integrity of the cushion is not compromised.

AirPaq offers substantial cost savings versus traditional foam plastic, plastic film/corrugated, or vacuum formed plastic protective cushions. It uses less energy to manufacture, less raw materials, is volumetrically smaller, uses 100% recyclable materials, and has undergone a life cycle review, offering increased sustainability and a better cradle-to-cradle design as a “green� product. All in all, a winner for both the customer and the environment!

Fibre/Core Wood and Plywood Replacement: 100% recyclable and traceable to FSC-certified forests, Fibre/Core provides a lighter, sustainable alternative to wood and plywood for building crates, skids and pallets, and is even used for temporary furniture. This extraordinary paper-based product provides tremendous vertical strength, combined with outstanding lateral stability. It weighs up to 50% less than wood and has the available option of a wax coating being applied to the bottom in order to prevent water penetration. Fibre/Core in its many forms can substitute wood where performance is vital but the use of wood is restricted. It is safer/easier to handle as it is free of chips, splinters and nail heads and can be processed with traditional wood equipment.

Users can benefit from package weight reduction and freight savings, as well as direct material cost reductions.

No Better Time to Box Clever Packaging designs must evolve continuously for companies to meet the changing market and sustainability needs, as well as being socially and environmentally responsible. There are numerous tools out there to help move companies in the right direction.

Airpaq Case Studies One customer switched from thermoformed plastic cushions to AirPaq, with the following benefits: i) The 3.5� AirPaq cushions weigh less than thermoformed cushions by 42%. ii) The overall size of the corrugated container has been reduced by 53%. iii) The AirPaq cushions are supplied preinflated, thereby providing 97% increase in pallet density.

Another customer switched from 2 PE endcaps to 2 AirPaq endcaps, which led to a reduction of 72 sets / pallet to 5,000 sets (69 pallets to 1), resulting in reduced costs in storage, freight, materials and waste.

Meanwhile another customer changed from packing 250 LCD monitors in Instafoam and into 16 different boxes to all monitors being packed in AirPaq and in just three different boxes. This resulted in a cleaner, chemical-free process, with reduced waste and a reduction in the cost of materials used.

The verdict: AirPaq has the ability to deliver significant savings to customers.

100% recyclable and traceable to FSC-certified forests, Fibre/Core provides a lighter, sustainable alternative to wood and plywood for building crates, skids and pallets.

AirPaq Cushioning: AirPaq takes a novel idea of using ordinary air in a multi-chambered bag, coupled with the innovation of single valve technology, for individual cell cushioning.

Using state-of-the-art co-extruded recyclable film (#4 LDPE), it provides for shock and vibration protection 5

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Implementing Environmental Standards ISO14001 is an internationally recognised certification scheme for environmental management that provides for savings through energy reduction, waste minimisation and pollution prevention. However, to achieve and maintain this standard requires resources that smaller companies may not have. That’s where €coCert comes in….

Small companies that are doing what they can to save on energy, raw materials and waste can still get recognised for their efforts. EcoCert helps companies to get on-track by identifying their cost-saving improvement areas while helping them meet the certification requirements. The requirements are very straightforward and provide a framework for further improvements, year-on-year (see www.ecocert.ie for further information). for different processes. Many industries and business are assessing how their activities, including packaging, affect the environment: hence the need for ‘greener’ packaging. LCAs are considered to be the most comprehensive approach to assessing environmental impact through the following means: • AirPaq uses ordinary air in a multi-chambered bag, coupled with the innovation of single valve technology, for individual cell cushioning: using state-of-the-art co-extruded recyclable film, it provides for shock and vibration protection over a wide loading range (PSI) and withstands the temperature and altitude extremes per industry standard performance testing.

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Packaging Assessments: How Low Can You Go?

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Down-sizing will continue to happen in order to reduce weight and materials used. Recyclability and recoverability of materials will continue to be a key deciding factor.

While innovation might be held back in the current market due to cost-cutting and a shifting of priorities, certain changes are accelerated for the same reasons, making it a perfect time for opportunists to think outside the box.

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Providing information to the decision makers to select the products or processes that result in the least environmental and human health impact.

Avoiding shifting environmental problems from one place to another.

Reducing supply chain costs and impacts.

Demonstrating product stewardship and reduce downstream impacts.

Influencing regulatory initiatives.

Comparing products or processes on the basis of impacts, efficiency, or emissions.

Facilitating purchasing of environmentally preferable products (e.g. Bamboo, AirPaq).

Comparing available technologies to solve problems.

About the Author MARGARET Walsh is Quality/ Environmental Manager at Atlas Box & Crating Co. Ireland Ltd, widely regarded as one of the most innovative packaging companies in Ireland, and indeed the world. The company is extremely forward thinking with regard to the sustainability of its products and services, embracing the conservation of natural resources and the transformation of waste materials and underutilised resources into usable product. For more information, see www.atlasbox.net.

Life Cycle Analysis Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA) is a method by which elements such as the energy and raw material consumption, emission types and other important factors related to a specific product are being measured over the product’s entire life cycle from an environmental point of view.

Life-Cycle Analysis attempts to measure the ‘cradle to grave’ impact a product and its manufacturing processes have on the ecosystem. LCAs started in the late 1960s, initially to investigate the energy requirements 6

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The Craft of Cartons Cartonboard packaging is innovative and resourceful, as evidenced by this year’s Pro Carton/ECMA Award winners, while a new study highlights packaging’s importance as a marketing tool.

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nnovation, variety and flair were on display at the annual Pro Carton/ECMA Awards, when the latest winners were celebrated in Dusseldorf at the Pro Carton Congress this year. The awards were presented in 12 categories to cartons which have already proved themselves on the market in Europe, and with 114 entries from 15 countries, the competition achieved the second highest number of participants in its 15-year history.

The coveted Carton of the Year was awarded to a pack which impressively improves on its previous form in metal packaging. The product is a gift from ABT, a car tuning company, to its most valuable customers in the automotive industry. The styling and attention to detail of the carton, which echoes the shape of a sports car exhaust pipe, amply conveys the premium quality of the gift.

The President's Special Award winner was the Carton Smart, a fully functioning “for two” Smart car, which has all the plastic parts of the bodywork and interior replaced with small cartons.

looking increasingly at cartonboard solutions. This is more than confirmed by the winning entry in this category, the Illy brand, with its 'Astuccio monodose', which changed from metal to cartonboard and where the company had little doubt about being able to maintain their brand value and premium positioning at the same time.”

Entries for the category for the most innovative cartonboard solution always produce a lot of surprises and the winning entry from the STI Group was no exception this year. A waterproof cartonboard tray designed to prevent glasses, plates and cutlery from slipping from the tray, even at extreme angles, and capable of branding and individual design, is a truly innovative concept and provides an excellent solution for caterers.

Carton of the Year from ABT Hohlrahmenschachtel: A total gift concept.

To honour a really exceptional achievement in cartonboard design, the President's Special Award was presented for the first time this year to the Carton Smart, a fully functioning “for two” Smart car, which has all the plastic parts of the bodywork and interior replaced with small cartons. Not only was the external bodywork composed of thousands of cartons, but also the rear-view and external mirrors, rims, dashboard and floor mats. In total, over 7,000 cartons in four different shades of green were used.

There was a special focus on sustainability this year.

Satkar Gidda of the design agency SiebertHead, and Chairman of the judging panel, commented: “Brand owners are focusing more on sustainability and will be

The Most Innovative Design Winner: the anti-slip tray from Anti-Rutsch-Tablett.

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Winner of the Sustainability Award: Illy’s’ Astuccio monodose’, like metal, but easier to process.

For more information and a full list of winners and finalists in all categories, download the awards brochure at : http://www.procartonecmaaward.com/ files/file_manager/2011_ award_brochure/pro_ carton_ecma_award_ brochure.pdf

the Internet via codes; on the other hand, consumers want to see the packaging during online purchases.

President of Pro Carton, Roland Rex concludes: “The numbers are clear cut: packaging belongs to marketing planning and the marketing budget, the same as other media. It is not simply a medium among many, but one of the most effective. The carton not only presents one of its best sides here, it is also the most sustainable form of packaging.”

A printed 16-page summary of this study is available free of charge from mcewen@procarton.com. It can also be downloaded as a PDF from the Pro Carton website

Cartons as a Marketing Tool

Although not all cartons can be competition winners, Pro Carton believes that cartons show variety, skill and innovation every day on the supermarket shelves and help brand owners to sell their products. The challenge, however, is to substantiate this and to answer the question: does packaging only support the classic 4 P’s – product, promotion, placement, price – or does it have a value of its own, its own role in the marketing mix?

To examine this further, Pro Carton asked Pointlogic International Media Consultants to undertake a study, ‘Packaging: a Medium with Considerable Power’, which compares the efficacy and reach of 23 different communication channels, including packaging.

The study was conducted in Germany, and examines the contribution of packaging from two angles: first, the media-relevant data of the individual consumers were quantified for the first time with packaging and compared with other promotional media; secondly, the potential of packaging to reach marketing and advertising objectives was calculated on this basis and examined in detail.

Over 2,000 consumers were asked to connect 23 different media with relevant communication tasks and estimate how well each channel is suited for meeting this task. The responses revealed the power of packaging both at the Point of Sale and in a domestic environment.

Direct comparisons were made with other media and channels used in marketing communications, such as TV, radio, internet, newspapers and the results clearly show the efficacy of packaging: • Packaging is one of the most influential communication media and contributes greatly to brand communication; • Packaging is a medium with broad scope – it is effective both in stores as well as in consumers' homes; • Packaging influences the various aspects of the buying process; • Packaging appeals to all consumers. Younger consumers tend to notice packaging even more than older consumers – a sure sign that packaging will not lose importance in the long-term; • Packaging is of major relevance in a digital media world. On one hand, it can connect consumers with

The cartonboard industry uses waste as a resource, through recovering and recycling used paper and board, such as these bales of recovered paper.

Maximising our Resources As well as the marketing and communication aspects of packaging, it is clear that brand owners are also focusing more on sustainability. Cartonboard packaging has a good story to tell on sustainability, since over the past two decades, the industry has reduced its atmospheric emissions, effluent load, carbon footprint, water intake and energy use. And while sustainability remains a key topic, another environmental challenge is taking centre stage: resource efficiency. Building on its sustainability record, cartonboard packaging can point to many positive aspects which show that it is resource efficient.

Almost all of the wood fibre used for production of cartonboard in Europe comes from managed European forests. This resource is sustainably managed and renewable; forest owners supplying the industry can demonstrate this by applying to independent, third party, auditing bodies for an assessment of their performance.

The two main certification bodies are PEFC and FSC. 99.9% of company owned and company leased forests in Europe are certified by independent certification schemes.

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the round sections of the trunks which are removed in the saw mills (saw mill waste). No tropical rain forests are destroyed in order to produce paper and board in Europe. The paper and board industry does not use wood from tropical rain forests, as, apart from other considerations, this wood is not technically suitable.

The cartonboard industry also uses waste as a resource, through recovering and recycling used paper and board.

Manufacturers constantly work to optimise material use and thus reduce waste.

Paper and board, including cartonboard, achieved a recycling rate of 78% in 2010. It’s the most recycled packaging material in Europe, according to CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) calculations, Almost all of the wood fibre used for production of cartonboard in Europe comes from using Eurostat data. This latmanaged European forests. est data continues an upward trend from 63.8% achieved in 2000 and 73.3% achieved in 2005, and far exceeds the fell steadily by 14%, thanks to more efficient processes 60% target set by the Packaging and Packaging Waste and use of cogeneration.

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Efficient Water Usage

Efficient Use of Energy

As water issues are local to the manufacturing site and carry different weights depending on location in Europe, the European paper and board industry has focused to date on water abstraction by mills. Companies are encouraged to improve efficiency of the water resources used at the mills in the production process and the water resources drawn from the ground or surface. The trend during the past two decades has been to reduce the withdrawal of fresh water by 20% in total volume. In 2008, 94% of the water used by the European paper industry was returned to surface water supplies.

European paper and board companies, including cartonboard manufacturers, are leaders in renewable energy.

Mills produce much of their electricity and most of their heat on site and increasingly, surplus electricity is supplied to the local or national grid. Installation of boilers fuelled by biomass has meant that more than half of the European pulp and paper industry’s total primary energy consumption is bio-energy and this corresponds to one fifth of the bio-energy produced in Europe. The use of renewable resources for energy generation, which are used responsibly and which benefit climate change as a substitute for fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, is undoubtedly an asset for the industry and an excellent example of resource efficiency.

The use of bio-energy also has an enormous impact on the emissions profile of the industry. Carbon dioxide emissions from biomass are considered at least carbon neutral and according to the recent Pro Carton study, using cartons has a positive effect on the climate change issue. The trend is also continuing for using less energy.

From 1991-2010, the European pulp and paper industry’s consumption of electricity and all primary energy

Preventing Food Waste In the EU Commission’s “Road Map to a Resource Efficient Europe,” food has been identified as a key impact area, and therefore indirectly, packaging is involved in this debate. In Europe, 62% of folding cartons produced are used to package food and together with other packaging, are part of the solution to the problem of food waste. By protecting food and reducing food waste, cartons contribute to resource efficiency and more sustainable consumption.

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R e c y c l i n g /M i n i m i s a t i o n

Repak and Irish Packaging Recovery Repak’s Colm Munnelly assesses the role of Repak in helping Ireland to meet its packaging recovery targets and looks at packaging waste prevention over the longer term.

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RELAND has an excellent record of meeting its packaging recovery targets. From an initial rate of under 15% when Repak was founded in 1997, we are now recovering just under 74% of the packaging managed in Ireland (See Graph 1).This positions Ireland as the seventh best packaging recycling country in Europe (See Graph 2).

Graph 3: Packaging Managed in Ireland

Graph 1: Packaging Recovered in Ireland

(Source: EPA National Waste Database Reports 1998-2010).

packaging consumption and the economic climate. This is a difficult concept to illustrate, as we are talking about measuring the prevention of packaging waste or measuring something that is no longer there.

Looking at the Sales Volume Index figures provided by the Central Statistics Office, we get a picture of what should be expected on the market each year compared to a base year figure of 2005. The packaging placed onto the market by Repak members since 2005 has shown a decrease of about 2-3% each year compared to what would be expected from the Sales Volume Index. The cumulative effect of this is a 14% reduction in packaging placed on the market compared to the expectation of the Sales Volume Index (See Graph 4).

These figures support a similar trend shown in the latest EPA National Waste Report for the amount of packaging managed per person (See Graph 5). At 0.24 packaging tonnes managed per person in 2006, this has dropped to 0.189 tonnes per person in 2010, equivalent to a drop of 21% (i.e. a drop of 51kg per person).

