We are delighted to announce that our Baillieston site has achieved ISO 14001 accreditation.
This standard involves the management and control of our waste to ensure that our staff, the public and the general environment are not damaged. It also demonstrates our commitment to producing environmentally friendly products which are 100% recyclable. The management of ISO14001 runs alongside our existing ISO9001 Quality Assurance systems.

Huge Congratulations to Our Baillieston Team!

We are thrilled to announce that Caps Cases Baillieston site have successfully gained our AA+ BRCGS Accreditation after our unannounced audit.

This is a testament to the hard work, dedication, and teamwork of every individual involved.

Achieving and maintaining this high standard of quality and safety is no small feat. It reflects our commitment to excellence and continuous improvement, ensuring that we meet the highest industry standards.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this achievement.

Sustainable choices are sometimes not always obvious and the ones that are, tend to be costly.

We produced this display for one of our customers who has sustainability and quality standout branding at the forefront of their thinking.

Using fully recyclable Kraft materials and printed on our EFI digital printer, I think you will agree that this display does both!

Being eco conscious and sustainable doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive.

Drop us an email on sales@capscases.co.uk and we can chat through the process of getting the right display for your product.

We did some work recently with our digital press supplier EFI to understand the impact digital printing has had on our carbon footprint.

We were humbled to see that by printing 1.3 Million Square Meters through the Nozomi we were able to make a significant change in our carbon output by switching from Flexo to Digital print!

• By switching 1.3 million square meters to print digitally (as opposed to flexo), we saved 325 tonnes CO2e.
• It would take 16,250 trees growing for one year to capture the same amount of CO2.

 

Imagine a world where your perfect FSDU magically appears at every distribution center, ready to wow customers. That’s the Caps Cases difference.

Providing an end-to-end service is something we pride ourselves on at Caps Cases, and this FSDU for Carte Blanche is a perfect example of this offering.

We have the ability to design, manufacture, co-pack, and distribute products for our clients. With our end-to-end capabilities, we manage the entire supply chain process to ensure smooth delivery of your packaging solutions. We can handle small or large-scale production runs to meet your requirements. Our streamlined operations and effective timeline management guarantee efficient service.

We’re kicking off the new year with lots of prep for Easyfairs Packaging Innovations, which takes place on 21 & 22 February 2024 at the NEC, Birmingham.

Come and visit the Caps team on stand U48!

For more info or to register your interest click here.

We are pleased to announce we have featured in the Suffolk Limited Top 100 Businesses again this year.

Suffolk Limited is part of an annual series of business analysis by UK county which seeks to highlight and celebrate some of the county’s most successful, privately owned businesses. We are in great company with other local firms and appreciate the recognition!

This Autumn we bid a fond farewell to Rob and Maria Lugmayer. The previous owners of Nene Packaging are heading into retirement at the end of November. After 24 years of successfully running Nene Packaging their partnership with the business is coming to an end.

We thank them for all their hard work over the years and expertly guiding the business through recessions, a global health pandemic and an ever changing industry landscape.

Everyone at Caps Cases wishes you all the very best for your retirement years.

On 12 October our Newmarket site hosted a charity fundraiser for Macmillan Cancer Support and Breast Cancer Now.

Thanks to all who supported by wearing pink, baking, buying cakes and donating to these worthy causes. A total of £111.50 was raised and the company matched this amount so that both charities receive this amount as a donation.

Special thanks to Kasia Mackiewicz for organising and managing this event so well.

It’s always exciting seeing a new project be brought to life!

Take a look at these fantastic party boxes from our friends at The Drinks Bureau which contain some beautiful and punchy cocktails, housed in our equally punchy dispenser boxes.

Manufactured on our state-of-the-art digital printer utilising bright colours and white ink, we created these dispensers that really stand out on the shelf.

If you would like to find out how we can get your product packaging to stand out vs competitors, get in touch!

We were delighted to be invited to take part in the first ever Suffolk Skills Escalator day at Tatterstalls, Newmarket earlier this month.

175 children from local schools got to take part in activities with representatives from the NHS, the fire service, Newmarket Equine Hospital and Caps Cases hosting interactive workshops. For our part we talked about recycling and reducing waste, and then the children enjoyed building and decorating cardboard cars, swords, shields and rabbits. It was a great day and a special thanks to Maxine, Dan J and Dane for making it happen.

