A company that makes flexible packaging for food, medical and pet food is planning to create jobs after starting work on a new £8 million premises.
Terinex Flexibles – the new name for QC Flexible Packaging – has started construction on a 3 acre site on the Dove Valley Park, near Derby.
The new factory will initially cover 46,000 sq ft and will significantly increase capacity of the production line and warehouse space, and accommodate the expanding team. The business – part of the OGM Holdings Group – hopes to increase its staff numbers in the coming year, particularly in production and engineering.
The R&D department will also move from its current location at OGM in Oxford.
OGM Group managing director Paul Wightman said the investment would more than double the size of the Terinex Flexibles factory and would also allow for investment in new equipment.
He said: “We have already invested in a new Comexi F2 MB flexographic printing press, which will be delivered and commissioned later this year, and we are planning to add another press.
“In addition to offering greater production volumes, our food, pet food and medical packaging customers will benefit from increased R&D capabilities to support their packaging innovations.
“The new factory will optimise all of our processes. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for us to build a factory with the best environmental footprint that will allow industry leading productivity and quality. We hope to be ready to move in by the end of the year.”
He said the new site will have advanced sustainable energy systems such as a regenerative thermal oxidiser that recovers heat to the printing process for reuse. Heat will also be reclaimed from the compressors to send warm air to the curing room for the lamination process.
The staff and visitor car park will have electric charging points and the roof will be fitted with solar PV panels to generate power to operate the factory.
Marc Freeman is a director at Derbyshire Clowes Developments (UK), which is behind Dove Valley Park.
He said: “DVP continues to attract investment from significant household names including JCB, TopHat and GXO.
“We look forward to working with Terinex in constructing its custom designed environmentally conscientious building.”