While the economic downturn has definitely had an effect on the figures, it also has to be acknowledged that businesses are now trying to optimise their packaging and prevent packaging waste. This makes economic sense as well as environmental sense and in the current climate, excess packaging waste is one of many costs that a company cannot afford. While optimising packaging is not a new

(Source: EPA National Waste Database Reports 1998 - 2010).

While this is admirable, there has also been increased concern about the amount of packaging placed on the market in the first place. This had gradually been increasing up until 2007 but has seen a reduction in the years since then (See Graph 3).

Packaging Optimisation and Packaging Waste Prevention The concern is that this decrease in packaging placed on the market is purely due to the economic downturn and will pick up again once the economic climate improves.

However, Repak has carried out some research to show that there is a gradual decoupling taking place between Graph 2: Packaging Recycling in Europe 2009

Graph 4: Packaging Prevented by Repak Members (related to SVI)

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R e c y c l i n g /M i n i m i s a t i o n phenomenon, it is now much more visible than it used to be.

Companies are much more prepared to show their customers what they are doing to reduce the amount of material they use and to promote the re-use and return of packaging. In the past, such packaging improvement projects were carried out in the hope that no-one would notice the change.

Difficulties arise when customers see or perceive a negative change that impacts on the product they are buying. If a product is packed in a lighter or thinner material without adversely affecting the product it contains, then there should not be an issue, but such changes are now more likely to be communicated to remove any suspicion or doubt in the customer’s mind. There can also be issues surrounding products that are bought for oneself compared to products that are bought as a gift for someone else. We are much more likely to accept a new lighter/thinner/smaller pack if we will use the product ourselves, but are not so keen to accept the change if the product is a gift for our friends or family. This type of issue is what is driving the current debate around what is ‘adequate’ or ‘acceptable’ packaging.

seeks to position Ireland’s food industry to “build capacity, adapt to challenge, and grow in the context of emerging opportunities in the decade ahead.” There will have to be opportunities for packaging suppliers and fillers within such a plan. The challenge will be to ensure that any growth is managed in a way that is efficient and sustainable. That work is already happening and the companies who manage it best will be the ones best placed to take advantage of growth in the future.

Case Study: Lakeland Dairies LAKELAND Dairies in Killeshandra are well used to working with Repak to improve their environmental performance. Already keen recyclers (Lakeland won the Repak Member of the Year Award in 2007), Lakeland were one of the first companies to use the Packaging Optimisation service. As a result of recommendations generated by this survey, as well as the commitment of the Lakeland staff, a number of measures have been implemented to reduce the amount of packaging material placed onto the market.

Graph 5: Packaging Waste Managed Per Person (t)

(Source: EPA National Waste Database Report 2010).

Segregation of material for recycling: Different packaging types are segregated to achieve the best value for the recycled material. These include tetrapak containers, EPS ice cream tubs, PS milk tubs and the webbing used to seal milk containers.

Ice cream is now being re-worked through return piping, which eliminates the need for large plastic tubs that were once used to store re-worked product.

Repak’s ‘Prevent and Save’ Programme Repak are helping their members to optimise their packaging systems and reduce packaging waste through the ‘Prevent and Save’ programme (www.preventandsave.ie).

Trained packaging technologists visit company sites and carry out a packaging optimisation survey to determine where the opportunities are to reduce packaging waste and optimise packaging systems. The surveys normally take between two and three hours and the technologist will discuss any of the findings with the company before leaving the site. They will then compile a report on the survey, discussing the ‘Best Practice’ already in operation and the opportunities for improvement with regard to packaging.

A summary of these opportunities is also provided that can act as an action list for the participating company (See Lakeland Dairies Case Study). For further information on this and other services, please contact Colm Munnelly or John Coleman at Repak.

Reduced input packaging: Input packaging has been reduced in several areas, including tubs for ice cream. Cardboard cases are no longer being used to pack the tubs and a basic pallet frame is being used instead.

Re-use of woven plastic sacks: Woven plastic sacks for raw material deliveries to Lakeland are re-used to store and return recyclable materials.

Reduced output packaging: A lot of work has been done in the finished goods area to minimise packaging. Standard size pallets are used, very little secondary cardboard is in evidence, and pallet covers, base sheets and layer pads are kept to a minimum.

Longer Term Outlook

Returnable input packaging: Pallets, pallet tops and other input packaging are being returned to input packaging suppliers. Plastic film cores are returned for re-use and cardboard cores are returned for recycling.

While it is imperative that we manage our packaging systems now, there is also a longer term view. What happens when the economy picks up again? How can we prepare for this and what will be the consequences? It is estimated that the global demand for food, feed and fibre could increase by 70% by 2050, not very far away. The “Food Harvest 2020” report published by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 2010 (see www.agriculture.gov.ie/agri-foodindustry/foodharvest2020)

Re-use and repair of pallets: Pallets for Tetra Pak product are collected free of charge by a supplier who assesses them for damage before returning them to Tetra-pak for re-use, thus forming a closed loop system for the pallets.

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Cover Story

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s the realities of an ufactures end of line packing and increasingly globalised case erecting machinery. marketplace continue As with all markets, it is importo change and evolve, tant to develop and refine a key customers, both local and global, competitive advantage that continrequire higher and higher standards ues to meet and exceed customer of packaging and service to ensure expectations. To that end, Smurfit their sustainable development into Kappa Ireland have developed the future. Smurfit Kappa Ireland a tightly integrated model both are committed to continue to grow in Ireland and further abroad through innovation in order to with their sister operations across extend their position as the leader in Europe.

It is this relationship which Smurfit Kappa Lurgan have supported local the Irish market. business growth through the purchase of a state- allows them to address the key Through a talented workforce, of-the-art four-colour Martin 924 NT Rapidset requirements of all their customers. the global support of the Smurfit To maintain their position as marfolder flexographic gluer.

Kappa Group of companies ket leader in paper-based packaging and internal resources including Innobook, Technical in Ireland, Smurfit Kappa continues to lead the industry and Operational Excellence and the Smurfit Kappa in innovation through alignment with the Smurfit Kappa Innovation Centre in the Netherlands, Smurfit Kappa Group international centre for Corrugated Operational Ireland are positioned to deliver to the needs of their Excellence and the Paper Technical Support Department. diverse customer base, while offering unparalleled quality This technical support allows Smurfit Kappa Ireland to proand service. vide customers with the ability to trace, verify and validate the technical aspects of their packaging. This is of particular Sustainable Supplier benefit to the pharmaceutical and export sectors, while also affording clients a one stop solution from audit through to With many organisations now focused on issues such as design, production and machine line optimisation through Carbon Footprint, FSC/PEFC, Food Contact, REACH their proprietary machine systems. and GMP Certification, amongst others, there is a need As a Group, Smurfit Kappa are fundamentally comfor packaging suppliers to help alleviate and indeed mitted to sustainability and social responsibility in their remove that burden. interactions with their customers, suppliers, employSmurfit Kappa Ireland strives to meet that challenge ees and within the communities in which they operate, and as part of the wider Smurfit Kappa Group, are ideally and as part of their efforts on corporate sustainability, placed to service, source and manage the packaging needs Smurfit Kappa Ireland have recently received FSC/PEFC of all companies, be they large multinationals or indigCertification across all their sites. Allied to their sustainenous SMEs across a wide range of industries, from pharability focus is a guarantee of Security of Supply as part of maceutical to FMCG, agribusiness, textiles and technolthe Smurfit Kappa Group. ogy. With two integrated corrugating/conversion plants All manufacturing companies in Ireland are aware situated in Lurgan, County Armagh, and Ballymount, that raw material and commodity pricing continues to rise County Dublin, their tightly managed logistics system across the globe; the reality of this situation is that as an supplies their local board conversion plants, based in island, they are often exposed to the peaks of such cycles.

Belfast, Cork, Galway, Dublin and Arklow. Smurfit One such exposure relates to a significant tightening and Kappa Ireland provide an invaluable service to local, availability of paper supply in Europe. Smurfit Kappa regional and national customers requiring paper-based are able to ensure security of supply to all their customers packaging and ancillary products. Allied to this, they through their Paper Division, so that they are protected from last minute packaging shortages and changes to the are strongly connected to the Smurfit Kappa Machinecomposition and standard of the packaging they purchase.

Systems business across Europe that sources and man-

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Cover Story while the S40i also offers UV print with up to two years fade and water resistance.

This investment further supports the creative design and production skills of the staff on site, who have been award winners at the Irish Print Awards for four consecutive years, while the design department have won gold at the Smurfit Kappa Innovation Awards, which pits design teams from all sites across the 29 countries in which Smurfit Kappa operate against each other in a competitive internal forum.

These investments will allow Smurfit Kappa Ireland to increase capacity and quality, reduce waste and energy and to support lower lead times, so that their customers benefit from a simplified supply chain and a much faster delivery-to-market across both sites.

Investment in the Future As with all businesses, Smurfit Kappa Ireland are keen to consolidate their position as industry leader, while growing their share of the Corrugated Packaging and Point of Purchase market in Ireland. To this end, they are pleased to announce a substantial recent investment at both their Lurgan Integrated Facility and Display Point of Purchase Facility. At Smurfit Kappa Lurgan, they have supported local business growth through the purchase of a state-ofthe-art four-colour Martin 924 NT Rapidset folder flexographic gluer. This machine is the very latest of its type in the UK and Ireland and represents a significant jump forward in the capability and capacity of the Lurgan plant.

The Martin incorporates the highest possible level of print technology, die-cut flexibility and defect detection, and is far in advance of any other folder flexographic gluer currently available in the market.

The printing section of the machine is equipped with a full set of fixtures which make high graphics easy to manage under extremely tight register and kiss touch pressures. The NT technology is ideal for printing on coated paper; it has the latest infra-red drying capabilities and is capable of processing the full range of fluting types. The die-cut section is again capable of the widest possible range of complex styles, from simple regular slotted cases with handles or holes, through those with asymmetrical creasing lines and even ‘Bag-in Box’ styles. The quality detection systems built into the machine cover a wide range of defects, so that the product produced complies with the customer specification every single time.

Allied to this, Smurfit Kappa have also strategically positioned their display business at the forefront of the market by investing in the most advanced digital flat-bed printer on the Irish market, the Inca Onset S40i. The Inca Onset S40i incorporates a number of new, intelligent design features that have been developed to increase overall productivity, print quality and reliability. The Onset S40i offers the additional benefits of faster set-up times and increased machine uptime, factors that all help to make the operator’s job simpler.

This investment in new technology opens Smurfit Kappa Display to new markets in Retail Promotional Display Posters/Signs and EXPO Display and allows them to offer all their customers unrivalled print quality, greater flexibility, increased reliability, faster turnaround and environmentally friendly prints on a number of substrates, including Foam PVC, PVC sheets, foamboard, corrugated cardboard, display-board/card-stock, compressed cardboard, polystyrene, paper, synthetic paper, banner material, corrugated polypropylene, and polycarbonate, amongst others. To complement this is a range of vibrant colour options that can make retail POS pop,

Digital Presence As important to their continued development as investment and strategic planning is their connection with their stakeholders and how they communicate as a business. It is vitally important for Smurfit Kappa Ireland to inform all stakeholders about their business and the benefits of their suite of products to the local community, environment and customer base. A major development in this regard, and one driven by their international customer communications strategy, is the launch of a new multilanguage, global website and Smurfit Kappa Ireland website with more localised content.

Designed to be a robust communications platform to take the company into the next decade, smurfitkappa.ie features a clear and intuitive interface with a well-defined structure. It offers in-depth information for a wide range of stakeholders, from customers through suppliers, investors, employees and the press, and features pages on innovation, sustainability and technical information on products, services and special usages, while also offering a substantial careers section, detailing information on a range of opportunities from their flagship Graduate Management Programme to more senior roles.

This new website is part of a continuing commitment

by Smurfit Kappa to be at world class level in everything they does. It allows them to showcase their differentiated customer offerings, highlighting the innovative talents of their team, underpinned by a strong focus on the environment and sustainability in everything they do.

This upgraded digital presence, continued investment and their responsibility to deliver a sustainable business demonstrates Smurfit Kappa Ireland’s longstanding commitment to its customers and all other vital stakeholders and positions Smurfit Kappa Ireland as the market leader in paper based packaging, a position they are driven to continue to hold long into the future. Smurfit Kappa Ireland: more than just a packaging supplier!

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Alufoil

The Advantages of Alufoil Alufoil demonstrates fresh thinking, with existing and new products.

CELEBRATING a traditional but very modern product, demonstrating the variety of innovations and the clear commitment towards resource efficiency are this year’s core activities of the European aluminium foil industry. good thermoforming capabilities. However, a vital component was the development of tempered alufoil, known as ’Springfolie’, as a lidding material for the ‘push through’ pack, rigid enough, yet maintaining good adhesion by coating it with special lacquers.

Two forms of blister packs for pills have evolved. The most common form is the combination of a plastic thermoformed sheet used to make the cavity and, for ‘pushthrough’ blisters, a sheet of 20µm rigid aluminium foil laminate providing the lidding layer.

The next generation of blisters saw alufoil prove its exceptional value, with the development of the coldform or alu/alu blister. No other flexible packaging material can match the all alufoil blister to protect against humidity and gases.

Accessibility and convenience for many types of pharmaceutical products have been achieved because of the blister. In 50 years, the format has evolved into an indispensable packaging product and found new applications, even for its original use with foods, such as confectionery and chewing gum.

Birthday for Blister Packs Alufoil blister packs are this year celebrating 50 years of solid service. The first blister pack was introduced to the market in 1962. Today, it is hard to imagine a world where unit doses of solid form pharmaceuticals are not available in this user-friendly format. So many advantages for the end-user have emerged and its most obvious benefit is that it is always clear how many tablets have been used.

However, the first style of pack to incorporate a cavity and lid was designed for food containers, not pharmaceuticals. It took a clear vision of its potential to create the blister packs we know today and to raise the bar on both form and functionality.

New materials and modern engineering have enabled this dynamic form of packaging to become an indispensable part of life: easy to carry; available in a wide range of shapes, sizes and formats; simple to print on and brand; and of course, a very secure and protective pack!

The birth of the blister was far from simple. Indeed, it came about because of the need for birth control. When Schering (today Bayer) developed the first birth control pill, it needed a pack to aid patient compliance and make it simple to control administered doses over a set time period.

Blister packs had become possible thanks to the development of PVC and later copolymer, which had

United Nations’ SAVE FOOD initiative EAFA (The European Aluminium Foil Association) has become a full member of the ‘SAVE FOOD’ initiative. It is a joint campaign instituted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and Messe Düsseldorf to provide a platform for activities and the promotion of initiatives to reduce food waste.

A key element in this programme is the development and adoption of appropriate packaging solutions.

This aligns completely with the work of EAFA to offer innovative and sustainable packaging formats for the protection, distribution and preservation of all kinds of food products.

The involvement now as a full member with the ‘SAVE FOOD’ initiative extends the considerable work EAFA is already doing in the area of sustain14

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ability and food preservation. Aluminium foil, with its unique barrier properties, allows extended shelf life, which is one way to reduce food wastage. Furthermore, alufoil based packaging allows energy savings through non-chilled distribution, like milk.

