Coveris Labels Division receives top award for sustainability

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Coveris has been presented with the Energy and Environment Award at the Best Factory Awards hosted by Cranfield School of Management to celebrate manufacturing excellence in the UK.

The Best Factory Awards (BFA) invite entries from UK manufacturing plants with the purpose of promoting and rewarding industrial excellence.

Criteria for the Energy and Environment Award included overall environment performance of the factory and sustainability playing an important role of the management strategy.

Coveris' Lealand Way site in Boston, Lincolnshire, took part in the awards. The company is a printer of self-adhesive paper and flexible labels for fast moving consumer goods specialising in chilled foods and produce. The site was also nominated for Factory of the Year, and shortlisted in three further categories – Household and General Products Plant Award; Continuous Improvement Award and Supply Chain Award.

David Smith, supply chain excellence director (Paper) at Coveris, commented: ‘Being part of the Best Factory Awards with Cranfield School of Management has been a hugely rewarding process. The competition is genuinely world class and to be amongst such high calibre manufacturing companies is a real honour for Coveris. The Energy and Environment Award is a fantastic reflection of the commitment and dedication shown by employees and company approach through the Coveris Performance System to excellence, engagement and environmental performance in manufacturing. We look forward to being part of the Best Factory Awards again in 2017.’

Tim Lennon, environmental services manager (Labels Division) at Coveris, added: ‘To win the prestigious Energy and Environment Award at the Best Factory Awards is a great accolade. Our environmental services department integrates sustainable waste management and behaviour in to the daily operations of our label sites. Environmental performance is very important to us and we continuously look for ways to improve and innovate in the supply chain.’