UK-based Excelsior Technologies has begun converting films and pouches at its new £20M, 8.5-acre site in north Wales.
The site, said to be the country's largest single investment in flexibles "for decades", will produce polypropylene and polyethylene laminates, complex gas and moisture barrier films and pouches, including foil-based structures and microwaveable steam packs. The Flintshire plant has its own research and development centre.
"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 that we have nurtured here," says md Dave Moorcroft.