Quadpack has opened its new €1 million decoration center at its manufacturing plant in Kierspe, Germany, following the acquisition of Wicklein Kunststoffveredelung GmbH in October 2021.
Quadpack’s in-house decoration services in Europe now include silk-screening, hot-stamping, full-cover hot-stamping, pad printing, metallization, color matching, digital printing and laser etching, with new techniques soon to be included.
The site is supported by a four-tone metal structure to create an open space with room to expand. A climate control system and air filters create optimal conditions for decoration.
The center is staffed by 36 employees, with specialist training in decorating techniques.
The new decoration and assembly lines allow Quadpack to finish proprietary and bespoke solutions manufactured at the plant, for a fully streamlined workflow, with plans to add more machines in the next months, totaling 10 decoration lines and 14 assembly machines.
A reduction of up to 50% in average lead times for finished packs is expected at the Kierspe plant. Early projections estimate an annual saving of 170 tons of CO2 emissions.
Quadpack’s plant in Dallas, Texas, also has decoration capabilities.
Ernesto Cara, head of industrial process at Quadpack, said: “The new decoration center positions the Kierspe plant as a European leader in sustainable manufacture and decoration. Our increased decoration capability allows us to bring in-house a service that was previously outsourced. In doing so, we will be able to speed up delivery times and cut carbon footprint of our Made in Europe solutions.”