 

Caps Cases recently donated boxes to UK-AID – an Essex based charity who help sick and under-privileged children.

The boxes donated by Cap will be used to send second hand clothes to those in need in Ukraine.

If you like to know more about the brilliant work they are doing find out more here! https://www.uk-aid.org/

We are Carbon Neutral!

We are proud to announce that we have partnered with Carbon Neutral Britain to measure and offset our carbon footprint, to become Certified as a Carbon Neutral Business.

Our newly appointed sustainability team have been working hard over the past few months to gather our year 1 base level data, to understand our existing carbon output, what that looks like and to begin to adopt initiatives which will form the bedrock of our sustainability journey.

Partnering with Carbon Neutral Great Britain has enabled us to invest in initiatives such as Salkhit Wind Farm in Mongolia. A project which generates renewable electricity using wind power resources and supplies it to the Mongolian central electricity system grid to meet the growing electricity demand.

We will continue to update here as we put those initiatives into action.

This month we bid a fond farewell to Tony Martin, who will be leaving Caps Cases after more than two decades of loyal service with us.

Tony has been a valued member of the Caps Cases team since he joined as a forklift truck driver in June 2002. During that time he has offloaded circa 40,000 full artic loads of corrugated sheets and we could only guess at the volume of pallets but we estimate it’s in the region of 2 million!

Tony has been a trusted and reliable member of the team and he will be sorely missed. We wish him all the best in his retirement.

An interesting small survey from POPAI/Roamler showed that only 5% of DIY customers shop for products online, the remaining 95% get their bits from instore.

As we are well and truly in the digital age, we find this really surprising! This further reinforces the need for smart instore marketing tools, including but not limited to corrugated FSDU’s.

An instore FSDU (Free Standing Display Unit) is designed to grab the shopper’s attention by displaying products in an eye-catching and creative way. It is placed in high visibility areas like entrance, aisle or checkout areas in store therefore bright colours, bold graphics and effective messaging are all key elements in making a FSDU stand out from the crowd.

A good FSDU should be designed to communicate the benefits and features of the products on offer, while at the same time generating interest and excitement among shoppers. By creating a visually appealing and engaging display, a good instore FSDU can attract shoppers and encourage them to purchase the products on offer.

At CAPS Cases, our first of its kind EFI Nozomi 14,000 digital printer can help to deliver these strong branding messages, all whilst keeping cost to a minimum. Highlighting your products with a spot gloss effect at no extra cost can support our client partners in getting the edge over their competitors.

Get in touch to find out how we can help with making your instore marketing flourish.

Outsourcing your packaging fulfilment to us can save you time, money, and hassle. With our specialised equipment and experienced team, we can streamline your packaging process and ensure that your products are packaged efficiently and securely!

Our well situated site at Northampton has fantastic co-packing capabilities, the team can handle anything from repacking a small ecommerce box to assembling and filling a full pallet corrugated display, allowing you to focus on growing your business.

Outsourcing can save you up to 50% on packaging costs compared to in-house fulfilment, so let us take care of your packaging needs so you can focus on what matters most.

In a recent article for Inside Sustainability, Trevor Bissett talks us through what investments have been made at Caps Cases in order to transition into a business that is more sustainably minded.

Every part of our business from goods-in, manufacturing processes, water-based inks, selection of capital equipment, to using our entire roof space of 10,000sqm for solar paneling generating 30% of our electricity at our main manufacturing facility.

We want to be at the forefront of sustainability and not just play lip service to our responsibilities for the environment.

To read the article visit: Caps Cases  – Inside Sustainability (inside-sustainability.com)

We are pleased to announce that this year we will be partnering with EFI exhibiting at eTail™ UK eCommerce & Omnichannel Conference For European Retailers.

The exhibition takes place on the 25th-26th April at the QEII Conference Centre, London.

With a ticket to eTail UK you’ll get interactive action-packed strategies, peer to peer conversations, & connections with top minds from the UK’s most successful & innovative retailers. Return to your office with hundreds of strategic takeaways (in only two days) with no commercials & no fluff. Leave the exhibition experience behind & join the eTail community at eTail UK. Sign up now and we look forwarding to seeing you there!

More info: eTail UK 2023 (wbresearch.com)

We are proud to announce that we acquired Nene Packaging towards the end of last year and have turned their Northampton site into a design and display innovation centre enabling us to offer far more to our clients.

