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Recycle Week and corrugated
2024 is the 21st anniversary of Recycle Week and the annual celebration of recycling within the UK and how we can be even better at it! It is estimated that 18m tonnes of CO2 is saved by recycling in the UK each year.
This year’s theme is ‘Rescue Me’ which is all about rescuing things from waste that could be recycled. Corrugated board is just one of several materials that can be successfully recycled.
Eurocentral wins Investment Project of the Year at UK Packaging Awards
Thursday 10th October was a night to remember for the Board24 team as the new Greenfield site at Eurocentral won the Investment Project of the Year category at the prestigious UK Packaging Awards.
Held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane, our team were shortlisted amongst other industry peers however we were delighted to have our project recognised and be crowned as winners.
Long Service awards 2024
We are delighted that more of our colleagues have been presented with their long service awards recognising 25 years’ service with the business.
Frank Hay, Group Managing Director, personally presented the certificates to colleagues at Preston thanking them for the commitment and hard work at Board24. These were Production Team Leaders Lee Twyman and Ian Gibney and Production Operatives Roger Lucas, Anthony Burke and David Downes.
Meet the team – Reggie Willars
Reggie Willers is our Health and Safety Administrator apprentice and joined the business in summer 2023.
He is primarily responsible for the administration of Health and Safety (H&S) protocols within the organisation. This involves maintaining records, assisting in compliance checks, and ensuring that all safety procedures are documented and followed.
Meet the Team – Ross Yuill
Ross Yuill is our Engineering Manager at Eurocentral, home of our newest corrugator.
He joined out team in February this year, just a few weeks after Eurocentral opened.
Having worked at packaging integrated plants for over 30 years, Ross is no stranger to the industry.
How we work with customers to optimise packaging efficiencies
Our teams at Coalville, Preston and Eurocentral manufacture 500 msms of corrugated board each year.
With five corrugators, including the newest one in the UK currently at our Eurocentral site, our production capability is incredibly varied.
We manufacture a range of corrugated board types utilising a range of paper types to create outer walls, liners and fluting. The combination of each of these is which makes up each specific board grade.
Eurocentral shortlisted at UK Packaging Awards
We are so pleased to announce that our Eurocentral project has been shortlisted for Investment Project of the Year at the 2024 UK Packaging Awards.
The project, which opened in February of this year, saw a £25m investment come to fruition, replacing the aged Larkhall site and installing the newest corrugator in the UK.
Meet the Team – Ollie Barson
Ollie Barson is our business analyst at our Coalville site. He joined our team around 18 months ago.
As a business analyst, Ollie works with data and uses business systems to create and maintain reports to help the business make decisions about our future.
Before joining Board24, Ollie was temping as a payroll administrator at Everyone Active.
Preston customer services team smash fundraising target
Nicky Bulmer and Gemma Parr from our customer services team at Preston have smashed a fundraising target they set recently.
The pair took part in the annual 11 mile Walk in the Dark from Chorley Hospital to Royal Preston Hospital to raise money for charity that is dear to them; Rosemere Cancer Foundation.
Coalville site invests in new wastewater system
Our Coalville site has invested in a new wastewater system to effectively treat water utilised during our manufacturing process for our Cases24 operations.
Manufactured by JLJ Holdings based in Cheshire, it is a semi-automatic machine called the Euro FP and is capable of processing up to 15,000 litres of wastewater in approximately 6 hours.