The blister anniversary, the innovation potential by the Alufoil Trophy winners and the industry’s commitment for a resource efficient society, clearly prove the future potential of aluminium foil.

To find out more, visit www.alufoil.org.

Originality and Technical Innovation Take Centre Stage THE great diversity of applications and multiple functionality of alufoil were clearly demonstrated by the entries for the Alufoil Trophy 2012.

Particularly impressive was the original thinking which had gone in to some traditional items, taking them to a new level of performance and technical innovation.

The competition, organised by the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA), attracted 52 entries across five categories and ranged from household goods to packaging, on through to automotive applications and a remarkable survival product. Ultimately, the judges awarded 13 entries with an Alufoil Trophy.

Resource Efficiency Constantia Flexibles: Blister lidding foil with water based primer Huhtamaki Ronsberg: R-Laminate

The winners included:

In the Consumer Confidence category, a threesided sealed pouch from a three layer aluminium laminate, containing a chicken sausage pâté from AMPAC’s Swiss division, offers a packaging format not normally used for meat paste product.

PoliPaté’s shape and high quality print finish enhance visual appeal, but the key factor is its convenience and ease of product delivery, besides increasing the product’s shelf life. The concept opens up new possibilities for ‘on the go’ convenient snack style products.

Consumer Convenience Constantia Flexibles: Stick pack opening solutions ELAG Verpackungen / AMPAC: Poli Paté Plus Pack, Danapak and Tibon Technology: TIBON Marketing & Design Cofresco Frischhalteprodukte: Toppits/Albal Gourmet aluminium foil Leeb: ENEXY Product Preservation Amcor Flexibles: FormpackDessiflex Plus Guala Closures: Roll On TE

In Marketing & Design, a gourmet aluminium foil produced by CofrescoFrischh alteprodukte is a creative and well thought out improvement to a very traditional product.

Aimed at ‘sophisticated hobby chefs’ wanting to create ‘juicy and aromatic enjoyment’, Toppits/Albal gourmet foil has patented embossing to give it a three-dimensional structure which provides special properties. During the embossing process, the 3-D domestructure is formed, giving a peak-to-peak thickness of up to 400 micron. This reduces the contact surface, providing better ventilation for the food and creates retention pools for juices, allowing for a higher amount of liquid.

Technical Innovation Constantia Flexibles: Staxyn Child-Resistant Blister Pack Novelis Lüdenscheid, Packaging & Converting and Lydall Gerhardi: Vibration damped heat shield Protective Packaging and Survivakit: Survivastill Overall Excellence Amcor Flexibles: Canny Some of the major innovations are highlighted below.

In the same category, Leeb’s alufoil wrap is aiding the ENEXY power snack to tap into the strong demand for ‘on the go’ energy products.

The stunning pack shape and enhanced graphics are accomplished through clever design and use of an Alu/PE solvent free laminate. This is a very

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difficult shape to wrap. The solution offers excellent readability and a complete adherence to the complex contours of the product. Important to the design is the tab opening, which runs along the front of the bar rather than around it.

This allows easy access and enables consumers to see the entire clever shape of the bar when unwrapped, adding to its appeal.

When it comes to Product Preservation, Guala Closures Group has developed a standard sized roll-on aluminium screw cap, which incorporates a tamper evident feature. Roll-On TE has been produced to offer the wines and spirits sector additional protection for premium brands from forgery or tampering, without affecting existing production lines or filling speeds. It comprises a coloured plastic ring, incorporated into a standard rollon cap (30x60mm). When the cap is opened by the consumer, the ring becomes visible and cannot be removed without visibly damaging the closure. The Roll-On TE is patented, making it more difficult for counterfeiters to copy the technology.

Company Profile

Goliath Still Growing!

With machine sales and their customer base growing all the time, Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd has become one of the giants of Irish packaging.

GOLIATH Packaging Systems Ltd, in business since 2007, sources, supplies, installs and after-sales services a comprehensive range of end-of-line packaging, materials handling and industrial washing equipment to the Irish marketplace. With experience gained through many years of successful project delivery for discerning customers throughout Ireland, the expertise of its international partners and the skills of its factory trained staff, Goliath is perfectly positioned to continue to meet the demands of its growing customer base.

With machine sales increasing by 30% in 2012 (year to date), Goliath continues to deliver automated packaging solutions on time and within budget across all industry sectors.

“This increased volume of business is very gratifying”, states Owner/Managing Director, George O’Leary, “particularly as it is emanating not only as repeat orders from our existing customer base but we’re also winning valued new business in the food and pharma sectors, in particular.”

• Case Erecting, Case Packing and Bag-in-Box Systems; • Manual and High Speed Labelling Systems (bottles, tubes, vials, cases, pallets etc); • Weighing Systems; • X-Ray / Metal Detection; • Case Sealing (Tape and Glue); • Conveying Systems; • Pallet Inverting and Exchange (Fixed, Mobile and Automatic In-line); • Pallet Stacking / De-stacking / Handling; • Scissors and Vacuum Lifting Systems; • Materials Handling Systems (Reel, Drum and Product Lifters/Manipulators); • Pallet Elevating Systems; • Palletising Systems (Gantry, Articulated Arm and Layer Types); • Stretch Wrapping; • Strapping Systems (Case and Pallet); • Automatic Corner Board Application; • Washing Systems (Bottle, Jar, Box, Utensil, Apron, Bucket, Tray, Drum, Pallet, Keg and IBC etc); • AGV Transport. .

Customer Base

Project Management/ Packaging Consultancy

Goliath serves the following industry sectors: • • • •

Food / Meat / Bakery / Beverage / Coldstore; Pharmaceutical / Chemical / Medical Devices; Warehousing / Logistics; General Industry.

Goliath also offers a project management / packaging consultancy service to assist in the early determination of a customer’s particular packaging equipment requirements and cost reduction potential.

This service, which is free of charge, has, according to George O’Leary, “been instrumental in allowing our customers to determine payback periods before commit-

The past 18 months has seen projects successfully delivered to companies such as Pepsi, Country Crest, Dawn Group, Kerry Ingredients, Glanbia, Mulrine’s, Hughes Mushrooms, Pfizer, GSK, P&G, Allergan, Oral-B, Norbrook Labs, Essilor and Servier, amongst many others.

Product Range The Goliath product range consists of the following distinct items; • Liquid and Tablet Filling Systems; • Cotton Insertion; • Shrink Wrapping, Banding, Flow Wrapping and Over Wrapping; • Cartoning; 16

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ting to a machine or integrated system purchase. When presented with real, identifiable cost reduction scenarios, customers are in a perfect position to argue the benefits of such investment with their finance providers, whether in-house or external.”

to high speed industrial washing; via partnerships with the above international companies, Goliath has positioned itself as ‘The Big Name’ in the supply of packaging equipment to Irish industry.

Centrally located in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Goliath is less than two hours from all major markets, while trained engineers maintain spare parts and service all equipment installed with annual service contracts (reactive / preventative) available as preferred.

International Partners As noted above, Goliath is the Irish partner to a number of internationally known specialist packaging equipment suppliers, including the following: • Filamatic / Excel Packaging Machinery; • Pester Pac Automation; • Soco System; • Newsmith / Oliver Douglas; • Toppy; • MJ Maillis; • JBT.

TO discuss your particular packaging equipment needs, please contact: George O’Leary, Managing Director, Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd, 92 Silver St, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

Tel: 067 37893.

Fax: 067 34794.

Mobile: 087 1222816.

E-mail: info@goliath.ie / service@goliath.ie.

Web: www.goliath.ie.

Summary Goliath understands the specific packaging needs of its customer base. From liquid filling, shrink wrapping / banding, case-packing, labelling, palletising and pallet inverting

Erecting

Inverting

Case Packing

Palletising

Bag-in-Box

Wrapping

Sealing

Strapping

Conveying

AGV Transport

Lifting

Washing Systems

sales installation service

T/F: 067 37893 087 1222816 info@goliath.ie www.goliath.ie BEECHWOOD, NENAGH, CO. TIPPERARY

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Legislation

Facing the Future for Food Labelling Laws Ita White, Food Industry Development, Teagasc, writes on how EU Food Laws provide both challenges and opportunities for the food and packaging industry.

F

O O D es and must not mispackaging lead. Recent food has many recalls have increased functions. the attention on food It forms a physi packaging in terms of cal barrier, protects, the risk of migration preserves and funcof chemicals into the tions as a container foodstuff. Food busifor foodstuffs. It acts nesses must ensure as a means of comthat all packaging munication with the materials are suitable consumer and can for their intended use. provide information, The food law as well as a means of aspects of most conmarketing the prodcern to those involved uct and encouraging in packaging food and potential buyers. It beverages or supplying may also have secupackaging materials to rity functions, such the food industry fall as tamper resistance, into two main categoprovide a means of ries, namely food conconvenient handling tact materials legislaor display, or play a tion and labelling or role in portion confood information legistrol (e.g. by providlation. ing a means of single serving). Consumer Food Contact Materials convenience, sustainability and extended shelf-life are all drivThere have been a ing the demand for number of high profile innovation in packag- Food businesses will need to review labelling to ensure compliance with the recalls in recent years ing formats. To source nutrition and health claims legislation (Regulation (EC) 1924/2006) and plan within Europe and the and design packaging for compliance with the new labelling requirements in the food information USA over concerns of that can perform all regulation that will come into force over the next few years. migration of packaging of these functions is a components, and even challenge for industry and in addition, it must comply ink components, into foodstuffs. In 2010, a well-known with food law! cereal manufacturer had to recall product, due to the Under EU food law, packaging must not endanger migration of a component from the waxed paper liner the consumer or cause unacceptable changes in food into the cereal, at a cost of approximately $48 million. composition or organoleptic characteristics. Labelling In 2005, another international food company recalled should allow the consumer to make informed choicbaby milk in tetra packs, due to migration of print-

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ing components, at a cost of around â‚Ź1.6 million. This, amongst other developments, has led to an increased focus on food contact materials (FCM) and changes to legislation.

What are the challenges for the food industry in this area? Dialogue is required between the food producer/ packer and the packaging supplier in relation to any FCM. The packer needs to ensure that the supplier is clear about the intended conditions of use of the packaging material, so that they can supply the necessary declaration of conformance (DoC) or technical data necessary to show that the packaging material is suitable for the intended use.

Several issues can impact on the performance of packaging and the rate of migration of materials into food. For example: the temperature at which a product is processed and stored at; the shelf-life of the food or beverage and the length of contact time between the foodstuff and the packaging material; the composition of the food, in particular the fat content and pH, as these will also influence the rate of migration.

Primary FCM Legislation The Framework Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 is the primary legislation for FCM in conjunction with the GMP Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006. There are also a series of material specific European Directives and Regulations that apply. In Ireland, there are no additional national requirements but it should be noted that some other member states do have additional legislation for producers and importers of FCM. Packaging suppliers will need to ensure that materials are tested and DoCs are available for FCM produced and/or imported into the EU. There are currently DoC requirements for plastics, recycled plastics, ceramics, and active and intelligent materials, with some of the new provisions relating to plastic materials coming into force in January 2013. Suppliers will need to use reliable/accredited labs to ensure the credibility of results and satisfy regulatory requirements.

In Ireland, the monitoring of compliance with FCM legislation has been subcontracted to the NSAI, by the FSAI, who will be inspecting importers, manufacturers, distributors and suppliers of FCM.

Ita White, Teagasc, Food Industry Development.

ments in the food information regulation that will come into force over the next few years.

Where should the balance lie? On one hand, food business operators (FBOs) want to promote their products in a competitive market, so anything that can give them the edge is important. On the other hand, consumers don’t want to be misled into buying a food product that claims or implies it will do something it can’t.

In Europe, the decision was made to introduce a formal process for approval of health claims. There are some precedents for this in Japan and the USA (van Loveren et al, 2012). So far there has been some controversy, with some commonly held beliefs regarding health benefits for foodstuffs being rejected by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the body responsible for issuing scientific opinions on health claim applications, at the first attempt. The European Commission (EC) and EFSA have been criticised in recent times, providing fodder for the tabloids, with a UK MEP challenging the European Commissioner with responsibility for food to a prune eating contest to

Labelling, Nutrition and Health Claims Probably the most topical issue when it comes to food law aspects of packaging and labelling relates to nutrition and health claims and the recent food information regulation. Food businesses will need to review labelling to ensure compliance with the nutrition and health claims legislation (Regulation (EC) 1924/2006) and plan for compliance with the new labelling require-

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“Sugar-free chewing gum contributes to the neutralisation of plaque acids” On the other hand, the following claim in relation to cow’s milk was rejected: “Milk products help support dental health. Milk helps support the normal and healthy development of teeth. Milk contributes to dental health.”

Equally, it has been difficult for those seeking to make claims in relation to probiotics to gain authorisation: applications relating to certain Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria and their role in supporting healthy gut flora have not been authorised, as the scientific data provided were not considered to be sufficient in certain respects. These would be familiar to us from television advertising as some of the “good bacteria” that might help us “stay healthy”! So for businesses in this area, there is more work to do to get over the approval hurdle or perhaps they may have to review their marketing and advertising campaigns in the future! It certainly has implications for the functional foods market.

EC Database

Product recalls, amongst other developments, have led to an increased focus on Food Contact Materials and changes to legislation.

The EC has set up a database of authorised and rejected health claims that can be accessed at the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/nuhclaims/ The register currently contains over 2,000 claims, of which almost 250 have been authorised, (the rest were rejected). FBOs can use this information to determine if a health claim is permitted or not, but in order to make a claim, the FBO will need to be able to show that the amount that the consumer would normally eat can provide the benefit claimed. Minimum amounts of the nutrients/substance/food may be specified in the authorisation, for example the number of grams per portion, or it may be linked to the nutrition labelling requirements in Regulation 1924/2006, e.g. source of nutrient/substance/food.

Any food business operator can use authorised health claims if the conditions of use and any applicable restrictions are respected. This is seen as a benefit for SMEs, as they may use health claims approved through applications submitted by larger businesses. Not surprisingly, there are terms and conditions of use! Health claims can only be made for the nutrient, substance, food or food category for which they have been authorised, and not for the food product that contains them.

Non-authorised health claims cannot be used. There may be some flexibility around the wording used but the fundamental principle of the food information regulation applies (i.e. the consumer must not be misled).

prove his point: this followed rejection of a claim concerning the laxative affect of prunes!

The EC states “the test of an acceptable health claim is whether it can be substantiated by science. Claims that can not, should not be made”. A nutrition claim, in essence, relates to the energy or calorific value provided (or not!) by a food, or to the presence, absence or amount of nutrients contained in the food. Health claims are based on the relationship between a food or its constituents and health. Stated or implied claims are both covered by the regulations.

