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A Christmas Ode to Corrugated Board
Beneath the twinkling fairy lights and trees decked with pride,
A humble hero waits in wings, its purpose bona fide.
Not costly, not adorned with jewels, nor wrapped in velvet cord,
Yet Christmas owes a secret debt to corrugated board
How to get the most from your corrugated board in 2026
Whether you are experienced packaging purchaser, or are entering the market for the first time, our teams at Coalville, Preston and Eurocentral are on hand to help you navigate all your corrugated board requirements.
With an array of board grades available it is important to understand why they are different and how they translate into corrugated packaging solutions ranging from boxes to high quality gift and display packaging.
Facts you may not know about us
Everyone loves a good fact or stat so we thought we’d share a few about us that you may know or may not know!
New team members join our Preston Team
It’s a very warm welcome to the latest members of our Preston team – Jade Parr, HR co-ordinator and Josh Samuel, Customer Services Apprentice.
Jade joins the team from a previous role in HR and will support the business with recruitment, managing employee records, assisting with providing internal communications to the wider business, handling day to day HR queries, ensuring compliance with policies and fostering a positive workplace culture.
Pilot training programme a huge success for our team
We are very pleased to announce that our latest colleague training programme, Introduction to Cases, has been a huge success for those invited to take part in the pilot.
Taking place over three days, colleagues from Coalville, Preston and Eurocentral took part spending time in the Cases24 facility and were fantastically hands on, both in theory and practice, to upskill and empower them when chatting all things corrugated cases with our customers
Celebrating 25 years of service
At this time of year, we always recognise significant work anniversaries for some of our longest serving team members.
This year we had a few at Preston, and one at Coalville, and between them they had clocked up over 150 years of service having all joined the respective businesses at some time in 2000.
The importance of paper sourcing
Paper is our largest and most important purchase, and we currently source c.240,000 tonnes of paper each year.
Our Group Procurement Director, Bernice Andrew, explains the pivotal part we play in the UK corrugated manufacturing sector and how sourcing paper is critical to this.
Paper is the foundation of our manufacturing operations and securing the right raw material at the right time positions us as one of the major paper consumers in the UK. It allows us to support our customers with their exact requirements across a wide range of board grades and be efficient in our production and supply chains.
Meet our Team – Valeria Articolo
Valeria is our Payroll Manager and is the person who makes sure all the salaries are paid on time and correctly each month.
She joined our team in the summer of 2024 and is based at our Coalville site, although has responsibility for payroll across all three of our sites.
Amazing amount raised for local Preston charity
Over the August Bank Holiday weekend, colleagues from our Preston site undertook two charity bike rides for local charity Jades Bag.
Now, as all the monies raised have been collated, they are delighted to announce they have raised a staggering £5,220!
Changing perceptions, changing procedures
This year we have committed to a new training vision for our existing team members helping them to learn new skills and excel in their roles.
Our Process Mastery programme is well underway, helping selected colleagues who volunteered to develop their skills further to become experts in the current roles.
Alongside this, several of our colleagues have taken part in our Naturally High Performance course
