KM Packaging extends global supply network

Specialist packaging supplier KM Packaging Services has extended its strategic alliance with Istanbul-based Ispak to further develop the supply of confectionery and dairy aluminum foil-based flexible packaging to the UK, US and Australian markets.

KM Packaging has recently launched a number of new products for lidding and luxury confectionery packaging, namely KM Velvet Feel, as well as expanding its commercial team.

Ispak, part of the international Kibar Holding manufacturing group and a long-established supplier of foil-based flexible packaging, is a sister company of Assan Aluminium, which produces rolled aluminum foil at the same manufacturing site in Istanbul. The product range includes rotogravure printed unsupported foils, extrusions and laminates and heat-seal coated foils.

The new alliance will maximize the two companies’ respective strengths: Ispak in manufacturing and KM Packaging in logistics, supply chain management and local technical expertise. It builds on an already well-established trading relationship in flexible packaging between UK food companies and Turkish flexible packaging manufacturers.

KM Packaging commercial director Graham Holding said: ‘The international confectionery market is always looking for a point of difference; a new texture or finish that will stand out on the shelf. Food manufacturers also demand rapid turnaround and, of course, top quality print and reliable production and delivery.

‘By combining the strengths of Ispak – with whom we have partnered for some time – and KM Packaging, we can easily meet the demands of key players in the UK and international markets, helping to fill the gap that has been created by the closure of other European manufacturers.

‘It’s not so much that there’s a “new kid on the block” as our combined experience in these markets adds up to several decades. KM Packaging already serves customers across the UK and Europe, and as far afield as Canada, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand.

‘We’re just delighted that strengthening the relationship with Ispak will enhance our offering and output and enable us to effectively service an even wider market.’

Read more about KM Velvet Feel in the next issue of Packprint World

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