Kite Packaging

The Kite Packaging Supply Chain Innovation Award

- Kite Packaging was founded from scratch in 2001 with a unique vision - To be the premier packaging supplier in the UK with a philosophy of employee-ownership.

- At Kite they believe that “customer satisfaction matters so much more when you own the business”, and so, from the moment Kite Packaging was founded, they established it as an employee owned business so that every single employee could share in the benefits that come from giving great customer service.

- Kite Packaging Group operates seven businesses from multiple UK locations. The Kite businesses are:

- Their Major Accounts business - focusing on large users requiring mostly bespoke packaging. As well as providing the expertise, design and distribution of bespoke packaging solutions, Kite has a focus on unprecedented service to ensure customer’s needs are catered for. To do this they offer a number of supply solutions including stock and serve, JIT, direct line feed and vendor managed packaging as well as service solutions specific to particular industries. Their branches are located in Rotherham, Coventry, Portsmouth, Sittingbourne, Swindon and Letchworth, enabling Kite to support customers around the UK.

- kitepackaging.co.uk - their online offering is the UK's most successful online packaging business. It offers unbelievable prices for key commodities with next day delivery, making this a phenomenal resource for packaging buyers both large and small.

- Kite Environmental Solutions - they help customers to understand and comply with the Packaging Waste Regulations and provide a number of services including auditing and reporting on packaging waste.

- All Kite group businesses are passionate about given unrivalled customer service and value. “customer satisfaction matters so much more when you own the business”