abp-silloth

Silloth has packaging contract all wrapped up

ABP’s Port of Silloth has handled the first delivery of wood pulp for Futamura Group, a Japanese manufacturer of cellulose and polymeric films for the packaging industry who have a major production site in Cumbria. The 2,500 tonne wood pulp imports from South America will be used to make Cellophane and NatureFlex which are used primarily as packaging films for foodstuffs. Procurement manager at Furtamura, Tom Ismay, said: “It has been a ... [+]