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Charapak is one of the UK’s market leaders in the design and manufacture of specialist corrugated packaging. The company has recently diversified into labeling following the investment in Domino’s N610i digital inkjet label press. This investment has opened up new business opportunities for the company, enabling it to supply both existing and new customers with high quality, digitally printed labels with short lead times.
First established as a corrugated packaging company in 1980, Charapak now has 127 employees operating across four business units with an annual turnover of approximately £13 million. Their core business utilizes their award-winning flexo post print and litho-laminating processes to produce specialist corrugated packaging, promotional displays and retail ready packaging.
After expanding into integrated fulfilment and specialist coated packaging, Charapak Labels is the latest business unit to be created within The Charapak Group. The company serves both domestic and international customers in the industrial, food and drink, automotive, retail and e-commerce market sectors.
When a long-standing customer enquired about the possibility of Charapak supplying digitally printed labels, the company recognized a new business opportunity.
“This was our chance to broaden our service offering beyond corrugated packaging and capitalize on the vast potential of the digital labels market,” said Richard Smith, owner and managing director of Charapak.
“Our customer was previously having their labels flexo printed and were carrying huge amounts of stock on the shelf and were spending a lot of money on inventory, storage and obsolescence,” added Michaela Smith, business manager for Charapak Labels. “We realized that the way forward was for short run, digitally printed labels that would lift their print from mediocre to outstanding. The key benefits in using the Domino press are its productivity, the quality and the durability of the labels that are absolutely first class. Our customer now has zero inventory, lack of obsolescence and we print to order – they are very happy.”
First established as a corrugated packaging company in 1980, Charapak now has 127 employees operating across four business units with an annual turnover of approximately £13 million. Their core business utilizes their award-winning flexo post print and litho-laminating processes to produce specialist corrugated packaging, promotional displays and retail ready packaging.
After expanding into integrated fulfilment and specialist coated packaging, Charapak Labels is the latest business unit to be created within The Charapak Group. The company serves both domestic and international customers in the industrial, food and drink, automotive, retail and e-commerce market sectors.
When a long-standing customer enquired about the possibility of Charapak supplying digitally printed labels, the company recognized a new business opportunity.
“This was our chance to broaden our service offering beyond corrugated packaging and capitalize on the vast potential of the digital labels market,” said Richard Smith, owner and managing director of Charapak.
“Our customer was previously having their labels flexo printed and were carrying huge amounts of stock on the shelf and were spending a lot of money on inventory, storage and obsolescence,” added Michaela Smith, business manager for Charapak Labels. “We realized that the way forward was for short run, digitally printed labels that would lift their print from mediocre to outstanding. The key benefits in using the Domino press are its productivity, the quality and the durability of the labels that are absolutely first class. Our customer now has zero inventory, lack of obsolescence and we print to order – they are very happy.”