The Q2 Roundup of Viscose Voice is here! If you are like us, you are wondering how we are already halfway through 2025!
In this edition we are focussing on our new contract sleeving services, exhibiting at the Farm Shop & Deli show in April, business awards and our down-pack services for our plastic-free shrink sleeves.
Contract Sleeving Services
We’re excited to announce a new service now available to our valued customers: contract sleeving for both heat-shrink sleeves and plastic-free shrink sleeves! This offering is designed to streamline your operations by allowing us to handle sleeving under your label, ensuring consistency, confidentiality, and compliance. We can then send your products to your required delivery destination. Whether you’re looking to expand your product line or simplify logistics, our contract sleeving service provides a flexible and efficient solution tailored to your needs. Reach out today to learn how we can support your business growth!
Down packing Services
We’re also excited to announce that we can now offer a down-packing service to our plastic-free shrink sleeves customers too!
The images below are of our purpose built new down-packing room, specifically built so we can offer this service.
on request we can now pack your orders in 1500ml tubs instead of the standard pails or tins. These pots are resealable and portable made for sealing on the go! If you would like to explore this down-packing service for your shrink sleeves, please contact us to find out more – sales@viscose.co.uk
The new packaging room for down packing plastic-free shrink sleeves
Farm Shop & Deli Show Roundup
We exhibited at the Farm Shop & Deli show between the 7th-9th of April at the NEC in Birmingham. Run by William Reed, the show is one of five that make up the UK Food & Drinks Shows. We really enjoyed meeting new and existing customers and expanding our reach within the food and drink sectors. With over 25,000 visitors to the show, it’s safe to say it was a very busy and successful one for us!
Thank you to everyone that took the time to visit the stand or share/comment on our social media posts, it is very much appreciated.
Wales Business Awards 2025
In April we announced that we had been shortlisted for two awards at the Wales Business Awards. The categories were: Manufacturer of the Year and SME Exporter of the Year. The awards ceremony was held in mid-June in Cardiff, Wales’s capital city. Despite not taking any prizes home at the end of the night, we’re extremely proud to have been shortlisted for both these awards, it was an inspiring evening being surrounded by other brilliant Welsh businesses!
Major congratulations to all the winners on the night, very well deserved and our team had a wonderful evening celebrating!
Women in Packaging Excellence Awards
Keeping with the theme of awards! In May we announced that our MD Emma Blackmore and our Marketing and Brand Manager Seren Pontin have both been shortlisted for awards at the Packaging News- Women In Packaging Excellence Awards being held in London in July.
Emma has been shortlisted for the Packaging Leadership Award
Seren has been shortlisted for both the Packaging Marketing Excellence Award and the Rising Star in Packaging Award
The awards had over 580 nominations so making the shortlist for these awards is a major achievement in itself- well done both!
We’re looking forward to the awards evening on the 10th of July in London Stay tuned to find out how Emma and Seren get on in the next edition of Viscose Voice at the end of Q3.
One year since the launch of the online shop
You may remember in the Spring Roundup 2024 edition of Viscose Voice we introduced our new online shop, somehow it has already been a year in May since our online shop launched!
What a year it’s been!
A key step in our digital transformation and a milestone that reflects the trust and collaboration of our valued partners, suppliers, and clients.
In the past 12 months, we’ve:
- Expanded our digital sales channels
- Reached new customers
- Strengthened operational efficiency
We’re excited to see what the next year holds for our online shop!
Staff Corner- work anniversaries:
Our wonderful and dedicated staff are key to keeping our business going. We’ve had some significant work anniversaries over the last few months, and we felt these incredible achievements needed to be highlighted
Andrew Anderson – Engineering Team Leader- 10 years
Scott Moore – Cellulose Reeler Person – 20 years
Well done both and thank you for your continued dedication to our business!
A look ahead to the second half of the year:
As we look forward towards the last six months of the year, we have a lot of exciting events and projects to look forward to in the business:
Foodbank donation – In July we will be delivering a company foodbank donation to our friends at Sketty foodbank to be distributed to families in need in readiness for the summer holidays.
London Packaging Week – in October we will be exhibiting at London Packaging Week again at the Excel, London. Stand number B30, we can’t wait to see you there!
Women In Packaging Excellence results – the awards ceremony is in July.
Something very exciting is on its way to our factory. We won’t say what it is (yet ), but let’s just say it’s going to shake things up in all the right ways. Allowing us to level up what we can offer our clients in the heat-shrink sleeves side of the business.
The countdown has started. Our team is buzzing. And yes — we’re already arguing over who gets to use it first.
Look out for the next edition of Viscose Voice at the end of Q3 to find out more about the above exciting things we’ve got planned!
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