Originally established in 1994 the whole team there have a wealth of experience from designing innovative and eye catching POS right through to the warehouse team who will make sure your displays are correctly packed to arrive safely in store.

The combination of Northampton’s experience and Newmarket’s state of the art Nozomi 14000 digital press can really push the boundaries of digitally printed POS.

 

Say hello to these amazing people who have all been with Caps Cases for 25 years or more.

As a group there’s 547 years of collective experience between these 18 employees – an awesome achievement that should never stop being celebrated.

Nigel Bavey is top of the league table as our longest serving employee having been with us for over 40 years. Huge congratulations to all!

Here’s a round-up of our longest-serving team members and the number of years they have each been with us…

Nigel Bavey 40.1
Ade Collis 36
Karen Cole 35.7
Ian Johnston 35.5
Simon Collis 34.5
Trevor Fuller 32.4
Carolyn Smith 31.9
Adam Walters 30.3
Andy Marriott 30.3
Danny Wilson 30
James Sherlock 27.7
Brian Duffy 27.6
Lucy Bennett 27.4
John Martin 26.4
Mark Collen 25.5
Gavin Swann 25.3
Patsy Allen 25.2
Thomas Nisbet 25.2

Earlier this month we installed the latest phase of our solar panel investment.
880 solar panels, each panel capable of generating 375 watts of electricity.
5,000 metres of DC cable.
11 invertors – where we turn sunlight into power.

Caps Cases has always had a keen focus on providing high quality print and products for our customers and investing in the latest print technology is just one of the ways we do this.

“Printing is at the heart of what we do,” explains Trevor Bissett Managing Director. “We used Newmarket as our primary print site, but as we started to get more and more demand for high quality print work demand from customers in Scotland, we decided to invest in that site for printing as well. We quickly came to the conclusion that a flexo folder gluer would be best and set about looking at our options.”

Caps Cases’ latest investment is the JS Printer 924 open and close casemaker five colour machine. Its format offers a maximum sheet size of 900mm x 2400mm and a maximum running speed of 300m/min or 18,000 sheets per hour. It features a lead edge feeder with sheet cleaning device; The five printing units are equipped with Mathews locking system, vacuum transport, chambered doctor blades and ceramic Anilox rolls, as well as IR and hot air drying unit.

Ready to find out  more? You can read the full article on The Packaging Portal by clicking here.

 

 

 

We are pleased to announce that we have recently been awarded our Investors in People accreditation.

After a year of working towards this accreditation we are proud to show that we put our people at the forefront of every thought. We believe that the success of our organisation begins and ends with people.

We would like to thank you everyone involved for their contribution and dedication. At the crux of it, accreditation means that every single person is involved in supporting each other and is doing their best to make work better.

If we make work better for everyone, we can go a little way to make society stronger, healthier and happier!

 

As we celebrate our 40 year anniversary in October, we thought, why not share an insight into the world of Caps Cases? So we did, welcome! Listen to a day in the life with Trevor Bissett as he explains how we work to transform concept to reality! See the video on our homepage here.

If videos aren’t your thing and you love a news article, then you can learn more about our 40th Anniversary in this weeks edition of the Suffolk News! See article by clicking here.

 

With the latest digital investment now up and ready for business at Caps Cases lets take a minute to get to know digital print in more detail.

What is digital print?

Digital printing is a modern method of production that makes prints from electronic files. It involves artwork being created on a computer and then printed directly onto corrugated cardboard.

Digital printing is an alternative to lithography, flexography and others – it eliminates many of the mechanical steps required for conventional printing, such as colour proofs and making print plates.

Why choose digital print?

High Quality: Digital print offers impressive quality and consistency over the other print options, as well as intensely vibrant colours and sharp imagery.

Speed: There are fewer steps in the printing process, and as a result, the final product can be delivered quicker.

Cost Effective: Because printing plates are not required, there is less investment involved to set up a single job.

Less waste: Digital printing requires no water for cleaning and there is very little ink and board wasted during setup.

Less energy: Up to 35% lower energy consumption than with flexo printing and virtually no VOC emissions.

Recyclable: Digital print uses fully recyclable and repulpable inks.

What type of finish does it achieve?

When speaking to us be sure to discuss the overall finish you are looking for.

