Packaging News
Business Secretary Vince Cable has visited Redpack Packaging Machinery to launch the government’s ‘Growing Business Fund’
Norwich-based Redpack told PN that it was considering applying for the fund – a £3m scheme designed to kick start growth.
Visiting the firm on 4 April, Cable described it as a ‘superb company’ for its ability to flourish during tough economic times and to improve upon its overseas foothold.
In a statement, Redpack said it was seeing a continued demand for their flow wrapping machines both in the UK and overseas and have a full order book and more orders in the pipeline are eyeing up the fund as a potential driver for its investment plans.
‘Full order book’
Cable said: “Redpack clearly is a superb local company. They have got more than 40 local employees here. They are a successful manufacturer, exporting all over the world [for example] in Brazil, Mexico and Malaysia.
“They have got a full order book and they have got through the recession. The problem they do have is that they want skilled people, which is why we have to invest more in apprenticeships, and if they are really going to expand they are going to need more funding support, so this is why funds like the Growing Business Fund, will be useful.”
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