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Eco-packaging is a ‘win-win’ 

Eco-packaging is a ‘win-win’ 

Making Mother Nature happier and your bank balance bigger   Earlier this year, packaging manufacturers Schutz began production of their ...
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Jet setting drums

Jet setting drums

This week we have another load of 75L Curtec Nestable Drums flying off to sunnier climes in Singapore. The drums ...
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Industry update - CurTec goes Stateside 

Industry update – CurTec goes Stateside 

Earlier this year, packaging manufacturer CurTec built and opened a new production facility in Westminster South Carolina. Now fully FSSC ...
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Looking back with gratitude....

Looking back with gratitude….

and forward with hope this Remembrance Day Here is a family photograph of my grandparents with my mum in 1943 ...
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There's something strange about the new night shift team... 

There’s something strange about the new night shift team… 

Introducing the Skeleton Crew  During October we’ve seen an increase in customer orders. This is encouraging, as September wasn’t the ...
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Mixing up the usual holiday packaging spotting with some vintage Ford

Mixing up the usual holiday packaging spotting with some vintage Ford

Can you guess what it's worth today?  I was lucky enough to get away for a long weekend on a ...
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Keeping it classic with the Black IBC

Keeping it classic with the Black IBC

Much like a little black dress, the Schutz MX Black IBC is a wardrobe staple, or perhaps I mean...warehouse? When ...
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It's a bird, it's a plane,

It’s a bird, it’s a plane,

It's....Super Steel Drum  I rarely talk about the steel drums we stock. Strong, versatile and dependable, despite their heroic qualities, ...
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Getting customisable with CurTec 

Getting customisable with CurTec 

We sell lots of CurTec’s Click Pack drums or pails as some customers call them. The standard colour is a ...
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Baby on board, welcoming our latest addition

Baby on board, welcoming our latest addition

The PurePac forklift truck (FLT) family keeps on growing. If I didn’t know better, I'd suspect that Forky and Spike ...
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Canals, competitors and Heineken 

Canals, competitors and Heineken 

Time well spent at CurTec’s first reseller day  The aim of the trip was to learn more about CurTec’s future ...
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Suicide Prevention Awareness 

Suicide Prevention Awareness 

Sunday the 10th of September was World Suicide Prevention Day. The campaign has been running since 2003, but I wasn’t ...
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