1. Gloss – coated liners and primer creates a high gloss finish.
2. Matte – printed on uncoated liner and without primer to give a flat, matte finish.
3. Satin – uncoated liners and a primer produce a soft sheen finish.
4. Spot gloss – white ink is used in some areas of an image when printing on uncoated liners to create a matte/gloss contrast.

To find out more about switching your packaging to digital print contact us on sales@capscases.co.uk

 

Caps Cases EFI Nozomi 14000 release v4 20.05.22

Nozomi 14000 LED Line starts up at Caps Newmarket

We are delighted to announce that our staff have started training on our newly installed Nozomi single pass digital press. A worlds first of type, the machine has been tested and put through it’s paces following a smooth delivery and installation.

The “ramp up” phase has now begun in earnest, with our 1^st production jobs scheduled to hit the press w/c 24/05. Commercial Director Jamie Bissett comments “This is an exciting phase for all involved, from what we’ve seen so far this machine will open up many new opportunities for CAPS and our customers”. The initial plan is to test the machine with different types of work, including detailed images, that may have previously been produced as Litho and mount jobs, Traditional flexo work with large areas of block coverage and of course some POS products.

With the ongoing support of the technical team from EFI and our previous experience of multi pass digital printing CAPS are hoping to hit the ground running and look forwards to the coming weeks. Watch this space for further updates!

Read Our Nozomi Press Release Here

 

This month marks the end of an era for Caps Cases, as we bid a fond farewell to Pauline Edwards, Linda Wilson and Ed Blair when they all take their well-deserved retirement.

With a combined total of 95 years of service to the company, it’s safe to say that these three will be sorely missed by all at Caps Cases.

Pauline joined the company on 22nd April 1985 and Linda not long after on 10th June 1985 and both have since witnessed Caps Cases grow from infancy to where it stands now 40 years later.

Meanwhile Ed joined the company back in November 2001 and has been an invaluable machine operator during his time at Caps, with his specialist knowledge of slotters and assemblers.

The Directors and Management would like to express their thanks to Pauline, Linda and Ed for their many years of service and commitment to the company.

Managing Director Trevor Bissett comments: “Ed is a credit to Caps Cases and I would like to thank him for his loyalty and hard work over the years, as well as wish him a long and happy retirement.”

Trevor adds: “Pauline and Linda, Linda and Pauline – both have been fantastic people to work with over the years, always going about their business with a smile day after day year after year.

“Mark and I still remember Linda getting us rolls and Kit Kats from the bakers on Saturday mornings when we were still in school! And I’ll never forget Pauline telling me about her struggles with her 12 kids, which as a slightly gullible teenager I fell for! I also fondly remember the days of the tannoy Linda calling for action “PRONTO!” – all happy memories.

“Whilst the average height on the div floor will certainly go up when they retire, they will both be sorely missed and we wish them both all the very best for a long and happy retirement.”

The installation of Caps Cases’ shiny new solar panels is now complete at the Newmarket site.

Some 660 panels and 7km of cable have been installed, and it is estimated that once fully operational these will provide up to 30% of the electricity needed to run the Suffolk-based factory. Phase two will see a similar number installed on unit one.

“Phase one of the solar panel project is now complete in terms of the installation of the panels on the roof. The final part of the project is the electrical wiring up, which is scheduled for completion in mid-April,” Dave Lochhead, Operations Manager.

He adds: “This is an exciting venture for Caps Cases, and we’re looking forward to seeing the benefits of such a huge scale project.”

The solar panel installation is part of the West Suffolk Solar for Business scheme run by West Suffolk Council, which provides and installs solar panels for businesses free of charge. Electricity is generated from the panels and sold to the businesses at a rate lower than their current electricity tariff to help reduce energy bills. So far 63 business premises have signed up to the scheme. This saves 900 tonnes of carbon from being released into the atmosphere each year. That is equivalent to driving around the world 90 times!

The installation is part of Caps’ ongoing mission to improve its carbon footprint.

Dave adds: “As a company we consistently strive to improve our green credentials, and this latest venture is a big milestone for us. The solar panels project has been smooth from start to finish, and we appreciate the support from West Suffolk Council.”

Elsewhere at the Newmarket site work has also commenced on a new extension to house our new digital press which is due to arrive next month. More details to follow soon!

New solar panels are currently being installed at Caps Cases Newmarket site, as part of the company’s ongoing mission to become Carbon Neutral.

