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Food packaging firm Excelsior Technologies moves to a new £20m factory on Deeside.
by Daily Post - 03/09/2009
"NORTH Wales company food packaging company Excelsior Technologies has moved from Flint to a new £20m factory on Deeside Industrial Park."
The relocation within Flintshire represents the UK’s biggest single investment in flexible packaging for decades and the new site will support 200 local jobs.
A smaller printing and manufacturing operation run by the company in Salford, Manchester, is closing and transferring to the new 8.5 acre site. Staff are being offered jobs at the Deeside plant.
Excelsior managing director Dave Moorcroft said: “At a time when some high visibility names in the packaging industry are deserting the UK, we have put our faith and our money in the outstanding skills and technologies which we have nurtured here and which have attracted customers from as far afield as China and Japan, the USA and South Africa.”
The company exports 60% of its output to 14 countries across five continents and the USA is its largest customer. It has twice won the Queens Award for Exports.
The company sold more than a billion packs last year and the new Welsh site will increase capacity with the installation and commissioning of new in-line packaging production and printing machines.
A research, design, development and prototyping centre on the new site on Deeside to enable the company to maintain its lead in flexible packs and pouches, including microwaveable steam packs for frozen foods, ready meals and fresh produce.
The new site has had around £1m funding support from the Welsh Assembly Government’s Single Investment Fund
Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones described it as a significant expansion and investment and a strong vote of confidence in Wales.
“This major investment in the current economic climate is particularly welcome and I am delighted the Assembly Government has been able to support Excelsior Technologies expand its operations in Wales,” said Mr Jones, who is also Minister for the Economy.
“This investment will increase the company’s capacity and will also ensure that their Welsh operation becomes an important centre for research and development into new products.”
Excelsior also operates a film extrusion facility in Nelson, Lancashire, which provides film feedstock for its new Deeside production base.
More Details: http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business-news/business-news/2009/09/03/food-packaging-firm-excelsior-technologies-moves-to-a-new-20m-factory-on-deeside-55578-24595283/
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