Categories of Health Claims Health claims fall into two broad categories, claims related to ‘function’ or ‘risk reduction’ claims.

‘Function’ health claims relate to growth, development and functions of the body, or psychological and behavioural functions or slimming or weight control. ‘Risk reduction’ claims relate to risk factors in the development of a disease e.g. the effect plant stanol esters have in reducing cholesterol and its role in the development of coronary heart disease. In addition, health claims relating to children’s development are addressed separately. Risk reduction claims and those relating to children’s development go through a different authorisation process than that for function health claims.

Examples of authorised health claims: “Calcium is needed for the maintenance of normal bones and teeth”

Labelling, Food Information Similarly, one of the main objectives of the new food information regulation (Regulation (EU) No

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1169/2011) is to improve information to consumers and allow them make more informed choices. This is a positive step to empower the consumer in the battle against obesity and in transparency, but is it a step too far?

Once again, the battle lines were drawn between the trade lobby groups and the consumer, and animal welfare lobby groups, amongst others.

The latest “labelling” legislation refers to food information for consumers and clearly extends beyond the traditional labelling context; it also applies to advertising and presentation of foodstuffs, including marketing via modern technological tools such as the internet.

The existing requirement that food information must not mislead, continues and is an important principle to consider when interpreting food labelling requirements.

New labelling legislation aims to enable consumers to make balanced and healthier dietary choices; it introduces a mandatory nutrition declaration (previously voluntary) and requires information to be accurate, clear and easy to understand. Mandatory requirements are extended and any additional voluntary or additional information must not detract from, obscure or be displayed to the detriment of the mandatory information.

There are legibility requirements, including aspects such as font size (1.2mm), spacing, appearance and contrast; there is a reduced font size (0.9mm) requirement for packs less than 80 cm2.

Allergens and their derivatives must be clearly indicated in the list of ingredients, using means such as a different type-face for emphasis. There are additional requirements for certain categories of foods e.g. beverages or foods with high caffeine content, frozen meat/ fish products, refined oils and fats. There are also some exemptions for certain alcoholic beverages, non-prepacked foods and foods sold in small pack dimensions.

Compulsory country of origin labelling has been extended to other fresh meats in addition to beef, with the possibility of further extensions to follow. Another area for future development relates to the energy value on alcoholic beverages and a definition of ‘alcopops’.

These new rules come into force on December 13, 2014, with some exceptions, notably the mandatory nutrition declaration that applies from December 13, 2016.

References/Links: EU Food Contact Materials Database: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sanco_foods/ main/?event=display Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC. O.J. L 338 of 13.11.2004, p 4 (Framework regulation) Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 December 2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.

O.J. L 384 of 22.12.2006, p 75 European Union Register of nutrition and health claims made on food http://ec.europa.eu/nuhclaims/ H. van Loveren, Y. Sanz, S. Salminen, 2012.

Health claims in Europe: probiotics and prebiotics as case examples. Annu. Rev. Food Sci. Technol. 2012.3:247-261.

Regulation (EC) 1924/2006 of the European parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.

O.J. L 404 of 30.12.2006, p 9 (plus amendments) Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011on the provision of food information to consumers.

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Summary

Disclaimer

There are opportunities in relation to labelling with permitted nutrition claims, protections for certain geographical indications and traditional specialities and organics under EU law. But for protected designations, the investment in time and effort to achieve protected status must be weighed against the potential return that might be achieved. Anecdotally, time scales of around five years have been quoted in terms of the time taken to obtain protected designation status. Labelling requirements are extensive, with many specific requirements and a number of exemptions, making it advisable for food businesses to pay close attention to the legislation or to seek expert advice if necessary.

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and cannot be construed as reflecting Teagasc’s views.

Reference to any commercial product or service is made with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by Teagasc is implied.

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The Packaging Centre Ltd Fox & Geese House, Naas Road, Dublin 22 Tel: 01 450 8759 Fax: 01 450 7567 Email: sales@thepackagingcentre.ie Web: www.thepackagingcentre.ie

01-678 5165 kathleenbelton@tarapublications.ie www.tarapublications.ie

Logistics

Johnston Logistics: Leading the Way Johnston Logistics has evolved from a traditional domestic haulier to a true pan-European logistics provider.

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ohnston Logistics, specialists in Contract logistics, European Logistics and Domestic Distribution, operates from seven sites within Ireland, including the company headquarters and administration hub, based on a three-hectare site in Dublin’s Rathcoole.

They operate from a modern Hi-Bay warehouse facility. The key to the efficient running of this facility is investment in the very latest technology, which allows Johnston Logistics to deliver a world class service to their customers.

Within the company’s warehouse division, Johnston Logistics operate ambient, ATEX and temperature controlled areas with temperature monitoring alarm systems.

This ensures the products are stored at the appropriate temperature. The company operates a comprehensive Warehouse Management System, which allows for real time stock visibility and transparent tracking and traceability. All warehouse transactions are through real-time bar code scanning under digital CCTV, allowing clear order pick visibility.

The Dublin site is also an Authorised Consignee Premises for Bonded non-EU dry goods: this entails the storage, clearance and management of products incurring duty.

Johnston Logistics holds an Irish Medicines Board Wholesalers Licence, operating to GDP Standards. This has allowed the company further expand the range of

Johnston Logistics holds an Irish Medicines Board Wholesalers Licence, operating to GDP Standards, which enables the storage and transportation of active ingredient and finished product.

logistics services offered to the Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences sectors, including the storage and transportation of active ingredients and finished products.

Hazardous Goods The company has considerable expertise in dealing with hazardous goods. To facilitate this, they have a full time QHSE manager, who is also the on-site DGSA, which ensures ADR and IMDG compliance. There is a clear and concise Health and Safety culture within the company. Johnston Logistics is ISO 9001:2000 and SQAS accredited.

Sustainability is core to the business, and amongst some of the initiatives undertaken by Johnston Logistics is rain water harvesting, which supplies water to an automatic truck wash, which in turn recycles 95% of its water, thus helping to reduce the company’s carbon footprint.

Pan-European Logistics Provider Johnston Logistics have made the transition from being a traditional domestic haulier to a true pan-European logistics provider, while retaining the quality and service levels of a local organisation.

They have remained ahead of the curve with their focused expansion into mainland Europe, spearheaded by their exclusive partnership with a major European logistics service provider – Dachser GmbH. The Dachser network allows them to offer worldwide logistics solutions, supported by world-class customer service.

“Johnston Logistics service provides Irish companies with a global network and global companies with an Irish network,” sums up a company spokesperson.

Johnston Logistics operate from a modern Hi-Bay warehouse facility.

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IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY

PRODUCT AND SERVICE INDEX ALL PLASTIC SILOS & IBC’S AIC Plastic Pallets Ltd Industrial Packaging Ltd Interpac LINPAC Allibert Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd SCHÜTZ (Ireland) Ltd Thorn Environmental Ltd

BANDING Fischbein Saxon Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Heavey Technology PC Packaging Ltd Security Pak Systems

Donoghue Packaging Gem Plastics Industrial Packaging Ltd Interpac Irish Papers Ltd LINPAC Allibert Ltd Novostrat Ltd SCHÜTZ (Ireland) Ltd Thorn Environmental Ltd

BAR CODING / TRACEABILITY AGV SYSTEMS Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd

BAGGING Fischbein Saxon Ltd

BAG GLUING Fischbein Saxon Ltd

Advanced Packaging Machinery Ltd ALS Labelling Solutions Codico Distributors Ltd Fischbein Saxon Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Heavey Technology Medical Pack Solutions Obeeco Ltd PCS Industries Ltd

CALIBRATION Advanced Packaging Machinery Ltd P.J. Boner & Co. Ltd

CARTON ERECTORS / CLOSERS Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd Medical Pack Solutions

BINS Thorn Environmental Ltd

BAG SEALING Carabay Packaging Products Fischbein Saxon Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Irish Papers Ltd Medical Pack Solutions PC Packaging Ltd QPM Ltd Security Pak Systems T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Versatile Packaging Ltd

BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL AB Converters Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Irish Papers Ltd Novostrat Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Thorn Environmental Ltd

BRAND DEVELOPMENT BAG SOWING Fischbein Saxon Ltd

BAKERY CAKE CONTAINERS Celtic Sales Company (Cork) Ltd Corcoran Products (Ire) Ltd Diamond Corrugated Versatile Packaging Ltd

BLINK DESIGN Irish Papers Ltd Neworld Associates

BULK PACKAGING Barry Packaging Carabay Packaging Products Corcoran Products (Ire) Ltd Diamond Corrugated 24

CASE SEALING (TAPING) Carabay Packaging Products Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Heavey Technology Medical Pack Solutions PC Packaging Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd QPM Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie)

CHECKWEIGHERS Advanced Packaging Machinery Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Medical Pack Solutions P.J. Boner & Co. Ltd

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY CODING & MARKING ALS Labelling Solutions Codico Distributors Ltd Fischbein Saxon Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Heavey Technology Medical Pack Solutions Obeeco Ltd PC Packaging Ltd PCS Industries Ltd QPM Ltd

COLD CHAIN PACKAGING Carabay Packaging Products

COMPOSTABLE BAGS, FILMS & SHRINK SLEEVES Carabay Packaging Products Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd PC Packaging Ltd QPM Ltd Smurfit Kappa Thorn Environmental Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Versatile Packaging Ltd

CONSULTANCY Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Enviropak Supplies Ltd Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd Medical Pack Solutions QPM Ltd Smurfit Kappa Thorn Environmental Ltd

CONTAINERS BAGS FABRIC

Barry Packaging Consort Case Company Fischbein Saxon Ltd Irish Papers Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd

T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Thorn Environmental Ltd Van Der Windt Packaging

PRE-MADE BAGS - PLAIN/PRINTED

NPP Group Ltd

BARRELS/DRUMS JUTE

FIBREBOARD

T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie)

Air Sea Containers Ireland Ltd Industrial Packaging Ltd Interpac Smurfit Kappa

LAMINATES

AB Converters Ltd Alert Packaging Ltd Barry Packaging Carabay Packaging Products Fischbein Saxon Ltd Irish Papers Ltd NPP Group Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Thorn Environmental Ltd Versatile Packaging Ltd PAPER

AB Converters Ltd Alert Packaging Ltd Alpack Ltd Barry Packaging Carabay Packaging Products Celtic Sales Company (Cork) Ltd Diamond Corrugated Enviropak Supplies Ltd Fischbein Saxon Ltd Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Thorn Environmental Ltd Van Der Windt Packaging PLASTIC

AB Converters Ltd Aerobord Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Celtic Sales Company (Cork) Ltd Fischbein Saxon Ltd Gem Plastics Irish Papers Ltd NPP Group Ltd Obeeco Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd Smurfit Kappa T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) The Packaging Centre Ltd Thorn Environmental Ltd Van Der Windt Packaging Versatile Packaging Ltd 25

METAL

Industrial Packaging Ltd Interpac PLASTIC

AIC Plastic Pallets Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Consort Case Company Gem Plastics Greiner Packaging Ltd Industrial Packaging Ltd Interpac SCHÜTZ (Ireland) Ltd The Packaging Centre Ltd WOODEN

Donoghue Packaging Interpac

BOTTLES GLASS

Air Sea Containers Ireland Ltd Alpack Ltd Celtic Sales Company (Cork) Ltd Multiprint Labels The Packaging Centre Ltd PLASTIC

Air Sea Containers Ireland Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Celtic Sales Company (Cork) Ltd Gem Plastics Greiner Packaging Ltd Mergon International Multiprint Labels The Packaging Centre Ltd

BOXES CAKE

Alpack Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Barry Packaging Benson Box Co. (Irl) Ltd Diamond Corrugated

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) The Packaging Centre Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Cavanbox.ie Packaging Donoghue Packaging Interpac Irish Papers Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd Smurfit Kappa

Air Sea Containers Ireland Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Cavanbox.ie Packaging Consort Case Company Greiner Packaging Ltd Heavey Technology Interpac Irish Papers Ltd LINPAC Allibert Ltd Measom Freer Smurfit Kappa

CORRUGATED

SNACK BOXES

Alpack Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Barry Packaging Carabay Packaging Products Cavanbox.ie Packaging Celtic Sales Company (Cork) Ltd Diamond Corrugated Dollard Packaging Ltd Donoghue Packaging Interpac Irish Papers Ltd Medical Pack Solutions PS Packaging Systems Ltd SAICA Packaging Ireland SAICA Pack Lurgan SAICA Pack Warrenpoint Smurfit Kappa T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie)

Benson Box Co. (Irl) Ltd Diamond Corrugated Smurfit Kappa

EPS

BUCKETS/TUBS

SCA Foam Products

PLASTIC

COMPOSITES

METAL

Com-Plas Packaging Ltd Interpac Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd Versatile Packaging Ltd

CANS / METAL CANS Com-Plas Packaging Ltd Interpac Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd

CARTONS CARDBOARD

RIGID PRESENTATION BOXES

Benson Box Co. (Irl) Ltd Diamond Corrugated WOODEN

AIC Plastic Pallets Ltd Air Sea Containers Ireland Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Cavanbox.ie Packaging Donoghue Packaging Interpac PS Packaging Systems Ltd Smurfit Kappa

Alpack Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Benson Box Co. (Irl) Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Cavanbox.ie Packaging Celtic Sales Company (Cork) Ltd Com-Plas Packaging Ltd Diamond Corrugated Dollard Packaging Ltd Donoghue Packaging Interpac Irish Papers Ltd Medical Pack Solutions PS Packaging Systems Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd Smurfit Kappa T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Versatile Packaging Ltd PLASTIC

METAL

Interpac Irish Papers Ltd PAPER

Air Sea Containers Ireland Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Diamond Corrugated Dollard Packaging Ltd Enviropak Supplies Ltd Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Van Der Windt Packaging PLASTIC

AIC Plastic Pallets Ltd Alpack Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Celtic Sales Company (Cork) Ltd Consort Case Company Corcoran Products (Ire) Ltd Greiner Packaging Ltd Industrial Packaging Ltd Interpac Irish Papers Ltd LINPAC Allibert Ltd Mergon International PrimePac Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd SCHÜTZ (Ireland) Ltd The Packaging Centre Ltd Versatile Packaging Ltd

Aerobord Ltd AIC Plastic Pallets Ltd 26

Carabay Packaging Products Cavanbox.ie Packaging Com-Plas Packaging Ltd Consort Case Company Corcoran Products (Ire) Ltd Interpac Irish Papers Ltd Mergon International PS Packaging Systems Ltd Smurfit Kappa

CASES CORRUGATED

Air Sea Containers Ireland Ltd Alpack Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Cavanbox.ie Packaging Celtic Sales Company (Cork) Ltd Com-Plas Packaging Ltd Consort Case Company

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY Diamond Corrugated Donoghue Packaging Enviropak Supplies Ltd Industrial Packaging Ltd Interpac Irish Papers Ltd Medical Pack Solutions PS Packaging Systems Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd SAICA Packaging Ireland SAICA Pack Lurgan SAICA Pack Warrenpoint Smurfit Kappa T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) METAL

