Charpak Ltd are delighted to be announced as Winners of the Innovation of the Year 2019 at the UK Packaging Awards. Our ground-breaking Twist-Loc® Treat Tub success follows on from Winning SME of the Year 2018. The Charpak team collected this latest accolade on Thursday 7th November 2019 at The Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London. The Innovation of the Year 2019 category was one of...
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Joining the Professional MotorSport World Expo 2019 on Friday 15 November 2019, Charpak Automotive Lead, Niall Johanson, has been invited to present "Recycled plastics in the circular economy meets high-performance engineering" as part of the Expo's comprehensive workshop programme. Niall will discuss the value of putting in place circular economies for recycled, lightweight thermoformed plastic packaging in the high-performance engineering industry to resolve in-process manufacturing and...
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Invited to the Autumn Eco Fair in St Ives, Cambridgeshire on Saturday 19th October with the bold statement “Ask us Anything” Charpak Managing Director, Paul Smith, and Head of Technical Design, Kate Robinson joined Cambridgeshire residents to help reduce confusion about plastics and recycling. Kate and Paul outlined what a circular economy is and how it reduces plastic waste. They explained how Charpak reuse the County’s...
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Taking part in the Recycle Week annual campaign, Charpak aims to help motivate more people to recycle more, and better. We are lighting our building up green to show our support for Recycle Week and show we take recycling seriously. The lights are on from dusk till dawn, and using low power LED lights they use little power and electricity. What and how we recycle really...
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Over 8 million pieces of packaging have been made from the Cambridgeshire recycled material by Charpak Ltd in the first six months. This is following the launch of the UK’s first Local Circular Economy at the start of 2019. Over 200 refuse trucks of plastic waste has been collected (over 1,500 tonnes) from Cambridgeshire’s households. 199 of which have been recycled and reprocessed in the...
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Waitrose & Partners has become the first UK supermarket to launch innovative new packaging for its ‘treat tubs’, which are made from 90% recycled materials and are fully recyclable. This sustainable packaging innovation has been designed and manufactured by Cambridgeshire-based Charpak Ltd. The Twist-Loc® tubs use 7.5 grams less plastic per tub than the previous design, and will save over 14 tonnes of new plastic being produced...
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Charpak Automotive Lead, Niall Johanson, has been invited to speak in The Future of Technology Zone at Cenex-LCV on 4th September. Niall will be sharing the latest insights on the developments in returnable, recyclable, reusable, and closed-loop packaging solutions all designed to achieve low carbon success. Held at Millbrook, on 4th- 5th September 2019, the UK’s premier low carbon vehicle event provides a showcase for companies...
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Packaging Innovations and Luxury Packaging London 2019 returns to Olympia on 11 & 12 September. The 10th anniversary event will showcase cutting-edge product and packaging developments for the luxury packaging, beauty and personal care, and drinks industries. Charpak’s drinks specialist, Jonathan Pearson, is one of the industry expert speakers at The Drinks Forum, Main Stage on Thursday 12th September 2019 at 11.10am. Jonathan will be sharing the...
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As current UK Packaging Awards SME of the Year 2018/19, Charpak are delighted to have the opportunity to defend the title for a consecutive year, having learnt the company has been shortlisted as a Finalist in the SME of the Year 2019/20. The Charpak drive and passion is to seek resolutions to environmental, regulatory, societal and customer needs with our proactive, agile and design-led approach to...
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Charpak's Director of Sales and Innovation, Justin Kempson, speaks with Solutions for Retail Brands and shared his top tips for own-brand retailers and food manufacturers to adopt when addressing consumer and industry concerns around product and packaging design, and its environmental impact. 1. Design for Recyclability Minimising food waste, and avoiding over-packaging products is an essential and growing requirement to address climate change, and carbon footprint. The...
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