Swanline Print Ltd, a confidential trade-only supplier of printed packaging and point-of-sale displays based on the Whitebridge Industrial Estate in Stone, picked up the award for SME (Small-Medium Enterprise) of the Year at the UK Packaging Awards.
The awards were held by Packaging News magazine at the London Hilton on Park Lane, and hosted by comedian Andy Parsons. Swanline, who were also highly commended in the category of Investment Project of the Year for their ground-breaking work in digital print, faced stiff competition for the award, and the company’s Managing Director Nick Kirby was on hand to collect it.
He said: “It’s a fantastic achievement and one that I’d like to dedicate to each and every member of our team at Swanline, without whom none of this would have been possible. To win one award and be highly commended in another category is phenomenal for us.
“We are still very much a family business and to be recognised in front of so many people who have done so much for packaging is an honour. The companies shortlisted for this award were very strong, so we must be doing something right!”
Swanline use James Bond-themed imagery to market themselves as ‘the industry’s secret service’ – a tongue-in-cheek play on the confidential nature of their business – and now have some of the most recognisable branding in their industry.
