Made in Dumbarton

Dumbarton is our most Northern production facility and lies aside the River Leven, the Northern shores of the River Clyde and just a handful of miles from the shores of the naturally stunning Loch Lomond. Thanks to its castle the town has Scottish royalty links and is famed for being the castle from which Mary Queen of Scots fled the country for France in 1548. Unconnected to royalty but a legend nonetheless, Sir Jackie Stewart, the Formula 1 driver, studied in the town as a child.

On a box making front the site initially opened 31 years ago when Aston Corrugated first began its corrugated box making operations. The plant then changed hands in 1999 before becoming part of the renowned Boxes and Packaging group in 2010.

Operating from its 20,500 sq ft facility it is situated on the edge of town. It has 30 employees with the majority of them from the local community.

Whilst it is one of our smaller sites in terms of footprint and output, it benefits from being closely aligned with its sister company, Boxshop, just a few miles away in East Kilbride.
Indeed, considerable changes have been made to align the operations at both sites with B&P (Dumbarton) and Boxshop managed by the same senior leadership team and with core functions such as external sales, health and safety, quality and production being dual site managed.

Its machinery portfolio encompasses a range of printing and die cutting machines including the popular Bobst 1600 flatbed die-cutter and YSF Printer Slotter/Rotary die-cutter. Complemented by a range of finishing equipment it also has two Gopfert machines which gives them large and heavy-duty box manufacturing capabilities.

“We have a fantastic team at Boxes and Packaging (Dumbarton) and whilst we are one of the smaller sites we have amassed over 375 years of corrugated box making experience between us!” said Jennifer Riddell, Managing Director of Boxes and Packaging (Dumbarton) and Boxshop. “This gives us amazing adaptability and experience to be able to manage our customer portfolio right through from initial enquiry, through design and specification, and finishing with production and despatch.”

“The team has worked hard to create great relationships with our customers and to create a cohesive and hugely productive business with colleagues at Boxshop, now positioning the Logson Group Scottish operations as market leading across a wider variety of industry sectors.”

To contact our Dumbarton team visit https://www.boxesandpackaging.co.uk/getintouch.html