Linpac
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LINPAC Group Limited was founded in 1959 in Lincolnshire, England
, as Lincolnshire Packaging - to produce paper packaging for local fresh food producers. It is now an international, GBP1.1 billion, mainly plastic packaging and supply chain
manufacturing and services business, based in Birmingham, United Kingdom
, and has 7,000 employees in 29 countries.
LINPAC Group (http://www.linpac.com) comprises four main divisions:
The company manufactures food packaging
, returnable transit packaging (RTP), rigid plastic containers, cartridges, bulk storage tanks, bulk containers, medical containers, spill control products, and GRP gratings and structures. It also provides services related to these products - including design and manufacture, and asset management
.
LINPAC is a private company (ranked 37th in The Times Top Track 100 list of private UK companies 2010) and is owned by a consortium of banks.
LINPAC's founders include Evan Cornish, who died in 2002. The Evan Cornish Foundation now supports, i.a., the Louth & District Hospice.
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, as Lincolnshire Packaging - to produce paper packaging for local fresh food producers. It is now an international, GBP1.1 billion, mainly plastic packaging and supply chain
Supply chain
A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities transform natural resources, raw materials and components into a finished product that is delivered to...
manufacturing and services business, based in Birmingham, United Kingdom
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, and has 7,000 employees in 29 countries.
LINPAC Group (http://www.linpac.com) comprises four main divisions:
- LINPAC Packaging (formerly LINPAC Plastics), formed in 1969.
- LINPAC Allibert (created in 2007 from the merger of Allibert with LINPAC Materials Handling).
- Ropak Packaging (acquired in 1995).
- Viscount Plastics (acquired in 2001).
The company manufactures food packaging
Food packaging
Food packaging is packaging for food. It requires protection, tampering resistance, and special physical, chemical, or biological needs. It also shows the product that is labeled to show any nutrition information on the food being consumed....
, returnable transit packaging (RTP), rigid plastic containers, cartridges, bulk storage tanks, bulk containers, medical containers, spill control products, and GRP gratings and structures. It also provides services related to these products - including design and manufacture, and asset management
Investment management
Investment management is the professional management of various securities and assets in order to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of the investors...
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LINPAC is a private company (ranked 37th in The Times Top Track 100 list of private UK companies 2010) and is owned by a consortium of banks.
LINPAC's founders include Evan Cornish, who died in 2002. The Evan Cornish Foundation now supports, i.a., the Louth & District Hospice.