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Following the acquisition of a minority stake in 2024, VPK Group has now taken full ownership of the business.

Your forecast changes on a Monday morning. One product line is up by 40%, a retailer has brought its promotion forward, and your 3PL needs packaging two weeks earlier than planned. By Wednesday, procurement is checking stock, warehouse teams are counting valuable warehouse pallet spaces, and operati

Your packing team loads a new product into the standard conventional carton. There’s too much movement, the flaps obstruct the contents, and the case erector rejects several blanks during the first production run.

Nine structural cost drivers are pushing UK packaging prices up in 2026, from energy and wages to pEPR fees and tightening corrugated capacity. A practical guide to where the real savings sit.

High-volume fulfilment operation and assembly lines depend on fast, repeatable and consistent box assembly. When your team needs to meet strict delivery targets, the choice between a generic cardboard box and a crash lock box directly impacts your labour hours, material waste, and daily throughput. Inevitably, your company performance. What is the Mechanical Difference Between… Continue reading Crash Lock Boxes vs Standard Cardboard Boxes: A Practical Guide for Faster Packing and Reduced Waste

When your business grows, your packaging supply needs to keep up. It’s a common issue for expanding manufacturers and e-commerce brands: the service that worked for small volumes starts to struggle as your orders increase. This often results in missed delivery dates, inconsistent quality, and the risk of stock running out. You need a packaging… Continue reading What Should I Do If My Packaging Supplier Can’t Scale With My Business?

Your packaging does much more than simply transport your product, it protects your reputation, streamlines your operations, and serves as your brand’s first physical handshake with the customer. For businesses across the UK, from busy e-commerce fulfilment centres to food processors, sticking with outdated or generic off the shelf stock boxes can often lead to… Continue reading Do Your Packaging Designs Need An Update? A Guide to Smarter, Sustainable Corrugated Design Solutions

Your packaging is the heartbeat of your dispatch line. It affects everything from production speed and shipping costs to the unboxing experience your customer receives. Yet, many businesses stick with a supplier that lets them down because they worry that switching will be a hassle. We believe your packaging supplier should be a partner, not… Continue reading When is it time to switch packaging supplier?

When it comes to modern manufacturing, reliability isn’t just luck, it’s engineered. Every on-time delivery, every consistent print finish, and every efficiency gain is the result of deliberate, continuous improvement. At Manor Packaging, our Continuous Improvement Manager ensures your packaging supply chain operates with the same precision and reliability we engineer into every box. Our… Continue reading Continuous Improvement in Action: Engineering Reliability, Efficiency and Sustainability

Sustainability isn’t just about ticking a box, it’s about packaging that saves costs, keeps you compliant, and strengthens your brand. Manor Packaging specialises in intelligent and sustainable corrugated packaging solutions, and we created this guide to cut through the jargon and show you what genuinely sustainable packaging looks like and how it can give your… Continue reading Sustainable Packaging and Why Bespoke Corrugated Boxes Are the Smart Choice