Air Sea Containers Ireland Ltd Consort Case Company Interpac PLASTIC

AIC Plastic Pallets Ltd Air Sea Containers Ireland Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Consort Case Company Donoghue Packaging Interpac Irish Papers Ltd LINPAC Allibert Ltd Smurfit Kappa POLYSTYRENE

Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Cavanbox.ie Packaging Carabay Packaging Products Consort Case Company Irish Papers Ltd Interpac PS Packaging Systems Ltd SCA Foam Products WOODEN

AIC Plastic Pallets Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Cavanbox.ie Packaging Consort Case Company Donoghue Packaging Interpac PS Packaging Systems Ltd Smurfit Kappa

CLOSURES

PAPER CARRIERS

METAL

Carabay Packaging Products Irish Papers Ltd

Alpack Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) The Packaging Centre Ltd PLASTIC

Alpack Ltd Consort Case Company Fischbein Saxon Ltd Gem Plastics Measom Freer Obeeco Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) The Packaging Centre Ltd Van Der Windt Packaging

POUCHES Alpack Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Irish Papers Ltd Medical Pack Solutions PS Packaging Systems Ltd SteriPack

SACKS Carabay Packaging Products Irish Papers Ltd

SACKS HEAVY DUTY NPP Group Ltd

TAPS

Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd The Packaging Centre Ltd

CRATES PLASTIC

AIC Plastic Pallets Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Smurfit Kappa

TRAYS ALUMINIUM

Carabay Packaging Products Com-Plas Packaging Ltd Enviropak Supplies Ltd Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd QPM Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Versatile Packaging Ltd

WOODEN

AIC Plastic Pallets Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Cavanbox.ie Packaging Donoghue Packaging PS Packaging Systems Ltd Smurfit Kappa

JARS GLASS

Air Sea Containers Ireland Ltd Alpack Ltd Celtic Sales Company (Cork) Ltd The Packaging Centre Ltd PLASTIC

Carabay Packaging Products Com-Plas Packaging Ltd Greiner Packaging Ltd Measom Freer Mergon International PrimePac Ltd The Packaging Centre Ltd 27

PAPER

Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Benson Box Co. (Irl) Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Cavanbox.ie Packaging Diamond Corrugated Enviropak Supplies Ltd Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd Smurfit Kappa Thorn Environmental Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) PLASTIC

AiP Thermoform Packaging Carabay Packaging Products Cavanbox.ie Packaging Celtic Sales Company (Cork) Ltd Consort Case Company Corcoran Products (Ire) Ltd Enviropak Supplies Ltd Greiner Packaging Ltd Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY LINPAC Allibert Ltd Medical Pack Solutions QPM Ltd Quinn Packaging Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Thorn Environmental Ltd The Packaging Centre Ltd Versatile Packaging Ltd

TUBES CARDBOARD

Carabay Packaging Products Irish Papers Ltd Mergon International PS Packaging Systems Ltd QPM Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd SteriPack Thorn Environmental Ltd

CONTRACT PACKING

Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Enviropak Supplies Ltd Industrial Packaging Ltd Interpac Irish Papers Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd Smurfit Kappa

Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products PS Packaging Systems Ltd QPM Ltd SteriPack

PAPER

Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Diamond Corrugated EuroFoil Teo Heavey Technology Smurfit Kappa Thorn Environmental Ltd

Carabay Packaging Products Irish Papers Ltd PLASTIC

Carabay Packaging Products Greiner Packaging Ltd Irish Papers Ltd Measom Freer Mergon International NPP Group Ltd PrimePac Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd The Packaging Centre Ltd

VIALS

Irish Papers Ltd Medical Pack Solutions Neworld Associates Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd Smurfit Kappa

DISTRIBUTION Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Enviropak Supplies Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd Smurfit Kappa

DRUM & KEG WASHERS Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd

CONVERTER

DANGEROUS GOODS PACKAGING Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Interpac Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd Thorn Environmental Ltd

E COMMERCE FULFILMENT Carabay Packaging Products

FIBC Interpac Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd Thorn Environmental Ltd

FORKLIFTS / PALLET TRUCKS Irish Lift Trucks

GLASS

Com-Plas Packaging Ltd Medical Pack Solutions The Packaging Centre Ltd PLASTIC

Carabay Packaging Products Com-Plas Packaging Ltd Interpac Mergon International The Packaging Centre Ltd

DANGEROUS GOODS PACKAGING TESTING Donoghue Packaging Interpac Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd Thorn Environmental Ltd

DESIGNERS / CONSULTANTS CONTRACT PACKAGING Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Benson Box Co. (Irl) Ltd

Artefact Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Diamond Corrugated Interpac 28

FIBRE ONE-TRIP IBC’S Interpac Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd

FLOW WRAPPERS Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Odenberg Engineering Ltd PC Packaging Ltd QPM Ltd

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY FLOW WRAPPING Canpak Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Irish Papers Ltd PC Packaging Ltd QPM Ltd Security Pak Systems Thorn Environmental Ltd Versatile Packaging Ltd

Donoghue Packaging PS Packaging Systems Ltd Smurfit Kappa

INDUSTRIAL WASHING SYSTEMS

CAPPING Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Obeeco Ltd PC Packaging Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd

CASE PACKING Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd

Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd

CONVEYORS

FMCG PACKAGING Canpak Ltd Heavey Technology Neworld Associates Smurfit Kappa

FOAM IN PLACE Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Donoghue Packaging PS Packaging Systems Ltd

FORM FILL & SEAL NPP Group Ltd

FREEZER SPACE ADDITION / REMOVAL Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd

FULFILMENT Canpak Ltd Donoghue Packaging PS Packaging Systems Ltd

GRAPHIC DESIGN BLINK DESIGN

INSPECTION SYSTEMS Advanced Packaging Machinery Ltd ALS Labelling Solutions PCS Industries Ltd

IRISH PRE STRETCH FILM MANUFACTURERS Carabay Packaging Products Thorn Environmental Ltd

KAN BAN Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products

LABEL BUREAU ALS Labelling Solutions Heavey Technology

LITHO LAM PACKAGING Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Enviropak Supplies Ltd Smurfit Kappa

MACHINERY / EQUIPMENT AUTO CARTONING SYSTEMS

HAND ASSEMBLY Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Canpak Ltd Carabay Packaging Products

Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd

BAG CLOSING MACHINERY Fischbein Saxon Ltd 29

Fischbein Saxon Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Heavey Technology Obeeco Ltd Odenberg Engineering Ltd PC Packaging Ltd QPM Ltd

DRUM LIFTING / REEL LIFTING Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd

FILLING Fischbein Saxon Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Multiprint Labels Obeeco Ltd PC Packaging Ltd QPM Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd Security Pak Systems Versatile Packaging Ltd

LABELLING ALS Labelling Solutions Carabay Packaging Products Corcoran Products (Ire) Ltd Fischbein Saxon Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Heavey Technology Logopak International Ltd Medical Pack Solutions Multiprint Labels New Era Packaging Ltd Obeeco Ltd PC Packaging Ltd QPM Ltd Quinn Packaging Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie)

MAP MACHINERY Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd QPM Ltd

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY Security Pak Systems Versatile Packaging Ltd

SLEEVING

METAL DETECTORS / X-RAY MACHINES

STRAPPING

Advanced Packaging Machinery Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Obeeco Ltd QPM Ltd Quinn Packaging Ltd

NAILING & STAPLING EQUIPMENT Carabay Packaging Products Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Security Pak Systems

PACKAGING MACHINERY Abco Kovex Ltd Advanced Packaging Machinery Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Fischbein Saxon Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Interpac Irish Papers Ltd ITW Packaging Systems Medical Pack Solutions NPP Group Ltd Obeeco Ltd Odenberg Engineering Ltd PC Packaging Ltd QPM Ltd Quinn Packaging Ltd Security Pak Systems Versatile Packaging Ltd

PROCESS EQUIPMENT P.J. Boner & Co. Ltd Fischbein Saxon Ltd Obeeco Ltd Odenberg Engineering Ltd

SHRINK WRAPPERS Carabay Packaging Products Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd ITW Packaging Systems Medical Pack Solutions Obeeco Ltd PC Packaging Ltd QPM Ltd Quinn Packaging Ltd Security Pak Systems

Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Abco Kovex Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Donoghue Packaging Fischbein Saxon Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd ITW Packaging Systems NPP Group Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd Obeeco Ltd Quinn Packaging Ltd Security Pak Systems

THERMOFORMERS AiP Thermoform Packaging Medical Pack Solutions Obeeco Ltd QPM Ltd Quinn Packaging Ltd Security Pak Systems Versatile Packaging Ltd

TIPPING / TILTING EQUIPMENT Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd

TRAY SEALERS Enviropak Supplies Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Medical Pack Solutions Obeeco Ltd PC Packaging Ltd QPM Ltd Security Pak Systems Versatile Packaging Ltd

Fischbein Saxon Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Heavey Technology Obeeco Ltd QPM Ltd Versatile Packaging Ltd

MAIL ORDER BAGS AB Converters Ltd

MARKETING ROADMAPS Neworld Associates

MATERIALS HANDLING Carabay Packaging Products Fischbein Saxon Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Irish Lift Trucks Irish Papers Ltd Interpac LINPAC Allibert ltd QPM Ltd SCA Foam Products Toyota Material Handling Ireland

MEDICAL/PHARMACEUTICAL Carabay Packaging Products Interpac Irish Papers Ltd LINPAC Allibert Ltd Medical Pack Solutions Security Pak Systems SteriPack

MOULDING Mergon International

VACUUM PACKERS Carabay Packaging Products Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Obeeco Ltd PC Packaging Ltd QPM Ltd Security Pak Systems Versatile Packaging Ltd

WEIGHING & CHECKING Advanced Packaging Machinery Ltd P.J. Boner & Co. Ltd 30

NESTED TRAYS, CANS, TUBES Benson Box Co. (Irl) Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Irish Papers Ltd LINPAC Allibert Ltd Obeeco Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd Versatile Packaging Ltd

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY NON-WOVEN PP Fischbein Saxon Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie)

OVER WRAPPING

INK Codico Distributors Ltd Obeeco Ltd PC Packaging Ltd

L SEALING

METAL FOILS LABELS

Artefact Ltd BLINK DESIGN

PACKAGING MATERIALS ADHESIVES Carabay Packaging Products Irish Papers Ltd

AIRPAQ ENDCAPS

Alpack Ltd ALS Labelling Solutions Carabay Packaging Products Codico Distributors Ltd Donoghue Packaging Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd Logopak International Ltd Medical Pack Solutions New Era Packaging Ltd Multiprint Labels Obeeco Ltd Smurfit Kappa T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie)

Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd

BESPOKE PROMOTIONAL LABELS ALS Labelling Solutions New Era Packaging Ltd Multiprint Labels T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie)

AB Converters Ltd Alert Packaging Ltd Enviropak Supplies Ltd EuroFoil Teo Irish Papers Ltd Medical Pack Solutions New Era Packaging Ltd Novostrat Ltd Smurfit Kappa T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Versatile Packaging Ltd

CARD Irish Papers Ltd Smurfit Kappa UniBoard Ltd

LEAFLETS Donoghue Packaging Irish Papers Ltd New Era Packaging Ltd

CONVOLUTED FOAM Atlas Box & Crating Ltd

LEAFLET LABELS

DIGITAL LABELS

Donoghue Packaging Heavey Technology New Era Packaging Ltd

Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd New Era Packaging Ltd

FOAM UNDERLAY Carabay Packaging Products Cavanbox.ie Packaging Novostrat Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd Smurfit Kappa

Alert Packaging Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Irish Papers Ltd New Era Packaging Ltd SteriPack Versatile Packaging Ltd

MISCELLANEOUS Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Irish Papers Ltd Obeeco Ltd SCA Foam Products Smurfit Kappa T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie)

PAPER LAMINATES

BAMBOO PULP

Diamond Corrugated Enviropak Supplies Ltd Irish Papers Ltd Smurfit Kappa

Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd

Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd

PACKAGING DESIGN SPECIALISTS

LITHO LAMINATED BOARD / FLUTE

LINERLESS LABELS ALS Labelling Solutions Heavey Technology New Era Packaging Ltd

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AB Converters Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Enviropak Supplies Ltd EuroFoil Teo Irish Papers Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd Smurfit Kappa SteriPack T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) UniBoard Ltd

PLASTIC / POLYMERS AB Converters Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Irish Papers Ltd LINPAC Allibert Ltd NPP Group Ltd QPM Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd SCA Foam Products Security Pak Systems Thorn Environmental Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Versatile Packaging Ltd

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY POLYETHYLENE FOAM Atlas Box & Crating Ltd

TAPES Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Enviropak Supplies Ltd Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd New Era Packaging Ltd NPP Group Ltd Obeeco Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd QPM Ltd SCA Foam Products Smurfit Kappa T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie)

PALLETS

PALLET WRAPPING

AIC Plastic Pallets Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Cavanbox.ie Packaging Com-Plas Packaging Ltd Donoghue Packaging Enviropak Supplies Ltd Interpac LINPAC Allibert Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd SCA Foam Products Smurfit Kappa

PALLET INVERTING & EXCHANGE Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd

Abco Kovex Ltd Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Diamond Corrugated Donoghue Packaging Fischbein Saxon Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd NPP Group Ltd PC Packaging Ltd QPM Ltd Quinn Packaging Ltd Security Pak Systems Smurfit Kappa Thorn Environmental Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Versatile Packaging Ltd

WRAPPING Abco Kovex Ltd AB Converters Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd ITW Packaging Systems Novostrat Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd QPM Ltd Smurfit Kappa

PACKAGING INTEGRITY TESTING Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Donoghue Packaging SteriPack

PACKAGING TESTING Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Diamond Corrugated Donoghue Packaging Medical Pack Solutions Smurfit Kappa SteriPack

PALLET LABELLING ALS Labelling Solutions Donoghue Packaging Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Logopak International Ltd PC Packaging Ltd

PALLET LINERS Diamond Corrugated Donoghue Packaging NPP Group Ltd UniBoard Ltd

PALLET LINERS (WATERPROOF)

FIBRE/CORE PALLETS Atlas Box & Crating Ltd

PLASTIC CUPS Carabay Packaging Products Greiner Packaging Ltd Irish Papers Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Thorn Environmental Ltd

PLASTIC GLASSES Carabay Packaging Products Irish Papers Ltd Thorn Environmental Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie)

T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) UniBoard Ltd

PLASTIC IBC PALLET STACKING / DE-STACKING Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd

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AIC Plastic Pallets Ltd Interpac Irish Papers Ltd LINPAC Allibert Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd SCHÜTZ (Ireland) Ltd Thorn Environmental Ltd

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY POLYBAGGING Carabay Packaging Products Fischbein Saxon Ltd Irish Papers Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd QPM Ltd Security Pak Systems Smurfit Kappa Thorn Environmental Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie)

