Marden Edwards wraps up shrink wrap market
Marden Edwards Ltd has acquired shrink wrap specialist, Wraps UK, in a move which enables Marden Edwards to provide film wrapping equipment for applications involving virtually any size and shape of product over a vast range of operating speeds.
Marden Edwards Ltd has acquired shrink wrap specialist, Wraps UK, in a move which enables Marden Edwards to provide film wrapping equipment for applications involving virtually any size and shape of product over a vast range of operating speeds.
Wraps UK was formed twenty years ago and the company's product range dovetails perfectly into the existing Marden Edwards line up which includes its own end-fold overwrappers, manufactured in the UK, as well as the Petri range high speed overwrappers built in Germany by Petri Verpackungssysteme, a Marden Edwards group company. In addition Marden Edwards is the sole UK distributor for the Kallfass range of high speed shrinkwrapping machinery.
Jonathan Edwards, managing director, said: 'This acquisition means Marden Edwards can now clearly claim to be the complete solutions provider. Whatever the wrapping task, we are able to select the most suitable machine from our own portfolio and provide customers with comprehensive trial facilities as well as the back-up of the Marden Edwards service network.'
The founder of Wraps UK, Ken Lovell will remain with the company as general manager and manufacture of the Wraps UK range will continue at its present premises in Wimborne, Dorset, for the time being. However, the Wraps UK operation will be integrated into the nearby Marden Edwards premises as soon as this can be achieved without disrupting the service to existing customers.