Croxsons welcomes new team members

the glass packaging industry. As an area sales manager, he will be responsible for managing Croxsons’ northern accounts and working closely with brewers and distillers in particular, to supply various styles of glass containers.

Commenting on his new role, Martin said: “I’m really looking forward to growing and expanding the territory, ensuring market share is increased within the portfolio, and working closely with the team to bring existing and new customers further into the Croxsons’ family.”

Leading glass packaging firm, Croxsons, has bolstered its sales and marketing team with the recruitment of Martin Boyle as area sales manager for the North of England, and Josh Webster who joins as a marketing executive. Martin trained as an aircraft engineer and a technical product manager, before moving into

In addition, and starting in the new role of marketing executive, Josh Webster joins Croxsons from an events industry background. Bringing a focus on social media and email marketing to the role, he will be responsible for building the marketing function at Croxsons, providing internal communications as well as developing content to support the company’s ongoing promotional requirements.

“I see Croxsons as a great opportunity to join a company that really cares about its customers. There are so many exciting projects to work on, alongside a great team of people,” said Josh. “I think there is lots of potential at Croxsons to go from strength to strength. I’ve not worked in the industry before so clearly there is a lot for me to learn, but I’m excited to meet some of our customers and work with them to help build lasting relationships.”

Croxsons, which will shortly be making the exciting move to a purpose-built workspace in Sutton, Surrey, celebrated its 150th-anniversary last year. The significant milestone, saw the company fund the planting of 150,000 new trees - part of a strategy aimed at reducing and offsetting the company’s carbon emissions. Find out more at www.croxsons.com

Labelnet offers sustainable labels for eco-conscious breweries

Essex-based Labelnet, which has been printing labels since 1999, is addressing the growing trend for drinks brands opting for sustainable packaging by offering a sustainable solution to help reduce waste, increase recycling and lower pollution. Finding a solution for fully recyclable packaging has always, and still remains, a difficult task, but by opting for recycled materials you can instantly help to reduce carbon footprint and save our forests.

More and more consumers are opting for eco packaging and are happy to pay a premium for it, with 57% of consumers less likely to buy products in packaging they consider harmful to the environment, according to new studies. So, why opt for sustainable labels? What are the benefits?

• Reduced environmental impacts from reduced waste and increased recycling - an obvious choice for switching to sustainable labels is to help our environment and save our forests.

• Increased awareness of environmentally responsible activities - the more people who are made aware of the benefits to your packaging, the more people you will inspire.

• Customer recognition with eco-conscious end users - It is proven that a lot of customers will recognise brands opting for eco-friendly packaging and sticking by their company values, and the company will gain more loyalty and brand recognition from their customers because of it.

• Clean Labelling – a term recognised by brands who are looking at ways to offer healthier products with simplified ingredients as well as sustainable packaging which has an impact on saving our environment.

• ISO 14001 Accreditation – using ecofriendly labels can help businesses looking to gain its ISO 14001 accreditation. It helps organisations to improve their environmental performance through more efficient use of resources and reduction of waste.

If your brewery is looking for eco-friendly packaging Labelnet can send out some sustainable samples and further information about the benefits of each to help get you started.

Find out more at wwwlabelnet.co.uk