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Chadwicks showcases sustainable lidding innovations at Packaging Innovations

2025-01-24T14:09:12+00:00January 24th, 2025|Categories: aluminium lids, News, pre-cut lidding, Sustainability|Tags: |

PRESS RELEASE Chadwicks showcases sustainable lidding innovations at Packaging Innovations “The addition of rPET lidding with 50 percent PCR to our product portfolio is a key milestone.” Visitors to stand R74 at the annual Packaging Innovations show at the NEC, Birmingham, on 12th and 13th February, will see a wide range of innovative and sustainable lidding solutions from Chadwicks of Bury, a world leader in heat-seal pre-cut lids. Among the featured products is Chadwicks’ latest [...]

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Sustainable lidding solutions showcased at APPEX

2024-03-04T12:09:55+00:00March 4th, 2024|Categories: News, pre-cut lidding, Sustainability|

Chadwicks, a leading producer of pre-cut lidding, is set to showcase its latest sustainable lidding solutions at Appex, Australasia’s Processing and Packaging Expo, in March. The company will demonstrate its polypropylene (PP) die-cut lidding, a mono-material solution that is 100 per cent recyclable. PP lidding offers excellent puncture and tear resistance and is suitable for various products, including dairy, snacks, dips, and convenience.  John Harrison, Technical Sales Manager for Australia/New Zealand at Chadwicks, explained: “These [...]

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Quality & food safety expert Karen Moran

2023-10-09T12:08:59+00:00October 9th, 2023|Categories: News, Sustainability|Tags: , , |

Chadwicks, a leading pre-cut lidding specialist, is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Moran as Quality and Food Safety Manager. In her role, Karen will lead on all aspects of food safety and quality assurance at Chadwicks. She will be responsible for managing food safety and quality management systems to ensure the highest standards and regulatory requirements are delivered throughout the business. In addition, she will be focussing her attention on the company's environmental [...]

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The flexible packaging market

2021-07-13T12:50:10+00:00July 13th, 2021|Categories: Blog, lidding, News, Sustainability|Tags: , , , |

Talking exclusively to Packaging News Alastair Bearman, Sales and Marketing Director at Chadwicks, shares his views on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the flexible packaging market, as well as the impact of new trade rules with the EU and how sustainability is shaping innovation. He says: “Looking forward to the UK tax on plastic packaging in 2022, there is growing interest in adding recycled content into packaging and in response to this Chadwicks has [...]

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Reflecting on 2020, looking ahead to 2021

2020-12-15T11:19:23+00:00December 15th, 2020|Categories: Blog, lidding, Sustainability|Tags: , , |

2020 will be a year forever etched in our memories. We have all faced uncertain times and the challenge of having to make significant changes to our personal and professional lives. Like all businesses Chadwicks has had to adapt; virtual meetings with customers have become the norm, social distancing policies have been implemented in the factory and customer print approvals have taken place remotely. A sharp rise in demand for lidding at the outset of [...]

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Flexible Packaging Trends for Australasia

2020-08-26T12:38:56+00:00August 26th, 2020|Categories: Blog, lidding, News, Sustainability|

John Harrison, Technical Sales Manager at Chadwicks, has over 30 years’ experience in the packaging sector and offers on the ground sales and technical support to Chadwicks’ growing customer base across Australia and New Zealand. Here John talks about future key trends and the continued challenges for flexible packaging in the region. As seen in What's New in Food Technology and Manufacturing Australasia has always been an important and strong market for Chadwicks. In recent [...]

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Shrink sleeves for branding, a premium finish and product safety

2020-04-17T10:00:23+00:00April 17th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Shrink Sleeves, Sustainability|Tags: , , , |

At Chadwicks we continue to produce high quality shrink sleeves for customers and brands across the globe. Printed shrink sleeves have become popular within the beverage, dairy and food industries, but also within non-food sectors. The flexibility of shrink sleeves as a packaging and marketing medium mean that they are being used for an increasing variety of applications. Shrink sleeving allows customers better branding opportunities all the way around the product on small and medium [...]

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Plastic reduction for cost savings and environmental benefits

2020-03-13T10:58:38+00:00March 13th, 2020|Categories: lidding, Sustainability|Tags: , , |

Reducing the gauge of packaging materials can help brands save money and reduce their environmental impact.  However, successfully introducing thinner materials is not without its challenges and requires strong partnership working throughout the supply chain to ensure brand and product integrity. For example, the amount of raw material used in packaging will not only reduce the thickness, but may also affect the consumer’s perception of a brand or the shelf life of the product. By [...]

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The Benefits of Aluminium Lidding

2020-03-05T12:20:58+00:00March 5th, 2020|Categories: Blog, lidding, Sustainability|

As concerns grow around the environment, more and more companies are looking for sustainable packaging solutions that demonstrate their commitment to preserving the environment and responding to changing consumer demands. Aluminium lidding is an appealing option for sustainable packaging as it is a completely recyclable and endlessly renewable material – the quality of the aluminium foil is not affected by the recycling process. Foil lids can be labelled as ‘widely recycled’ under the On-Pack Recycling [...]

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Vegan friendly lidding

2020-02-03T14:21:30+00:00February 3rd, 2020|Categories: Blog, lidding, Sustainability|Tags: , |

A record 400,000 people signed up to Veganuary this year – a term that wasn’t in the English psyche until fairly recently – compared to 250,000 in 2019, 168,500 in 2018 and just 3,300 five years ago. In 2018 the UK launched more vegan products than any other nation globally and in the same year the plant based market in the UK was valued at £440,000,000 and growing. In the last five years the number [...]

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