Irish Papers Ltd Measom Freer Multiprint Labels NPP Group Ltd PrimePac Ltd Quinn Packaging Ltd Smurfit Kappa T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Versatile Packaging Ltd

PRODUCT COLLATION POLYESTER REEL / SHEET MATERIAL Carabay Packaging Products Quinn Packaging Ltd Security Pak Systems Smurfit Kappa Thorn Environmental Ltd Versatile Packaging Ltd

POLYURETHANE FOAM Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Donoghue Packaging PS Packaging Systems Ltd

Canpak Ltd QPM Ltd

PRODUCT SCREENING Advanced Packaging Machinery Ltd Heavey Technology

QUALIFICATIONS Medical Pack Solutions Smurfit Kappa

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING P.O.S Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Heavey Technology Smurfit Kappa

Carabay Packaging Products Heavey Technology Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PRINT & APPLY LABELLING Logopak International Ltd

PRINTING AB Converters Ltd ALS Labelling Solutions Alert Packaging Ltd Benson Box Co. (Irl) Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Corcoran Products (Ire) Ltd Diamond Corrugated EuroFoil Teo Fischbein Saxon Ltd Heavey Technology

Alert Packaging Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd SteriPack

RESEALABLE Alert Packaging Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Com-Plas Packaging Ltd Irish Papers Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) 33

RETAIL READY PACKAGING AB Converters Ltd Alert Packaging Ltd Barry Packaging Carabay Packaging Products Corcoran Products (Ire) Ltd Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd LINPAC Allibert Ltd QPM Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd Smurfit Kappa T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Versatile Packaging Ltd

REUSABLE BAGS AB Converters Ltd Abco Kovex Ltd Barry Packaging Carabay Packaging Products Irish Papers Ltd NPP Group Ltd Thorn Environmental Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Versatile Packaging Ltd

ROBOTICS / PALLETISERS ABB Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Fischbein Saxon Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Heavey Technology Odenberg Engineering Ltd

ROBOTIC PICK & PLACE ABB Ltd Fischbein Saxon Ltd Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Heavey Technology Odenberg Engineering Ltd QPM Ltd

PRODUCT COLLATION Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd QPM Ltd

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY SCISSORS & VACUUM LIFTING Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd

SECURITY TAPES Carabay Packaging Products Heavey Technology Irish Papers Ltd NPP Group Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie)

Medical Pack Solutions NPP Group Ltd PC Packaging Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd QPM Ltd Quinn Packaging Ltd Security Pak Systems Smurfit Kappa Thorn Environmental Ltd T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd (Bags.ie) Versatile Packaging Ltd

SINGLE SOURCE VENDOR Carabay Packaging Products

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SUPPLIER TO THE TRADE AB Converters Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Com Plas Packaging Ltd Enviropak Supplies Ltd Heavey Technology Novostrat Ltd NPP Group Ltd PS Packaging Systems Ltd QPM Ltd SCA Foam Products Smurfit Kappa Thorn Environmental Ltd

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SPECIAL CASES/BOXES FOR TRANSPORTATION, STACKING, STORAGE, PRESENTATION AND ASSORTING & ORGANISING Atlas Box & Crating Ltd Carabay Packaging Products Consort Case Company Donoghue Packaging Enviropak Supplies Ltd Interpac LINPAC Allibert Ltd Quinn Packaging Ltd Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Ltd Smurfit Kappa

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Carabay Packaging Products, Units 3,4,5, Liosban Industrial Estate, Tuam Road, Galway.

Tel: 091 773370 Fax: 091 773371 E-mail: sales@carabay.ie www.carabay.ie

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY

Company Listings A AB Converters Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business: Contact:

Blessington Industrial Estate, Blessington, Co. Wicklow.

(045) 865 611 (045) 865 026 jmcginn@abconverters.ie www.abgrouppackaging.com Manufacturer of printed bags for the food industry Sales Manager: John McGinn

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Auriga House, Precedent Drive, Rooksley, Milton Keynes, MK13 8PQ, UK. (0044) 1908 350 300 (0044) 1908 350 301 robotics@gb.abb.co.uk www.abb.com/robotics Marketing Communications Manager: Michelle Jocelyn

Abco Kovex Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Contact:

Swords Business Park, Swords, Co. Dublin.

(01) 807 7600 (01) 807 7650 sales@abcokovex.com www.abcokovex.com Manufacturer and distributor of end-of-line packaging, materials and machinery Brian Fitzsimons

ACE Corrugated Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Glabolie, Bailieborough, Co. Cavan.

(042) 966 5544 (042) 966 6677 sales@acecorrugated.com www.acecorrugated.com

Advanced Packaging Machinery Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email:

Unit 718, Kilshane Drive, Northwest Business Park (4), Ballycoolin, Dublin 15.

(01) 861 2141 (01) 861 2142 s.dallas@test.ie

www.packagingmachinery.ie Technical Director: Stephen Dallas

Business:

Aerobord Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Web:

Askeaton, Co. Limerick.

(061) 604 600 (061) 604 601 www.aerobord.ie

AGI Media Packaging Dublin Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

ABB Ltd Address:

Web: Contact:

Unit 9/10 Broomhill Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

(01) 439 5800 (01) 462 3507 info@agi-world.com www.agi-world.com

AIC Plastic Pallets Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

The Woodlands, Carrigmore, Ballineen, Co. Cork.

(023) 884 7333 (023) 884 7671 info@aicplasticpallets.com www.aicplasticpallets.com Joe O’Flynn

AiP Thermoform Packaging Address:

Tel: Fax: Web:

Unit 1 Ballymaley Business Park, Barefield, Ennis, Co. Clare.

(065) 686 4486 (065) 689 3479 www.aip.ie

Alpack Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Newcourt House, Strandville Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3.

(01) 833 2281 (01) 833 1370 info@personalfreight.net www.air-sea.co.uk Director: David McQuaid

Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

IDA Bray Business Park, Kilruddery, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

(01) 286 0300 (01) 286 3755 sales@alertpackaging.ie www.alertpackaging.com

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Unit 8, Westpoint Business Park, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15.

(01) 824 2643 (01) 815 7497 info@labelling.ie www.labelling.ie General Manager: Pat Phibbs

Amcor Flexibles Sligo Address: Tel: Fax: Web:

Finisklin Industrial Estate, Sligo.

(071) 916 1354 (071) 916 1343 www.amcor.com

AQF Ltd Address:

Mullaghboy Industrial Estate, Athboy Road, Navan, Meath.

(046) 902 8611 (046) 902 8710 www.aqf.ie

AR O’ Hare & Co Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Web:

Unit 106, Baldoyle Ind Est, Baldoyle, Dublin 13.

(01) 839 1276 (01) 839 1804 www.aroh.ie

Artefact Ltd Address:

Alert Packaging Ltd Address:

Unit A2, Three Rock Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Sandyford, Dublin 18.

(01) 295 7137 (01) 295 0780 sales@alpack.ie www.alpack.ie General Manager: Liam Moore

ALS Labelling Solutions

Tel: Fax: Web:

Air Sea Containers Ireland Ltd

Printers and laminators of flexible packaging, active packaging and barrier/lidding films.

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Sky Business Centre, 57 Clontarf Road, Dublin 3.

(01) 853 7308 (01) 833 0722 info@artefact.ie www.artefact.ie Packaging Design & Brand Consultants

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY Ashtown Packaging Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

38 Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin.

(01) 864 2414 (01) 864 6727 sales@ashtownpackaging.ie www.ashtownpackaging.ie Packaging Material Supplier

Atlas Box & Crating Co. IRE Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Contact:

IDA Business and Technology Park, Carrigtohill, Co. Cork.

(021) 466 9009 (021) 488 3644 CustomerServiceIreland@ atlasbox.net www.atlasbox.net Atlas Box & Crating is a complete protective packaging manufacturing company, providing innovative and costeffective solutions for all your packaging needs. We design, test and manufacture bestin-class products, including corrugated cases, customised wooden crates and pallets, PE & PU foam assemblies, bamboo & paper pulp trays and airpaq cushioning. We also have the only ISTA lab in Ireland dedicated to packaging.

Customer Service Team

Atlas Print & Packaging Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email:

IDA Business Park, Southern Cross, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

(01) 286 0477 (01) 282 8245 jim@atlasprint.ie

Avery Dennison Materials (Ireland) Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Web:

Unit 35, Fonthill Business Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

(01) 642 6500 (01) 623 5551 www.averydennison.com

Avoncourt Packaging Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Unit 2, Ballycurreen Ind Estate, Airport Road, Co. Cork.

(021) 496 5691 (021) 496 5501 info@avoncourt.com www.avoncourt.com

Business:

Vacuum and pressure formed plastic packaging

B Barry Packaging Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Monavalley Industrial Estate, Tralee, Co. Kerry.

(066) 711 8200 (066) 718 0640 info@barrypackaging.com www.barrypackaging.com Business Development Manager: Eileen Browne

Benson Box Co. (Irl) Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Contact:

Killaloe, Co. Clare.

(061) 376 119 (061) 376 169 keith@bensonbox.ie Managing Director: Roy Benson Sales: Keith Benson

Blink Design Address: Tel: Email: Web:

15 Willow Park, Raheen, Co. Limerick.

(061) 300 111 louise@blinkdesign.ie www.blinkdesign.ie

Web: Business:

Boylan Label & Print Group Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business: Contact:

Unit 35, Western Parkway Business Centre, Ballymount Drive, Ballymount, Dublin 12.

(01) 450 5050 (01) 450 5183 info@pjboner.com www.pjboner.com www.scales.ie Weighing equipment Managing Director: Patrick M. Boner Business Development Executive: Leonard Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Sullivan Internal Sales Engineer: Thomas McDonnell

Boran Plastic Packaging Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Web: Business:

Johnstown, Naas, Co. Kildare.

(045) 876 601 (045) 875 710 www.boran.ie Flexible packaging

Malahide Road Industrial Park, Malahide Road, Dublin 17.

Tel: (01) 816 4800 Fax: (01) 816 4900 Email: salesenquiries@irishmerchants.com Web: www.irishmerchants.com Business: Food Service Disposables Address:

Burex Manufacturing Ltd Address:

Address:

Tel: Fax: Email:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

65 Church Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT36 7LR, UK. (0044) 28 903 65421 (0044) 28 908 66731 sales@boxpak.co.uk

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Innovation & Design House, Dunleer Business Park, Dunleer, Co. Louth.

(041) 685 1032 (041) 685 1117 info@burex.com www.burex.com Manufacturer of computer accessories: computer sound cards, computer mouse pads, graphic design services

C Campbell Packaging Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

1 Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.

(01) 493 2216 (01) 494 2312 sales@campbellpackaging.com www.campbellpackaging.com

Canpak Ltd Address:

Boxpak Ltd

Termonfeckin Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth.

(041) 983 9905 (041) 983 4827 info@boylangroup.net www.boylanprintgroup.ie Heat Set Web, sheet litho printing and flexo roll labels

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P.J. Boner & Co. Ltd Address:

www.boxpak.co.uk Printed folded cartons and aluminium foil containers

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Merrywell Business Park, Ballymount Road, Dublin 12.

(01) 450 1724 (01) 450 2727 info@canpak.ie www.canpak.ie

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY Chesapeake Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Packaging Address:

Carabay Packaging Products Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Unit 3, 4, 5, Liosban Industrial Estate, Tuam Road, Co. Galway.

(091) 773 370 (091) 773 371 sales@carabay.ie www.carabay.ie Sales Director: Kenneth Casburn

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Clondalkin Pharma & Healthcare (Glasnevin) Limited Address:

Cashin Print Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Breaffy Road Business Park, Breaffy Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.

(094) 902 6622 (094) 902 4078 info@cashinprint.ie www.cashinprint.ie Printing - digital, litho and personalisation

Castle Printing (Galway) Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Web: Business:

Liosban Industrial Estate, Tuam Road, Co. Galway.

(091) 757 799 (091) 752 670 www.castleprint.ie Litho and digital printers

Cavanbox.ie Packaging Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Contact:

Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan.

(049) 854 4788 (049) 854 4787 anselm@cavanbox.ie www.cavanbox.ie Manufacturer of primary and secondary corrugated fibreboard packaging. Mention this ad (ref: PYB 2012) for a €100 discount, on any initial order in excess of €1000.

Managing Director: Anselm Lovett

Celtic Sales Company (Cork) Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Contact:

Unit 3B, Waterfront Business Park, Little Island, Co. Cork.

(021) 429 7984 (021) 429 7990 mary@celticsales.com Mary O’Brien

Unit 3-4, Fairway Industrial Estate, Long Drive, Greenford, Middlesex, UB6 8PW, UK. (0044) 2085 759 119 (0044) 2085 666 174 marketing@chesapeakecorp.com www.chesapeakecorp.com/Pharma

Tel: Fax: Web:

129 Slaney Road, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11.

(01) 806 2200 (01) 806 2299 www.clondalkingroup.com/ pharma-healthcare

Consort Case Company Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business: Contact:

Mooncoin, Kilkenny (051) 895 191 (051) 895 488 info@consortcases.ie www.consortcases.ie Carrying case manufacturers and contract vacuum formers Project Manager: Richard Kimpton

Corcoran Products (Ire) Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Kingsbridge House, 17-22 Parkgate Street, Dublin 8.

(01) 677 8163 (01) 679 3521 info@corcoranchemicals.com www.corcoranchemicals.com

Corrugated Containers Ireland Ltd Address:

Codico Distributors Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Cleaboy Business Park Old Kilmeaden Road, Co. Waterford.

(051) 379933 (051) 372352 info@codico-distributors.com www.codico-distributors.com Printers for the packaging industry

Colorman (Ireland) Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Web: Business:

1-7 Broombridge Industrial Estate, Broombridge, Glasnevin, Dublin 11.

(01) 882 1100 (01) 830 1171 www.colorman.ie General printing

Com-Plas Packaging Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Web: Business:

Naas Industrial Estate, Naas, Co. Kildare.

(045) 874 088 (045) 874 090 www.complas.ie Packaging products for food, pharma and chemical industries

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Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Beechmount Industrial Estate, Navan, Co. Meath.

(046) 902 7726 (046) 902 2380 sales@corrugatedcontainers.ie www.corrugatedcontainers.ie

Cullen & Bohan Address:

Tel: Email: Web:

Unit 7 The Courtyard, Fonthill Business Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

(01) 626 0534 info@cullenandbohan.ie www.cullenandbohan.ie

D DC Kavanagh Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Unit E1, Ballymount Industrial Estate, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.

(01) 419 6700 (01) 450 6167 info@dckebrook.com www.dck.ie Provider of direct mailing and personalised commercial print

Dakota Packaging Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Web: Business:

Unit 8, Airways Industrial Estate, Santry, Dublin 17.

(01) 830 0000 (01) 862 1244 www.dakotapackaging.com Manufacturer of cartons

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY Embankment Plastics Ltd Address:

Diamond Corrugated Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

12-13, Pennyburn Industrial Estate, Derry, Northern Ireland, BT48 OLU. (048) 7126 2957 (048) 7126 7094 cdallas@diamondcorr.com www.diamondcorr.com Clare Dallas

Dollard Packaging Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business: Contact:

Unit 6-11 Eklad Park, Malahide Road Industrial Park, Malahide Road, Dublin 17.