Once fully up and running, it is estimated that the solar panels will provide Caps Cases with up to 30% of the electricity needed to run the Newmarket factory.

“We’re excited at the prospect of producing over a quarter of the power we use through solar power,” comments Managing Director Trevor Bissett.

He adds: “The rest of the energy we buy is from renewable sources. This is just one of the ways in which we’re reducing our environmental impact.”

The solar panel installation is part of the West Suffolk Solar for Business scheme run by West Suffolk Council, which provides and installs solar panels for businesses free of charge. Electricity is generated from the panels and sold to the businesses at a rate lower than their current electricity tariff to help reduce energy bills. So far 63 business premises have signed up to the scheme. This saves 900 tonnes of carbon from being released into the atmosphere each year. That is equivalent to driving around the world 90 times!

Caps Cases have been working closely with a specialist consultancy firm, Carbon Footprint Ltd, to track and reduce their carbon emissions. The solar panel installation is the latest step in Caps Cases’ drive towards being a carbon neutral organisation.

Trevor adds: “Sustainability has become a buzzword in packaging and here at Caps we value the importance of protecting the environment. All of our company vehicles are now electric, and last year we switched out traditional additives from our flexo inks, replacing them with renewable materials. This reduces the carbon footprint of our inks, and lessens our impact on the environment.”

Click here to find out more about the West Suffolk Solar for Business scheme.

Learn more about Carbon Footprint Ltd here.

For more information about Caps Cases’ high quality print capabilities, or to find out more about our packaging products contact the team today on 01638 667326.

Each year, it is estimated that the UK generates more than two million metric tonnes of plastic packaging waste – that’s around 36 kilograms per person.

In a bid to tackle the problem, the government has announced a plastic packaging tax, which will come into effect in April.

The tax has been designed to encourage the use of more recycled plastic and will apply to plastic packaging produced in, or imported into, the UK and that does not contain at least 30% recycled plastic.

The UK government has estimated that it will affect around 20,000 packaging producers and importers. The hope is that by implementing this measure, businesses will have an economic incentive to reconsider their packaging needs and opt instead for more sustainable alternatives.

With this in mind, there’s never been a better time to consider switching to sustainable packaging alternatives.

In the shadow of the spotlight cast on plastics are other packaging materials, including the understated but all-round awesome corrugated cardboard.

Made from a renewable resource, reusable and recyclable corrugated packaging comes full circle every day. Once recycled, corrugated box fibres are used 7-10 times to make new boxes and other paper products.

Here’s why corrugated cardboard reigns supreme…

Recycles: Corrugated packaging is renewably-sourced and 96 percent is recovered and recycled to make new boxes and other paper products.

Protects: It combines structural rigidity with cushioning qualities to protect heavy or fragile contents from damage.

Transports: It is lightweight and clean, lowering shipping costs with fewer lorries, less fuel and lower emissions.

Sells: Corrugated packaging sells your product with high-impact graphics that drive brand awareness and product preference to help close the sale.

Here at Caps we’re passionate about corrugated cardboard products, and we’ve already helped many companies switch to plastic-free packaging. If you would like to know more, give the team a call on 01638 667 326 or email sales@capscases.co.uk

For more information about corrugated cardboard material, visit www.corrugated.org.

Caps Cases has installed a brand new box maker machine to complement its existing short run equipment.

The machine, which has been installed at the Newmarket site, is capable of running conventional box types and can add hand grips if required.

Managing Director Trevor Bissett commented: “We have always been proud to offer our customers a flexible service in terms of run lengths, however this machine will improve our ability to provide a wide range of box types and sizes in smaller quantities as well.”

He adds: “We’ve been impressed with this machine from the outset and it’s already proving to be a valuable addition to our operation. It is simple to run and produces to a consistently high standard.”

Caps Cases would like to give a special thanks ID Machinery and Lead Operator Nigel Bavey.

Trevor comments: “Nigel has been with Caps for the best part of 40 years and has risen to the challenge of the new machine. Great work!”

 

Caps Cases is meeting the heightened demand for premium e-commerce packaging with the welcome addition of a new double-sided printer and rotary die cutter.

The state-of-the-art machine is already proving to be a valuable asset by producing two-sided high quality flexo print work much more efficiently. In turn, reducing lead times for clients.

