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The Benson Group is the UK's leading privately owned printed carton supplier, producing packaging product for both the food and pharmaceutical industries over four UK sites. Benson Group has been in the business of manufacturing food-packaging products for over 85 years, with its origins in servicing the Leicestershire shoe and hosiery industries. Recently recognised for our investment in the packaging industry we were awarded packaging company of 2008 by Packaging News.

Benson Group creates carton board packaging for many well-known companies, brands and retailers. Key account clients across the Group include GlaxoSmithKline, Bakkavor, and all leading supermarket chains. We produce approximately 140 million cartons a month across four sites. As a result of continued investment in people and plant, the company has grown to now achieve annual sales in the region of £85 million. www.bensongroup.co.uk

BPI (British Polythene Industries) has developed over the last decade to strategically become the largest producer of polythene film products within the UK and Europe. Today there are seven highly-focused operating businesses within the group, manufacturing a wide variety of products and services. BPI has evolved into one of the most responsive and dynamic polythene film businesses in the world and is a major player in what is rapidly becoming a truly global industry. www.bpipoly.com

Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd is a major manufacturer of soft drinks brands including Pepsi, 7UP, Tango, and Robinsons and is famous for its novel advertising and marketing campaigns (3 out of the best top 10 adverts of all time). Innovation in product development and packaging design keeps Britvic at the leading edge of its sector. www.britvic.com

The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with nearly 500 sparkling and still brands. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy the Company's beverages at a rate of nearly 1.6 billion servings a day. www.coca-cola.com/index.jsp

DS Smith Packaging is a division of DS Smith Plc, a £1.6 billion turnover company, employing over 11,000 people in 16 countries. Their network of manufacturing sites includes conventional corrugated, speciality and decorative, heavy-duty, sheet feeding and sheet plants. Product options include tailor-made point-of-purchase displays, high volume cost-effective fmcg packaging, heavy-duty corrugated packaging - in fact every conceivable form of corrugated packaging. www.dssmith-packaging.com/

Logoplaste UK Ltd is not a company of products but solutions. They are leaders in the plastic packaging market, providing an overall service for packaging research and development, in-house production and quality systems, backed by technical support and advice. They work with leading brands in body care, food and beverages, home care, luboils and preforms PET. www.logoplaste.com

Nestle

With 29 research, development and technology facilities worldwide, Nestlé has the largest R&D network of any food company. Nestlé’s research, development and technology network, together with local market application groups, employs over 5,000 people. By bringing together all of its global R&D resources, Nestlé is able to provide high quality, safe food solutions for consumers worldwide – whether this is in terms of nutrition, health, wellness, taste, texture or convenience. Above all, Nestlé brings to consumers products that are of the highest quality. And safety is non-negotiable. Based in York, the Product Technology Centre (PTC) is part of this global network of Research Centres, focusing purely on excellence in confectionery worldwide. Whether chocolate, confectionery or wafer-based treats, the PTC leads the way in how they're developed, processed and packaged. It's a place where creativity meets practicality, but where being pragmatic doesn't hinder ideas. If anything, it calls for more expertise and ingenuity to make fantastic initial concepts become exceptional industrialised ideas www.nestle.co.uk

GCS is an injection moulding company that manufactures over 40 billion closures per year for the Food, Household, Spirits, Personal Care, Beverage and Pharmaceutical markets. With 23 manufacturing facilities in 15 countries GCS is the largest closure manufacturer in Europe and in the top 5 worldwide. GCS main customers include Coca-Cola, Unilever, P&G, Reckitt Benckiser among others and many local companies. www.gcs.com

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