(01) 847 0044 (01) 847 0614 sales@dollard-packaging.ie www.dollard-packaging.ie Manufacturers of cartons Sales Director: David Hilliard

Donoghue Packaging Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business: Contact:

Donpack Business Park, Bandon, Co. Cork.

(023) 884 2111 (023) 884 1211 donpack@donpack.ie www.donpack.com Heavy duty packaging products Managing Director: Ray Donoghue

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Enviropak Supplies Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Easiwrap Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Web: Business:

120 Broombridge Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11.

(01) 882 1306 (01) 830 5660 www.easiwrapltd.com Pre-stretched film wrap

ELOPAK Ireland Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Unit 67, Broomhill Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

(01) 452 1111 (01) 451 3938 elopakirl@eircom.net www.elopak.com

Killyneill, Silverstream, Co. Monaghan.

(047) 826 99 (047) 823 96 enviropak@eircom.net www.enviropaksupplies.com

Eurofoil Teo Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Address: Email: Fax: Email: Web:

Galvone Business Park, Galvone, Co. Limerick.

(061) 415 833 (061) 410 633 sales@europaks.ie www.europaks.ie

F Faulkner Export Packaging Ltd

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Unit 2, Cloverhill Industrial Estate, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

(01) 464 7300 (01) 464 7399 info@faulkner.ie www.faulkner.ie Manufacturers of paper packaging materials. Targeting construction, electronics and consumer sectors.

Fischbein Saxon Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Fispak Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

274 Alma Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 7RS. (0044) 2083 446 608 (0044) 2083 446 625 sales@fischbein-saxon.co.uk www.fischbein.com/eastern Sales & Services Manager: Barry Cox

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Leamore Warehouse, 39 Park West, Dublin 12.

(01) 620 4494 (01) 620 4495 info@fispak.com www.fispak.com

Flint Print Group Ire. Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Web:

Unit 6B, Broomhill Business Complex, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

(01) 403 1222 (01) 403 1223 www.flintgrp.com

Food Processing Technology (IRL) Ltd Address:

Ballyvourney, Macroom, Co. Cork.

(026) 456 00 (026) 456 56 info@EuroFoil-Teo.com www.eurofoil-teo.com

Europaks Corrugated Cases

Address:

E

Burgage Mór, Blessington, Celbridge, Co. Wicklow.

(045) 858090 (045) 858 095 sales@embankment.ie www.embankment.ie

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Unit 72, Cookstown Industrial Estate, Belgard Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

(01) 451 3110 (01) 451 3338 info@fpt.ie www.fpt.ie

G Gem Plastics Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business: Contact:

Regaskin, Co. Cavan.

(049) 433 1077 (049) 436 1157 jamesking@gemplastics.ie www.gemplastics.ie Manufacture of plastic containers Sales: James King

Goliath Packaging Systems Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Contact:

92 Silver Street, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

(067) 378 93 (067) 347 94 info@goliath.ie www.goliath.ie Packaging equipment, materials handling and industrial washing systems Director: George O’Leary

Gosheron Packaging Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Bellinstown, Ballyboughal, Co. Dublin.

(01) 843 3732 (01) 843 3790 sales@gosheron-packaging.ie www.gosheron-packaging.ie

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY IMS Labels Address:

Greiner Packaging Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Killyman Road Industrial Estate, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, BT71 6LN. Northern Ireland.

(0044) 28 8772 3131 (0044) 28 8772 7318 office.gb@greiner-gpi.com www.greiner-gpi.com Sales Director: Alan Fealey Sales Manager: Philip Hogan

H Heavey Technology Address: Tel: Web:

Ballyowen Lane, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

(01) 626 1458 www.heaveytechnology.com

Hebre Packaging Ltd Address:

Tel: Contact:

Doughcloyne Industrial Estate, Sarsfield Road, Wilton, Co. Cork.

(021) 454 1177 helen@hebrepackaging.com

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

53 Bracken Road, Sandyford Business Park, Dublin 18.

(01) 295 4544 (01) 295 4705 info@ims.ie www.ims.ie Manufacturer of labels, distributor of printing and application label systems.

Industrial Packaging Ltd Address: Tel: Email: Web: Business: Contact:

Killarney Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

(01) 286 4010 sales@industrialpackaging.ie www.industrialpackaging.ie Manufacture of fibre-drums and cardboard and paper tubes Sales: Mark Fleming / Rob Lee

Industrial Polythene Solutions Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Annacotty Industrial Estate, Annacotty, Co. Limerick.

(061) 508 980 (061) 508 984 sales@ipslimited.ie www.ipslimited.ie

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Avoca River Park, Arklow, Co. Wicklow.

(040) 241 234 (040) 232 553 holfeldp@holfeld-plastics.com www.holfeldplastics.com Plastic sheeting and containers

I ID Technology Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Web: Business:

Unit 4 Newgrange Business Park, Donore Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth.

(041) 983 3816 (041) 983 3817 www.idtech.ie High-tech manufacturer of adhesive and non-adhesive materials

www.iip.ie Printing, direct mailing

Irish Lift Trucks Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Contact:

Clonlara Avenue, Baldonnell Business Park, Baldonnell, Dublin 22.

(01) 403 4100 (01) 403 4183 info@irishlifttrucks.ie www.irishlifttrucks.ie Materials Handling, Equipment / Hyster, Forklifts / Lancer Sideloaders General Manager: Conal McCourt

Irish Papers Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Unit 74, Baldoyle Industrail Estate, Dublin 13.

(01) 839 3144 (01) 839 3057 info@irishpapers.com www.irishpapers.ie Paper and Packaging goods

ITW Crop Packaging Systems

Holfeld Plastics Ltd Address:

Web: Business:

Address:

Interpac Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

67E Heather Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Sandyford, Dublin 18.

(01) 294 0600 (01) 294 0602 info@interpac.ie www.interpac.ie

Irish Flexible Packaging Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Carnew, Co. Wicklow.

(053) 942 6574 (053) 942 6577 ifp@eircom.net www.irishflexiblepackaging.com Packaging, printing and converting

Irish International Print Corp Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email:

Top Tech Building, Poppintree Industrial Estate, Poppintree, Dublin 11.

(01) 652 0699 (01) 879 0444 contact@persona.ie

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Tel: Fax: Web:

IDA Industrial Estate, Courtown Rd, Gorey, Co. Wexford.

(053) 942 2990 (053) 942 2493 www.silawrap.ie

ITW Packaging Systems Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Unit W6, Togher Industrial Estate, Naas, Co. Kildare.

(045) 440 622 (045) 440 623 info@itwpackaging.ie www.itwpackaging.ie

J J J Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Toole Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Raheen Business Park, Raheen, Co. Limerick.

(061) 229 333 (061) 301 960 sales@jjotoole.ie www.jjotoole.ie

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY JFC Manufacturing Co. Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Weir Road, Tuam, Co. Galway.

(093) 240 66 (093) 249 23 info@jfc.ie www.jfc.ie

JFK Disposables Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Unit 4, Ballinaskea Yard, Dublin Road, Arklow, Co. Wicklow.

(040) 223 578 (040) 223 580 info@jfkdisposables.ie www.jfkdisposables.ie

JMC Packaging Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

116 Clonmore Road, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, BT71 6HX, Northern Ireland.

(028) 3885 1413 (028) 3885 1224 info@jmcpackaging.co.uk www.jmcpackaging.co.uk Sales Manager: Jason Govender

Johnston Logistics Ltd Address: Tel:

Blackchurch Business Park, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin.

(01) 401 3333

Web: Business:

Killarney Printing Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Kellyprint Ltd Address:

Tel: Contact: Web:

Greencastle Parade, Malahide Road Industrial Park, Coolock, Dublin 17.

(01) 877 4122 print@kpg.ie www.kpg.ie

Kempis Sales Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Jamestown Business Park, Jamestown Road, Finglas, Dublin 11.

(01) 864 1900 (01) 864 1907 sales@kempis.com www.kempis.com Manufacturer of paper rolls, specialist paper and stationery

Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Tel: Fax: Email:

Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11.

(01) 806 2200 (01) 806 2299 info@kenilworth.ie

Purcellsinch, Dublin Road, Co. Kilkenny.

(056) 776 1839 (056) 776 5468 sales@koverto.ie www.koverto.ie Manufacture and printing of bespoke envelopes

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Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

70-74 Broomhill Road, Tallaght Industrial Estate, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

(01) 451 3555 (01) 451 0424 gerard.molloy@labelart.ie www.labelart.ie Manufacturer of self-adhesive labels, both short run and long run, together with short run sleeve decoration and blister cards.

Label Craft Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

10 Dublin Business Park, Dundrum, Dublin 14.

(01) 295 1855 (01) 295 1949 info@label-craft.com www.label-craft.com

Label Tech Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Label World Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Unit 2 Feltrim Business Park, Swords, Co. Dublin.

(01) 890 0244 (01) 890 0344 sales@labelworld.ie www.labelworld.ie Label printer, thermal transfer and foil, barcode, consecutive numbering, adhesives

Lawco Packaging Systems Ltd Address:

Tel: Contact: Web:

Unit 8, 151 Baldoyle Industrial Estate, Baldoyle, Dublin 13.

(01) 832 6632 info@lawcopackaging.ie www.lawcopackaging.ie

Letter-Tec Ireland Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Web: Business:

Springhill House, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork.

(021) 488 3370 (021) 488 3423 www.lettertec.com Printing and binding

LINPAC Allibert Ltd

Label Art Ltd

Kenilworth Products Ltd Address:

IDA Industrial Estate, Tiernaboul, Killarney, Co. Kerry.

(064) 663 1891 (064) 663 4244 info@killarneyprinting.ie www.killarneyprinting.ie Specialists in the production of tourist literature and goods

Koverto Envelopes (Ireland) Ltd

Address:

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www.kenilworth.ie Manufacturers of selfadhesive labels, targeting pharmaceutical sector

Unit A2 - A3, IDA Industrial Estate, Santry Avenue, Dublin 9.

(01) 842 1700 (01) 842 1827 solutions@labeltech.ie www.labeltech.ie Manufacture of labels

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17 Ridgeway, Quinton Business Park, Birmingham B32 1AF, UK Tel: (0044) 121 506 0100 Fax: (0044) 121 422 1771 Email: brendan.mcgarry@linpacallibert.com Web: www.linpacallibert.com Contact: Country Sales Manager: Brendan McGarry Address:

Logopak International Ltd George Caley Drive, Clifton Moor Industrial Estate, York, YO30 4XE. Tel: (0044) 1904 692 333 Fax: (0044) 1904 690 728 Email: salesonweb@logopak.net Web: www.logopakprintandapply.co.uk Contact: General Manager: Wilson Clark Address:

M M & J McGowans Ltd Address: Tel: Web: Business:

3 Poppintree Industrial Estate, Dublin 11.

(01) 410 6700 www.mcgowansprint.com Printing: letterheads, business cards, outdoor advertising, exhibitions

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY Macfarlane Labels (Irl) Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Unit 110 Baldoyle Industrial Estate, Baldoyle, Dublin 13.

(01) 832 0220 (01) 832 6834 sales@macfarlanelabels.com www.macfarlanegroup.net

Maple Marketing Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Ballycurreen Industrial Estate, Airport Road, Cork City, Co. Cork.

(021) 496 8388 (021) 496 8454 maple@indigo.ie http://homepage.eircom. net/~maple/maplemhome.html

Marchmont Packaging Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Unit E40, Cloverhill Industrial Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

(01) 413 0200 (01) 413 0299 sales@marchmont.com www.marchmont.com Paper carton packaging

Martin Packaging Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Unit 7, Lee Road, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11.

(01) 830 6888 (01) 830 4848 info@martinpackaging.com www.martinpackaging.com

McCoy Packaging Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email:

F 16 Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow.

(01) 281 9475 (01) 281 9503 info@mccoypackaging.ie

Measom Freer Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

37-41 Chartwell Drive, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 2FL, UK. (0044) 1162 881 588 (0044) 1162 813 000 sales@measomfreer.co.uk www.measomfreer.co.uk Director: Mark Freer

Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Medical Pack Solutions Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business: Contact:

Pinewood Lodge, 16, Tullyvarraga Hill, Shannon, Co. Clare.

(061) 364 837 (061) 364 837 rolande@m-p-s.ie www.m-p-s.ie Medical Packaging Consultancy Rolande Hall (086 828 1141)

Mergon International Address: Tel: Fax: Web: Business:

Water Street, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath.

(044) 966 2000 (044) 966 1397 www.mergon.com Plastic technical moulding solutions

Mid-Cork Pallets & Packaging Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Clondrohid, Macroom, Co. Cork.

(026) 413 11 (026) 422 78 sales@midcorkpallets.com www.midcorkpallets.com

Millmount Healthcare Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Block 7, CityNorth Business Campus, Stamullen, Co. Meath.

(01) 841 8300 (01) 841 8039 info@millmount.com www.millmount.com Contract packers for the pharmaceutical industry

MLS Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Mullingar Business Park, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.

(044) 934 3746 (044) 934 8943 sales@mls.ie www.mlslabels.com Self-adhesive labels

Multiprint Labels Address: Tel:

Unit 2, Swords Business Park, Swords, Co. Dublin.

(01) 813 8900

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(01) 813 8950 info@multiprintlabels.com www.multiprintlabels.com Self-adhesive label manufacturer.

N New Era Packaging Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Web: Business:

Drogheda Industrial Estate, Donore Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth.

(041) 987 5600 (041) 983 4481 www.newera.ie Print converters of selfadhesive label products

Neworld Associates Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

9 Greenmount Avenue, Haroldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cross, Dublin 12.

(01) 416 5600 (01) 416 5621 packaging@neworld.com www.neworld.com Brand consultancy

Novostrat Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Unit 3, Annacotty Business Park, Co. Limerick.

(061) 339 287 (061) 339 288 info@novostrat.com www.novostrat-insulation.com Manufacturer of PE foam insulation packaging

NPP Group Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Unit 509, Mitchelstown Road, North West Business Park, Ballycoolin, Dublin 15.

(01) 880 9299 (01) 880 9288 sales@npp.ie www.npp.ie Specialists in Flexible Packaging

O Obeeco Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Annaville Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

(01) 278 2323 (01) 278 2374 sales@obeeco.ie www.obeeco.ie Managing Directors: Richard Burke, Olive Walker

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY Odenberg Engineering Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Unit 2004, Orchard Avenue, Citywest Business Campus, Citywest, Dublin 24.

(01) 413 6200 (01) 457 1325 info@odenberg.com www.odenberg.com

Philip Warwick & Co Ltd Address: Tel: Web: Business:

Photovalue Ltd

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Address:

Packaging Components Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

B3 Oldcourt Industrial Estate, Boghall Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

(01) 286 2928 (01) 286 1453 info@packcomp.com www.packcomp.com

Paramount Packaging Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Croghan Industrial Estate, Emoclew Road, Arklow, Co. Wicklow.

