About Tamar Packaging
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Located in the Tamar Valley on the border of Devon and Cornwall, Tamar Packaging is an independent carton board packaging manufacturer specialising in printed U cards, base cards, tray inserts and folded/Glued cartons & sleeves primarily for use in the FMCG market. Our production factory was opened in 2003, and was purpose built for BRC clean room standards for food packaging.
Tamar Packaging is privately owned and in the last 5 years we have invested north of £2 million into new British built machinery.
- In 2017 a new 8 colour Edale FL5 Carton Flexo press was purchased
- In 2020 we added another 3 colour Edale FL5 Carton Flexo Press.
- In 2021 we installation the first ever built Edale slitter/rewinder which gave us the option to provide finished rolls to our ever - growing customer base.
- Increased growth in 2022 pushed us into the arrival of our 2nd 8 colour Edale FL5 Carton Flexo press giving us the capacity we needed to continue to meet demand
- The later part of 2022 has seen us invest in our first offline straight gluing machine which has made us a one stop shop for many of our growing customers.
Our factory has held a BRC accreditation for 20 years and is currently rated as AA. BRC Global Standards is a leading safety and quality certification programme, used by over 23,000 certificated suppliers in 123 countries, with certification issued through a worldwide network of accredited certification bodies. The Standards guarantee the standardisation of quality, safety and operational criteria and ensure that manufacturers fulfil their legal obligations and provide protection for the end consumer.
In 2022 we became FSC® accredited (License Code: C175648) and have direct links to some of the UK's leading carton board mills and are able to offer a broad range of quality FSC® Chain of Custody Certified products. We use various boards suitable for direct and non-direct food contact, we can also add a variety of coatings including hi-slip lacquer to increase end user packing efficiency and a grease resistant lacquer to help aid aqueous and fatty foods. We can also print up to 8 colours with the use of ultra low migration inks.
We have been manufacturing and supplying carton board products specifically for the FMCG market for 20 years and our customers include several major manufacturers. The advantage of being roll fed is that we are able to coat, print & die cut all inline in one process running at speeds of up to 150mtrs per minute.
Working to customer forecasts we can forward plan raw materials 3-4 months ahead whilst normally holding 1-2 weeks finished stock therefore being able to react quickly to a change's in demand or the need for promotional designs without having to wait for large quantities of old stock to be used up. This formula has ensured 20 years of unbroken continuous supply.