The County Tyrone manufacturing company which makes the iconic Quality Street plastic boxes is investing £10 million to boost capacity.
Greiner Packaging has installed new machinery, commissioned a new manufacturing hall and nearly quadrupled the size of its warehousing as part of the move which is designed to help it grow turnover by two thirds.
The Austrian-owned company said it plans to achieve annual revenue of £100,000 in the next three to four years from £60,000 currently, continuing its stellar growth since taking over the Dungannon business in 2006. Then, turnover at the division, known as Wilsanco stood at £15 million.
As well as the well-known Quality Street boxes, the factory makes a range of packaging for food and non-food use, including yoghurt pots and other consumables.
Through investment from the Greiner family, it has introduced a number of sustainable practises into its business, including supplying excess heat from the factory to warm a neighbouring school. It has also reached its aim of generating all the business’s energy needs from renewable sources, including wind, by 2021 and said it is on target to reach carbon net zero by 2030.
The Greiner family visited the factory to announce the investment and to celebrate its 50th year of operation.
“Our 50th anniversary provides an ideal opportunity to remind our customers that we have been on a constant and well-planned journey to deliver the most sustainable packaging solutions,” Greiner Packaging’s Sustainability and Innovation Manager Rachel Sheldon said. “We will continue to provide our customers with the reassurance that they can avoid the dangers of greenwashing, by adopting packaging which measurably improves their carbon footprint and sustainability position.”
“Plastic has an important role to play, particularly for food packaging where it can help to extend shelf-life and therefore reduce food waste. People all over the UK and Ireland will soon see our ‘We love sustainable packaging’ message, as a fleet of newly liveried trailers heads out onto the nations’ roads from our factory in Dungannon.”
