Preston-based Expac Ltd is a leading UK formulator and contract manufacturer, best known for its household, pet care, and personal care products. The company continues to expand its fragrance capabilities across multiple brands, underlining its growing expertise in packaging and product presentation.
Expac’s contract packaging services play a key role in strengthening its position within the packaging sector, supported by a long-standing reputation for flexibility, personalization, and consistent quality. By partnering with ambitious brands, the company brings collaborative ideas to the table that drive commercial value while supporting innovation.
The PN visited Expac in Preston to inspect and learn how the full-service co-packing experts and formulations are standing tall and rooted in its portfolio of clients (brand) and how the cost inflation is tackled during the operation. After experiencing the worthy growth by blending investment in manufacturing technologies, the company didn’t stop there. Intelligent professionals and undisruptive development of engagements and resources met the highest base of customers via commendable commercializing activities and the GRI Group.
Following this sustained growth and continued investment, the company has become a multi-award-winning manufacturer and formulator, offering a broad portfolio of products. These include skin care, sun care, bath and body, and hair care solutions for both wet and dry applications, supported by a wide range of packaging formats. Packaging options span tubes, refill packs, tubs, tottles, and bottles, reinforcing Expac’s capability to deliver flexible, end-to-end product and packaging solutions.
With profitable experience, the company has now extended to two sites with strong 3PL logistics support. These sites are looking for a manufacturing site to speed up growth. At the UK Packaging Awards, Expac won the award of BCMPA for the Contract Manufacturer and Packer of the Year.
Further, the company has a lot more to talk about the formulations, full-service businesses, government taxation, inflation, and the business impact. The flexible packaging solutions contribute to the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for sustainable packaging, which is a center of attraction across all its other businesses.
The compliant packaging materials and innovations bring brands close to Expac in terms of partnership and business, as the company outsources a wide range of tubes, pouches, jars, and bottles. This range of packaging helps brands to personalize it accordingly. Later, with a surge in demand, the company extended its tube-filling potential to manage the various tube potencies and diameters. Expac’s commendable flexibility of packaging strengthened the flexibility with their clients, too.
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