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Barton Jones Packaging Ltd
Industry solutions

Packaging for manufacturers with production lines

Line-side packaging supply that keeps pace with production: consistent specs, kitted components, held stock and scheduled call-off.

The problem

What usually goes wrong

On a production line, packaging is a component like any other. If it is late, wrong or inconsistent, the line stops, and the cost of that dwarfs the price of the box.

Buying packaging in emergency quantities is expensive, and storing a year of it is space you would rather use for product or finished goods.

Multiple suppliers make it worse: several delivery windows, several specifications and no single person accountable when something does not arrive.

Typical pack

Packaging components we usually specify

  • Bespoke boxes specified once and repeated consistently
  • Trays, partitions and fitments matched to line pack patterns
  • Kitted component sets supplied as one part number
  • Tape, film, strapping and void fill on the same schedule
  • Pallets, edge protection and stretch wrap for finished-goods despatch

Materials

Relevant materials and board grades

  • Board grades fixed by specification, not by what happens to be available
  • Single wall through to triple wall depending on line output and pallet pattern
  • Machine stretch film and machine tape matched to your equipment
  • Foam and corrugated fitments where the line needs a fixed pack position

In-house

Our manufacturing and assembly capabilities

  • Manufacturing in Letchworth, so lead times are ours to control rather than a broker's
  • Assembly and kitting so line-side stock arrives ready to use
  • Free packaging audit across your whole line to find cost and time savings
  • Prototype and trial runs before a specification is locked into production
  • One supplier covering manufacture, stock items, assembly and delivery

Stock holding

How we hold stock for you

  • Annual quantity bought at volume, held in BRCGS Storage and Distribution certificated storage
  • Call-off against your production schedule, weekly or more often
  • Our own vehicles across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and London

Accreditations

Relevant accreditations for this sector

  • BRCGS Storage & Distribution
  • FSC C214479
  • Verified Carbon Standard
See our accreditations and request the literature

Real example

One supplier, one delivery, no line stops

A manufacturer was buying boxes from one supplier, foam from another and consumables from a third, with three delivery schedules and regular near-misses on stock.

We took over the full list: manufacturing the boxes, cutting and fitting the foam, supplying the tape, film and strapping, and holding it all for weekly call-off.

They now get one delivery, one invoice and one point of contact. Packaging-related line stoppages stopped being a topic in their production meeting.

Sector enquiry

Book a free packaging audit of your line

We will walk the line, look at every packaging component you use and come back with a costed, consolidated proposal. No obligation.

  • Line output and pack formats
  • Current suppliers and delivery schedules
  • Storage space available on site
  • Any recent stock-outs or damage issues
Use the enquiry form01462 680888

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