A glimpse into our Oxford site

Oxford – the city of dreaming spires, academics, and one of our Boxes and Packaging sites!

Situated midway between the Cotswolds and Chiltern Hills, our Oxford team take care of the packaging requirements of the South East of the country, stretching across London and as far down as the coastal regions of Kent.

Indeed, in the Garden of England and the South Downs, many of the UK’s wine producers choose the Oxford team to provide them with all aspects of their gift, display, and transit packaging. As patrons of Wine GB – the industry body for all vineyards across the UK – the team are well known, and well respected, for the quality of the service and the packaging that they offer to this ever-growing industry.

Indeed, the team have been proud to sponsor a category at the Wine GB awards each year. Just a few weeks ago they warmly congratulated joint winners of this year’s award ‘The Berwick Trophy’ for Best Blanc de Blancs. Harrow and Hope Blanc de Blancs 2018 and Woodchester Valley Blanc De Blancs 2018 were the lucky winners in this emerging category

Long serving employees

The 32,000 sq ft site is close to Thame and employs 26 people from the local community, many of whom have been with the business for many years including its current Managing Director, Jonathan Lewis. In fact, almost a third of the work force have almost 25 years’ service and 60% with almost 15 years’ service, making them a wonderfully experienced and close-knit team.

Originally based in Bourne End under its first ownership, the business moved to the Long Crendon site in 1996 as it transferred ownership to another corrugated group. It was acquired by the Logson Group in 2005 and became known as Boxes and Packaging (Oxford).

Whilst operating across all types of corrugated packaging solutions, the site has a particular reputation for its printed rotary die cut and flatbed die cut work. This is supported by a machinery portfolio of Maramatsu flatbed die cutters, a Dong Fang, and a range of finishing end equipment including tape applicators to facilitate the ecommerce market, for which the Oxford team has an ever-growing customer base.

“We have a superb and very experienced team at Boxes and Packaging (Oxford) and continue to expand our customer base across the South East of the country in a variety of market sectors including logistics, manufacturing and the UK drinks market and also with wine producers across the UK in conjunction with other Logson group companies,” said Jonathan Lewis, Managing Director, Boxes and Packaging (Oxford) “This experience gives us considerable adaptability and flexibility to be able to manage our customer portfolio right through from initial enquiry, through the design and specification process, and finishing with production and despatch.

“I have enjoyed seeing how the business has developed over the years and I look forward to continuing the next phase of its history. Sustainable packaging has never been more important to business striving to reduce their carbon footprint and ensure all supply chains are ethical and sustainable. As one of the most sustainable packaging materials available, I expect the demand for corrugated to continue and we will continue to support all customers with our innovative approach to corrugated packaging.”

Contact details for our Oxford site can be found by emailing oxford@boxesandpackaging.co.uk