Kite Packaging

Kite Packaging, packaging distribution with a standard catalogue and bespoke solutions

Kite Packaging is a packaging materials distributor operating in the UK. Its offering combines an online catalogue of over 2,500 stock products with a service aimed at large packaging users who require specific developments. The company presents itself as one of the country's largest distributors and traces its origins to 2001, the year it was founded with an employee-owned model.

Packaging product catalogue

The company's website organises its catalogue around product families that cover much of the usual packaging and shipping needs:

• Boxes and corrugated cardboard boxes.
• Stretch film and pallet wrap.
• Packaging tapes.
• Polythene and paper bags.
• Void fill and cushioning material.
• Bubble wrap.
• Mailing bags and postal packaging.
• Labels and printers.
• Food packaging.
• Strapping, ties and bands.
• Cardboard and paper sheets and rolls.
• Layer pads and interleaving sheets.
• Pallets and pallet boxes.
• Polythene rolls and tubing.
• Foam protection.
• Thermal, shrink and vacuum packaging.
• Chilled packaging.
• Gift packaging.
• Packroom equipment.
• Staples and glue.

In addition to the standard catalogue, the company states that it holds tens of thousands of bespoke lines in stock and offers a configurator to create custom boxes. Among the new products highlighted on the site were honeycomb sleeves, strapping machines, Euro boxes and refuse sacks. It also offers custom printing to incorporate the customer's brand into the packaging.

Major accounts service and bespoke solutions

The company distinguishes between its online offering and a service aimed at large packaging users. The latter is aimed at businesses that spend more than £30,000 a year on packaging or that place orders with a minimum value of £3,000. It includes the design and distribution of specific packaging solutions, as well as supply arrangements such as stock and serve, just-in-time, direct line feed and vendor managed packaging. Many of these accounts operate across multiple sites with delivery addresses throughout the UK. To serve them, the company has key account managers and packaging technologists.

Mobile laboratory and environmental team

Kite Packaging supports its activity with a mobile packaging laboratory, which it uses to review the solutions its customers use, and with an in-house team dedicated to environmental matters. The company frames its proposition around leaner and more sustainable use of packaging and publishes content on extended producer responsibility and packaging regulations.

Structure and ownership model

Founded in 2001, the company adopted an employee-owned model from its creation. According to its account, this structure aims to involve staff in service quality and to sustain long-term relationships with customers and suppliers. The company states that it has seven sites in the UK integrated into its national and international supply chain, and notes that it has run graduate and apprentice programmes since its early years.

Logistics and purchasing conditions

The site indicated free delivery on orders over £45 and next-day delivery available Monday to Saturday, with an order cut-off of 16:30 and 15:30 on Saturdays. The company offers online credit accounts with up to 30 days' financing and has regional distribution centres in the country. Its clientele ranges from individuals placing a one-off order to businesses buying large quantities of standard product on a recurring basis.

Location and contact

Puma Park, 102-106 Scimitar Way, Coventry, England CV3 4GB · Phone: 024 7642 0065 · Email: enquiries@kitepackaging.co.uk · Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:30 - 17:30