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It can also be refined to a high quality using known processes such as offset printing or hot foil stamping If desired, transparent effects such as windows, bases or lids can be used The CardTube can be manufactured from a diameter of 50mm to 180mm and at a height of 50mm to 345mm

Staeger has won a clutch of awards, and one stand- out moment in their early history is when they won the coveted Business of the Year Award at a ceremony held at the National Motorcycle Museum in 2007 The award recognises overall excellence across a range of features including turnover profitability expansion into new markets, innovation and product development

Staeger Clear Packaging gained another prestigious accolade at the PrintWeek Awards, held at Grosvenor House London on 22 October 2007 The company was Highly Commended in the SME Company of the Year

Dale said: “Highlights have been winning at these business awards and receiving The Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation

“ These awards are given for outstanding achievement by UK businesses who are invested in innovation, international trade, sustainable development and promoting opportunity through social mobility

The Queen s Award for Enterprise is a prestigious award for UK-based companies that were given out by Her Majesty The award started as The Queen’s Awards for Export in 1965 This amazing award has been around almost 60 years and we are proud to be part of it ”

Exporting mainly to Europe and the US, Staeger is part of the Stаger Group that have two other sites in Switzerland and Czech Republic The Coventry site employs 13 staff and a very large percentage have been with the company a long time The average length of service is over 11 years Staff are loyal and happy in the workplace which is key to retention said Dale Sustainability and working for the environment is very important to the company Staeger ’ s work with innovating recycled PET has given a new lease of life on clear plastic packaging

Dale said: “ This also ties in with our work with POP (Prevented Ocean Plastic) Our work has allowed us to support the NHS during the Coronavirus pandemic by producing PPE All of our PPE was made from the very plastic that we continue to celebrate ”

Staeger is on a mission to educate people about plastic which they say is often wrongly criticised They lay it out on the parent company website very succinctly:

“ With a scientific consideration of the ecological benefit respecting the pollution of a packaging on the one hand its own ecological balance on the other hand its ecological benefit that it perceives through its function, must be taken into account

The slogan no packaging is the best packaging may be true for some products but it is mostly wrong especially for food Packaging protects the food and thus extends its shelf life With its excellent barrier properties and tightness, plastic packaging in particular makes a significant contribution to preventing food waste When considering the ecological balance of food packaging as a whole, avoiding food waste is actually more important than the ecological balance of the packaging per se

“A comprehensive study of the life cycle assessment of beverage packaging has shown that the life cycle assessment of PET packaging is absolutely comparable to that of cardboard packaging and significantly better than that of aluminium or glass packaging, especially since the production process consumes much less energy and thus CO2, which is also in comparison to cardboard

“Plastic foils with recycled content are resourceefficient By choosing the right material and design, dimensionally stable packaging can be recycled and fed into the circular economy Due to the expansion of recycling capacities worldwide, the oil consumption of plastic packaging will continue to decrease in the future

When designing and developing packaging solutions the Stäger Packaging Group takes a recycling-friendly construction into account and focuses on a high proportion of recycled material of up to 100% Stäger has extensive experience and consulting competence with regard to the availability, properties and applications of foil products made from biodegradable, renewable material and also offers these

For the present and near future it s steady as you go for Staeger Current turnover was £3 1m for 2022 Dale said: “During the current economic climate, we anticipate the same for 2023, like all business, we are facing difficult times in terms of managing ever escalating overhead costs and investment will be pushed back as the economic climate strengthens to our advantage

Staeger is extremely active in its market and has a strong and deep reach with customers potential customers, industry associations and a credible trading history with an unchallenged reputation as number one in its field

“Over the next five years, say, I would think we would be looking to explore new markets, new industries with a new customer base to complement our existing loyal customers

During the Covid pandemic, Staeger provided PPE equipment, and innovated and launched a new face visor into the UK market supplying over 8 million visors to help protect the NHS from Covid As a result they saw a large increase in revenue

On how the company is facing the future, Dale said: Our company has slimmed down in terms of costs and revenue and staff, as the pandemic became under control and the visors were not needed to the level at the start and height of Covid

“ The negative press on plastic will continue to suppress growth and in fact drive decline in plastic demand and our market but this has presented an opportunity in cardboard and driven internal innovation that will support our company for the next generation to continue long into the future