Caps Cases Managing Director Trevor Bissett comments: “The boom in e-commerce has made the ‘unboxing experience’ more important than ever. With this is mind, this duplex printer means that Caps Cases is well-placed to produce a premium product more efficiently than ever before.”

He adds: “The addition of the new printer also ties in with our recent investment in taping machinery to strengthen our e-commerce offering.”

The duplex printer takes pride of place within the Newmarket factory, and utilises Caps Cases’ renewable inks system, which the company is now using across the board to help reduce its carbon footprint.

Find out more about Caps Cases’ move to renewable inks here.

For more information about Caps Cases’ high quality print capabilities, or to find out more about our packaging products contact the team today.

Caps Cases has been recognised on an international level for its supreme flexo printing capability, after scooping a Silver award at The Global Flexo Innovation Awards.

Caps Cases worked with plate supplier Victory Graphics on the winning entry, which showcased what can be achieved with flexographic post-print on corrugated.

The e-commerce box was previously litho-laminated, and the brief from the client was to match the visual impact of litho at a lower cost. Flexo post-print was evaluated as more cost-effective than digital and litho.

Caps and Victory Graphics used a single FLEXCEL NX plate to create the photographic-quality image with its challenging mix of highlights and dark shadows. The box was printed on the inside to create an enhanced ‘unboxing’ experience for consumers.

On average, Flexo post-print costs around 30% less than litho, and also significantly decreases the lead time for re-orders.

“We’re thrilled to have been recognised in the 2021 awards and we feel that our winning design really raises the bar in terms of what can be achieved with flexo printing,” comments Caps Cases Print Manager Wayne Booker.

“Working in partnership with Victory, we were able to provide the client with a high quality packaging solution that is sustainably sourced and produced with renewable inks, while being considerably more cost effective than litho printing.”

Caps Cases’ Managing Director Trevor Bissett added: “Whilst we’ve long been at the forefront of flexo printing, to have been recognised in these prestigious awards is a huge achievement and is testament to the hard work of our outstanding team here at Caps.”

To find out more about the awards, visit www.transformingflexo.com

For more information about Caps Cases’ high quality print capabilities, or to find out more about our packaging products contact the team today.

Caps Cases Newmarket is awaiting the arrival of its hotly anticipated new double-sided printer and rotary die cutter.

The state-of-the-art machine will enable Caps Cases to produce two-sided print work more efficiently.

The Caps team have been busy clearing the way for the new machine, which will take pride of place in the Newmarket factory when it arrives next month.

Caps Cases Managing Director Trevor Bissett comments: “We’re always striving to improve our products and service where possible, and the addition of the new printer will allow us to streamline our double-sided print work and expand our HQPP offering, which is particularly beneficial for our e-commerce clients”.

Watch this space for more updates…

Caps Cases can now boast a same-day turnaround on printed colour swatches, thanks to its new 14 colour Epsom printer and cutting-edge software.

The new kit means that colour swatches can be printed in a matter of hours, as opposed to the traditional postal method, which could take up to three or four days.

“The new printer sits perfectly alongside our suite of High Quality Printers and makes the first time run process more efficient for all involved,” explains Print Manager Wayne Booker.

This latest print advancement follows Caps Cases move to renewable inks across its entire print system earlier this year. The move has seen the replacement of traditional binders and additives with natural and renewable materials. Traditional pigment concentrates have been replaced with newly developed varnishes, thus reducing the resource related CO2 footprint of the printing ink.

For more information about Caps Cases’ high quality print capabilities, or to find out more about our packaging products contact the team today.

Caps Cases has boosted its carbon neutral credentials with the introduction of greener printing inks across its entire print system.

The move has seen the replacement of traditional binders and additives with natural and renewable materials. Traditional pigment concentrates have been replaced with newly developed varnishes, thus reducing the resource related CO2 footprint of the printing ink.

Caps is the first UK company to use renewable ink supplied by the Doneck Network, which is formulated with renewable resources and is tailored to post-print. Apart from the premium printing results, this
product innovation is characterised by outstanding running properties in the printing unit, therefore creating an all-round high quality and sustainable product.

“We have worked closely with Doneck over the last 18 months to carry out extensive field trials on various substrates,” explains Caps Cases Print Manager Wayne Booker. “This has allowed us to maintain our excellent print quality.”

The move to renewable ink goes hand in hand with Caps Cases’ ongoing commitment to its ISO 14001 accreditation, in which the company continually works towards reducing its environmental impact.

