Firm’s grant will help improve production

Packaging company recruits three extra staff to operate new equipment

A packaging company in Peterborough has secured a grant worth more than £46,000 towards the costs of a new production line. Manasty Packing, of Culley Court, in Orton Southgate, has been awarded the funding to help it increase its productivity.

It will allowthecompanyto recruit three extra staff to operate thenewproductionline.

The grant for £46,623 has been awarded by the Eastern Agri-Tech Growth Initiative.

Clive Potter, of Manasty Packing, said: “Wearedelight- edtohavebeenofferedagrant towardsournewfoodpacking production line.

“This has given us the opportunitytoincreaseourdaily output by 40 per cent, which will allow us to service more efficiently, our existing customers and to seek new customers.

“The new line will allow us to offer our customers, not only more efficiency, but also the option of newer and more innovative formats of packaging that are quickly growingin demand.”

Manasty Packaging is part of the Sweet Ideas Group, providing packing facilities for dry food products such as confectionery, snacking lines and cereals.

Mark Reeve, chairman of theEasternAgri-TechGrowth Initiative, said: “We’ve given Manasty Packing a grant to helpthemgrowtheirbusiness by commissioning a new food packing line- the new equipmentwillhelpthecompanyto increase their daily output.”

The production process at Manasty Packaging.