(040) 231 919 (040) 231 910 team@paramount.ie www.paramount.ie

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Derrynane House, Eadestown, Naas, Co. Kildare.

(045) 883 510 (045) 880 934 philip@pcpackaging.ie www.pcpackaging.ie Managing Director: Philip Cleary

PCS Industries Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Johnstown Business Centre, Johnstown House, Johnstown, Naas, Co. Kildare.

(045) 844 224 (045) 844 051 info@pcs-industries.ie www.pcs-industries.ie Business Development Manager: Brendan Dunne

Perigord Premedia Ltd Address: Tel: Web: Business:

Perigord House, Damastown Industrial Park, Dublin 15.

(01) 440 3222 www.perigordpremedia.com Localisation services and artwork management solutions to the pharmaceutical and IT sectors.

13 Crag Crescent, Clondalkin Industrial Estate, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

(01) 457 0244 (01) 457 1509 sales@photovalue.com www.photovalue.com Hot foil blocking, photofolders and mounts

Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Print & Display Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

80 St. Ignatius Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.

(01) 899 77 00 (01) 830 9524 sales@playprint.com www.playprint.com Specialist printers of lottery tickets, bingo, scratch cards, parking discs, telephone cards, loyalty cards.

Address: Tel: Fax: Web:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Waterford Industrial Estate, Co. Waterford.

(051) 590 400 (051) 377 687 info@ppi.ie www.ppi.ie Manufacturer of self-adhesive tapes and products.

Presentation Packaging Specialists Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Melbourn Road, Bishopstown, Co. Cork.

(021) 434 6020 (021) 434 6016 info@presentationpackaging.ie www.presentationpackaging.ie

PrimePac Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

2 Caulside Drive, Newpark Industrial Estate, Antrim, BT41 2DU. (048) 9442 8188 (048) 9442 8177 sales@primepacltd.com www.primepacltd.com Joint Managing Director: John McGahon

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Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow.

(01) 281 0234 (01) 281 0133 www.procap.com

PS Packaging Systems Ltd

Tel: Fax: Web:

Unit 6 Willsboro, Clonshaugh Industrial Estate, Coolock, Dublin 17.

(01) 848 2288 (01) 816 4728 www.pspackaging.com

Q QPM Ltd Address:

PPI Adhesive Products Ltd Address:

Unit 80 Cookstown Industrial Estate, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

(01) 413 1400 (01) 451 3624 sales@printanddisplay.ie www.printanddisplay.ie Screen printing of posters and point-of-sale material

Procap Wicklow Plastics Ltd

Address:

Playprint Ltd

PC Packaging Ltd Address:

Unit 9, Industrial Yarns Complex, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

(01) 276 5794 www.pwl.ie Printed products on paper, board, fabric, leather and plastic

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Unit 12, Robinhood Business Park, Robinhood Road, Dublin 22.

(01) 450 2421 (01) 450 2311 enevin@qpm.ie www.qpm.ie

Qualpack Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Unit 3, St. Nicholas House, Crossagalla Ind Est, Ballysimon Road, Co. Limerick.

(061) 440 241 (061) 315 774 sales@qualpack.net www.qualpack.net

Quinn Packaging Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Rakeelan, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan.

(049) 952 5650 (049) 952 5651 info@quinn-packaging.com www.quinn-packaging.com Manufacturer of plastic dairy spread containers

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY Quitmann O’Neill Packaging Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

St Brendans Road, Portumna, Co. Galway.

(090) 974 1148 (090) 974 1459 sales@quitmannoneill.com www.qonpack.com

R R.A. Pacáistí Teo Address:

Tel: Fax: Web:

Gweedore Business Park, Derrybeg, Co. Donegal.

(074) 953 2790 (074) 953 2791 www.rapuk.com

Repak Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax:

Red Cow Interchange Estate, 1 Ballymount Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

(01) 467 0190 (01) 467 0196

RGR Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

15 Southern Cross Business Park, Boghall Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

(01) 282 8243 (01) 282 9391 information@rgr.ie www.rgrindustrial.ie

Robert Horne Group Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Unit 10, Fonthill Business Park, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

(01) 456 5620 (01) 460 0287 sales@roberthorne.ie www.roberthorne.ie

Ryston Industries Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Abbeylands, Castledermot, Co. Kildare.

(059) 914 4477 (059) 914 4582 rystonind@eircom.net www.ryston.ie Manufacture and sale of refuse sacks

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Sealpack Ltd

SAICA Packaging Ireland Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Ashbourne Industrial Estate, Ashbourne, Co. Meath.

(01) 801 0400 (01) 835 1249 michael.shaw@saica.com www.saica.es Regional Sales Director, Ireland: Michael Shaw

SAICA Pack Lurgan Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

16 Robert Street, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, BT66 8BE. (0044) 28 3832 4222 (0044) 28 3832 1788 alistair.pedlow@saica.com www.saica.com Plant Manager: Alistair Pedlow

SAICA Pack Warrenpoint Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Newry Road, Warrenpoint, Newry, BT34 3LB. (0044) 28 4175 2671 (0044) 28 4175 3103 michael.shaw@saica.com www.saica.com Regional Sales Director, Ireland: Michael Shaw

Sam Mc Lernon Dublin Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Web:

Fox and Geese House, Naas Road, Dublin 22.

(01) 450 4121 (01) 456 9217 www.sammclernon.ie

SCA Foam Products Address:

Tel: Fax: Web:

Harbour View Road, Hollymount Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Co. Cork.

(021) 439 2622 (021) 439 3515 www.scafoamproducts.com

SCHÜTZ (Ireland) Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Web:

Townaghmore, Killala, Co. Mayo.

(096) 330 44 (096) 330 45 www.schuetz.net

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Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Jamestown Industrial Centre, Inchicore, Dublin 8.

(01) 453 4387 (01) 453 2051 info@sealpack.ie www.sealpack.ie Specialists in labelling solutions for hospital laboratories and medical device sectors

Security Pak Systems Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

5 Portside Business Centre, East Wall Road, Dublin 3.

(01) 855 2377 (01) 836 5391 john@securitypak.ie www.securitypak.ie Sales Manager: John Martin

SF Engineering Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Grange, Co. Sligo.

(071) 9163334 (071) 9163553 info@sfengineering.ie www.sfengineering.ie Managing Director: Seamus Farrell

Sherpack Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Templemichael Business Park, Ballinalee Road, Longford, Co. Longford.

(043) 334 2130 (043) 334 2131 sales@sherpack.ie www.sherpack.ie

Sidaplax - Plastic Suppliers Inc. Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Unit 7, Harrowden Road, Brackmills Industrial Estate, Northampton, NN4 7EB. (0044) 1604 766 699 (0044) 1604 766 768 barnard@sidaplax.co.uk www.earthfirstpla.com General Manager: Colin Barnard

Smartply Europe Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Belview, Slieve Rue, Co. Waterford.

(051) 851 233 (051) 851 130 anne.lucey@smartply.com www.smartply.com

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY Smurfit Kappa Packaging Solutions Smurfit Kappa Ireland Ltd Address: Tel: Contact: Web:

Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.

(01) 409 0000 sales@smurfitkappa.ie www.smurfitkappa.ie

Address: Tel: Email: Web:

Contact:

Smurfit Kappa Connaught Packaging Unit 6 Merlin Park Industrial Estate, Doughiska Road, Co. Galway.

Tel: (091) 755 032 Email: winston.depinna@smurfitkappa.ie Web: www.smurfitkappa.ie www.skpackaging.ie Contact: Sales: Winston Depinna

Smurfit Kappa Packaging Solutions Belfast Address:

Address:

Smurfit Kappa Cork Address:

Tel: Email: Web: Contact:

Sitecast Industrial Estate, Pouladuff Road, Togher, Co. Cork.

(021) 496 2033 tim.odonoghue@smurfitkappa.ie www.smurfitkappa.ie Sales: Tim O’Donoghue

Tel: Email: Web:

Contact:

Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

SteriPak

Unit 17, Whitestown Industrial Estate, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

Web: (01) 452 4333 Email: dermot.oloughlin@smurfitkappa.ie Web: www.smurfitkappa.ie www.smurfitkappadirect.ie www.smurfitkappadisplay.com Contact: Sales: Dermot O’Loughlin

Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Smurfit Kappa Dublin Address: Tel: Email: Web: Contact:

Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.

(01) 409 0000 joe.rooney@smurfitkappa.ie www.smurfitkappa.ie Sales: Joe Rooney

Smurfit Kappa Lurgan Address:

Tel: Email: Web: Contact:

35 Annesborough Road, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, BT67 9JB. (0044) 28 3832 3611 rory.omahony@smurfitkappa.ie www.smurfitkappa.ie Sales: Rory O’Mahony

2-3 Grange Park, Trench Road, Mallusk, Newtownabbey, BT36 4LA (028) 9080 1180 philip.law@smurfitkappa.ie www.smurfitkappa.ie www.skpackaging.ie www.smurfitkappadirect.ie Sales: Philip Law

Southern Tapes & Packaging Ltd

Smurfit Kappa Display Address:

South Quay, Arklow, Co. Wicklow.

(0402) 320 11 alan.moody@smurfitkappa.ie www.smurfitkappa.ie www.skpackaging.ie www.smurfitkappadirect.ie Sales: Alan Moody

Unit 17 & 18, City Link Park, Forge Hill, Kinsale Rd, Co. Cork.

1890 757 757 (021) 431 1869 sales@southerntapes.ie www.stapes.ie

Kilbeggan Road, Clara, Co. Offaly.

(057) 933 1888 (057) 933 1887 info@steripackgroup.com www.steripackgroup.com Cleanroom flexible packaging solutions, package testing services and contract manufacturing solutions.

Stewart Foil Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Unit A1, Gateway, Rosemount Business Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15.

(01) 885 3881 (01) 882 9389 info@stewartfoil.ie www.stewartfoil.ie

Swan Paper Address: Tel: Fax:

108 Baldoyle Ind. Estate, Baldoyle, Dublin 13.

(01) 839 3932 (01) 839 1107

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Synthetic Packaging Ltd Web: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Clara, Co. Offaly (057) 933 1282 (057) 933 1224 sales@syntheticpackaging.com www.syntheticpackaging.com

T T Q Paper Limited Address: Tel: Fax: Web:

Unit 18, Baldoyle Ind. Estate, Baldoyle, Dublin 13.

(01) 832 4744 (01) 832 5180 www.tqpaper.com

Bags.ie T/A T.S. O’Connor & Son Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Unit C, 67 Heather Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Sandyford, Dublin 18.

(01) 295 5696 (01) 295 5741 info@bags.ie www.bags.ie Managing Director: James O’Connor Sales Manager: Andrew Haughton

Tetra Pak Ireland Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Web:

5th Floor, 1 Tuansgate, Belgard Square East, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

(01) 467 8000 (01) 467 8088 www.tetrapak.com

The Packaging Centre Ltd. The Packaging Centre Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Fox & Geese House, Naas Road, Dublin 22.

(01) 450 8759 (01) 450 7567 sales@thepackagingcentre.ie www.thepackagingcentre.ie Managing Director: Ivan Powell

The PrintWorks Group Address: Tel: Fax: Web: Business:

Touchdown Business Park, Airport Road Co. Cork.

(021) 431 1991 (021) 431 1883 www.printworks.ie Labels and flexible packaging

IRISH PACKAGING YEARBOOK/DIRECTORY The Printed Image Ltd Address: Tel: Contact: Web: Business:

Font House, Fonthill Industrial Park, Dublin 22.

(01) 408 9222 sales@tpi.ie www.tpi.ie Lithographic and silk screen printers

Thermosafe Brands Europe Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Web:

Quartertown Industrial Estate, Mallow, Co. Cork.

(022) 551 12 (022) 551 14 www.thermosafe.com

Thorn Environmental Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

104 Patrick Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

(01) 280 8612 (01) 280 4830 info@thorn.ie www.thorn.ie

Toyota Material Handling Ireland Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Killeen Road, Dublin 12.

(01) 419 0200 (01) 419 0325 materialhandling@toyota.ie www.toyota-forklifts.ie

Turner’s Printing Company Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Earl Street, Longford, Co. Longford.

(043) 335 0500 (043) 334 1194 sales@turnersprinting.com www.turnersprinting.com Commercial print company and fulfilment: products include books, magazines, tourist guides, semi-state publications, annual reports, promotional material.

Tel: Fax: Email:

76 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2.

(01) 677 9410 (01) 855 7045 paul@twil.ie

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UniBoard Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Unit L 15-20, Greenogue Business Park, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin.

(01) 401 0008 (01) 401 0009 sales@uniboard.ie www.uniboard.ie Managing Director: Myles Fitzpatrick

Unicelt Packaging Ltd Address: Tel: Contact: Web: Business:

6 Castle Street, Cork, Co. Cork.

(087) 990 1643 michael.connellan@unicelt.com www.unicelt.com Supplier of flexible packaging, films and bags

Universal Graphics Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Drummully, Emyvale, Co. Monaghan.

(047) 861 00 (047) 860 93 hello@uni-graphics.com www.uni-graphics.com Providing vehicle liveries, signage, printed graphics and other design services.

V Van der Windt Packaging Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Units 4, 5 & 6, Boland Industrial Estate, Mallow Road, Co. Cork.

(021) 430 5844 (021) 430 5845 info@vanderwindtpackaging.ie www.vanderwindtpackaging.ie Managing Director: P. Whelan

Watershed Co. Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Business:

Tel: Fax: Email: Web: Contact:

Silverstream Business Park, Silverstream, Co. Monaghan.

(047) 851 77 (047) 851 99 info@versatilepackaging.ie www.versatilepackaging.ie Managing Directors: Richard Mulligan, Michael O’Reilly

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Unit A1 Hume Avenue, Park West Industrial Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 12.

(01) 620 5006 (01) 620 5010 info@watershed.ie www.watershed.ie Label and tape producers

Wavin Ireland Ltd Web: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.

(01) 802 0200 (01) 841 5664 info@wavin.com www.wavin.ie

Weber Labelling & Coding Ltd Address:

Tel: Fax: Web:

Kilcannon Industrial Estate, Old Dublin Road, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.

(053) 923 3778 (053) 923 3284 www.weberireland.com

Western Plastics Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Ballybrit Ind. Estate Upper, Ballybrit, Co. Galway.

(091) 771 588 (091) 752 877 sales@westernplastics.ie www.westernplastics.ie

Wood-Pal (Clondrohid) Ltd Address: Tel: Fax: Email:

Clondrohid, Macroom, Co. Cork.

(026) 418 53 (026) 422 78 gdunniece@midcorkpallets.com

Z Zeus Packaging Address:

Versatile Packaging Ltd Address:

Twil Ltd Address:

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Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

Unit 500 Grants Row, Greenogue Business Park, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin.

(01) 401 8900 (01) 401 8166 sales@zeus.ie www.zeuspackaging.com

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