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Mellow Colour is a colour management system software tool, used for measuring the quality & accuracy of print colour replication.
All members of the printing team have been trained to use this software. The team is headed by our Mellow Colour, colour champion
There are only 5 carton printers that currently use Mellow Colour technology in the UK & only 2 of these are members of the 100 Club – those printers that have achieved 100% accuracy
Cartonage/KOJ currently employ 54 people. It is company policy not to recruit agency staff.
The average length of service is 15 years – many of the staff who joined Cartonage when the business was first established in 1995 still work here. There are opportunities to develop & progress in the business & further education – NVQ’s, City & Guilds, Proficient printer etc. are supported & actively encouraged.
The business also champions a 3 year ‘Printing Technology’ apprentice scheme.
We have many long & successful trading relationships with a great local supply base; chosen because they have the same company ethics & standards of service & quality.
‘We treat each other with respect and always work as one team’
‘We go out of our way for our customers’
‘We work with integrity & take accountability for what we do’
‘We are open, honest and keep our promises’
‘We are passionate about our products & service’
‘We take pride in our business, our products & performance’
‘We never compromise on quality or safety’
Our integrated design studio offers a full CAD service supported by our ‘Mellow Colour’ certified colour management system. All of our printers are trained in the use of this colour management technology. We have computer to plate technology on site.
From a ‘blue sky’ customer brief to replication of an existing carton or sleeve the Cartonage team can offer the full concept to print service. Collectively our design team has more than 50 years of constructional & functional design & development experience. We are confident that we will be able to deliver even the most challenging design brief! Our design process ALWAYS takes into consideration the individual processing capability of our customer’s
packing facility. We work directly with our customers operations teams in situ to ensure that our carton or sleeve is ‘fit for purpose’ & offers the best commercial advantage.
Cartonage provides NPD samples FOC & can provide fully printed mock ups. We will always support line trials with samples. The Cartonage sales team are technically trained & are able to support at all stages of the development process.
We can produce any style of carton board carton or sleeve
Cartonage/KOJ have two, six colour presses with UV & Emulsion coaters.
We use only low migration inks at our Cartonage site to ensure that there is no migration from pack to product.
We can offer single sheet print but are also excellent composite printers. Our bespoke print processes & systems have been developed & refined to ensure 100% management of non mixed batches.
We care about our environment & have reused/recycled 770 tonnes of waste this year.
We sent ZERO to landfill!
UV Gloss
Gloss Emulsion
Spot Glosses
Satin Emulsion
Matt Emulsion
Soft Touch
Drop Off Matt/Gloss
Pearlescent
Low Migration UV
Solid Bleached Sulphate
Metallised Polyester
FBB GC2 / FBB GC1
Kraft Board
White Lined Chipboard
Microflute Materials
Post Print Facilities
Embossing
Braille Embossing
Window Patching
Pick & Place windows
Foil Blocking
Plastic Extrusion Coated FBB
Grease Resistant
Hard Size
Oven Treatments
Water Vapour Barriers
Freezer Grade Carton Board with Windows
Cartonage is a British company who design & manufacture cardboard folding cartons predominantly, but not exclusively, for the EU food industry.
Established in 1995 by an entrepreneurial constructional carton designer – Phil Webster, Cartonage remains a customer focused privately owned business where all the key shareholders still remain actively involved in the business today, this includes Phil’s son & his daughter. Initially operating from a site in Leeds the business was relocated to Dewsbury in 2007 to a facility that was ‘purpose built’ to meet the exacting standards of modern carton design & manufacture.
Cartonage has an additional associate folding carton business – KOJ Packaging Ltd based in a new location 5 miles from the current Cartonage factory.
KOJ has been owned by directors Andrew Eastham & Alan Pounder since 2004. In 2008, they, together with Phil Webster, established the current Cartonage/KOJ business. KOJ is a smaller ‘mirror image’ of the main Cartonage manufacturing site in terms of plant & capability, and forms a key part of the business risk management strategy in terms of contingency for continuity of supply.
The company is proud of its heritage & continues to forge long standing relationships with a valued & broad customer base which includes UK food retailers.