ROBERTS MART ACCOLADES SET THE SCENE FOR SUMMER OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS

Specialist printing and packaging company Roberts Mart & Co Ltd is celebrating multiple awards successes to kick off 2018, heralding a period of innovation and investment during the next few months.

Kicking off with a highly coveted Haribo Print Performance Award for consistent quality in over 300 examples of printed packaging for the international confectionery brand, Roberts Mart went on to claim no fewer than eight prizes in the 2018 Print Awards run by EFIA (European Flexographic Industry Association), including three Gold Awards and a Best in Show gong for a project for international brand M&Ms.

Roberts Mart’s accolades recognised not just the company’s quality and consistency of printing on various surfaces and widths, and ability to exceed the expectations of leading brands, but also good manufacturing practice and technical innovation. The company’s three gold awards now qualify it to battle international print specialists in the FTA Europe Diamond Awards 2018, to be presented during May at an event in Milan, Italy – an opportunity for Roberts Mart to showcase to an even wider audience its class-leading SpectRM flexo print technology.

These outstanding achievements act as the precursor to a series of investments planned by the firm in technology and innovation, which will ensure the company stays ahead of trends within the flexible printing and packaging industry.

Roberts Mart Sales Director Ben Roberts commented: “We are over the moon at these latest awards which exceeded our best expectations and in fact build on the various accolades we collected last year. Far from resting on our laurels, we’re planning significant investments in the business this year, and are already working on several innovative solutions that will keep us ahead of the curve and prove to all our customers - from global brands to niche retailers - that Roberts Mart is the ‘go-to’ supplier for top quality, reliable and robust printed flexible packaging.”

For more information on Roberts Mart visit www.roberts-mart.co.uk

Roberts Mart and Co. Ltd was founded in 1852 by William Roberts as a paper merchant in Lady Lane, Leeds. Handmade bags were followed by progression into commercial printing before the company set up in its Bank Mills premises in 1892. In October 2004, Roberts Mart moved to a newly built state-of-the-art factory based in the Aire Valley area of Leeds, which was formally opened by His Royal Highness the Duke of York.

There has always been a Roberts at the helm and the new joint Managing Directors William, with his father John at Roberts Mart, and Ben Roberts with his father at wholly-owned subsidiary Romar Packaging, are the sixth generation of the family to be in charge.

Continual investment in both bag making and printing equipment has seen the group grow while maintaining its independence. It has continued to diversify to the point where it is the market leader in household textile packaging and in 1991 was granted a patent covering the manufacture of a roll pack carrier bag suitable for containing pillows and continental quilts.

Roberts Mart and Co. Ltd
Aire Valley House
Thornes Farm Way
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS9 OAN

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