For more information about Caps Cases’ high quality print capabilities, or to find out more about our packaging products contact the team today.

To learn more about the Doneck Network and it’s range of renewable inks visit www.doneck.com

Top quality print combined with a clever box design and a premium finish has proven to be a winning formula for Caps Cases and it’s range of wine packaging solutions.

Caps recently worked closely with Laithwaites to produce a branded box that would safely transport three bottles of wine.

The box was designed by the Caps Cases in-house team and it is a prime example of high quality flexographic printing.

This particular print was made up of just two colours, however, Caps Cases’ top of the range HQPP line was able to achieve extremely fine detail and ultimately create a pristine finished product.

The box itself is cleverly designed to protect the wine bottles in transit and also features a bespoke cardboard sleeve for additional branding.

The client opted for brown board to reinforce the box’s recyclable and environmentally friendly credentials, while maintaining a premium quality finish.

A spokesperson for Laithwaites commented: “The box looks brilliant together with the case literature and wines, so thanks very much to everyone at Caps Cases for all your help with this.”

For more information about Caps Cases’ high quality print capabilities, or to find out more about our packaging products contact the team today.

If a single image can show what a business is all about, the cat on the gin box is the one that does just that for Victory Graphics. The attention-grabbing combination of dark black tones, a fine image and bright reverse-outs are exceptional enough, but when you consider it was produced on a 20-year-old press using a single KODAK FLEXCEL NX plate, thus eliminating register issues and reducing cost, it becomes truly extraordinary.

Helping printers produce flexo packaging that combines such high quality and remarkable on-press efficiency is all in a day’s work for specialist flexo prepress business Victory Graphics, based in Portsmouth, UK. In the case of the cat image, the impressive print was produced by Newmarket-based Caps Cases, where print manager Wayne Booker, supported by Victory Graphics, is continuously driving print quality on such challenging jobs using FLEXCEL NX plates…

Want to know more? Read the full story here.

 

In light of the COVID pandemic, Caps Cases has taken special measures to help keep its workforce and customers as safe as possible, by teaming up with hygiene and decontamination specialists NanoSorp.

The NanoSorp antimicrobial service provides surface protection, and has been used throughout Caps Cases’ factories and offices in both Newmarket and Bailieston.

How does it work?
Once the Antimicrobial coating has dried, it forms an invisible layer of “nanospikes” that penetrate and destroy cell membranes rendering the virus and bacteria no longer active.

Check out the video below to see the application in action…

 

Caps Cases has given the go ahead to a ‘green’ overhaul of its entire ink system.

The introduction of renewable ink is the latest step in Caps Cases’ drive towards being a carbon neutral organisation.

The company’s inks are already water based, but this move will see the replacement of traditional binders and additives with natural and renewable materials, such as sugar, sugar cane, tree resin and vegetable oils. Traditional pigment concentrates will be replaced with newly developed varnishes thus reducing the resource related CO2 footprint of the printing ink.

“We’ve run several print trials with the renewable ink and we’ve been really impressed with the results. We’re confident that the new ink produces a premium print quality that’s on par with that of our current water-based inks,” explains Wayne Booker, Print Manager at Caps Cases.

The final step is to trial the ink on a variety of different substrates, before changing the entire print system over to renewable in the coming months.

Wayne adds: “Corrugated cardboard is the leading sustainable packaging choice, due to its recyclability, reusable and biodegradable credentials. However, there is room for improvement from an ink perspective, and we’re confident that the introduction of renewable ink is a step in the right direction.”

Healthy Herby is one of Caps Cases’ first customers to benefit from the new eco-friendly renewable ink.

The Worcestershire-based company supplies premium hay and herbs to feed small herbivores, rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas.

“To support the environment we decided to pack the hay in cardboard boxes as opposed to plastic bags,” explains Healthy Herby Founder Amanda Westwood.

“Rabbits and guinea pigs enjoy playing in and gnawing the boxes, so the fact that the new ink is safe and plant-based is very important to us.”

Amanda adds: “The team at Caps were great to work with. They were all very responsive and answered all our questions. The boxes were delivered on time and we are delighted with the design and quality of the printing.”

For more information about Caps Cases’ high quality print capabilities, or to find out more about our packaging products contact the team today.

To learn more about Healthy Herby and their range of products visit healthyherby.co.uk