Chesapeake opens doors at Scottish composite tube site

Jill Park, packagingnews.co.uk, 05 February 2008

Chesapeake has opened a "one-stop shop" for composite tubes in Scotland to cater for customers in the alcoholic drinks sector.

The company has relocated its composite tube manufacturing facility from Bellshill, near Glasgow, to a new factory in Hamilton, where it has installed the latest technology and provisions for assembly packing.

The move was part of a £2m investment programme supported by Regional Selective Assistance from the Scottish government.

Chesapeake Scotland managing director David Mark said that with Chesapeake's support, the business is in essence "a local service with a global reach".

Meanwhile, Chesapeake's composite tube facility in Bradford, which primarily serves the food and confectionery sectors, has entered into a joint venture with Weidenhammer Packaging.

Weidenhammer, which produces composite tubes, plastic containers and large sized drums, specialises in containers for the food sector and produces more than 950 million tubes per year across 11 European locations.

Chesapeake's Bradford business will retain tube manufacturing at its site and will expand its product range with support from Weidenhammer.

Chesapeake has 45 operations across Europe, North America, Africa and Asia, and employs around 5,500 people worldwide.