How Do Low-Quantity Manufacturing Runs Support Small & Developing Businesses?
When it comes to product manufacturing, many small and developing businesses struggle to order in products on an economic scale suitable to their budding needs. Many manufacturers have minimum available manufacturing runs well beyond that which a new business could conceivably afford. Here at Guardpack, however, we offer runs of as low as 2,000 when […]
6 Surfaces People Always Forget To Wipe Down With Antibacterial Wipes
Over the last twelve months, it’s safe to say that we’ve turned into a nation of wipers. Whether you’re amongst the cohort of people who religiously wipe down their grocery shopping without fail, or simply carry an emergency pack around in your bag with you, wet wipes are now part and parcel of everyday life. […]
Phone, Wallet… Wet Wipes? How Our Personal Priorities Have Changed Over The Last Year
Over the past twelve months, personal hygiene has taken centre stage in a way that nobody could possibly have expected. Pre-pandemic, we washed our hands although many of us would probably admit not as thoroughly as we perhaps should’ve done. Before the pandemic, the chances of us wiping down our shopping once home were slim […]
Beyond Brexit: Guardpack Examines New UK Cosmetics Regulation
Since the initial referendum decision back in 2016, heated debate has raged within UK business circles. This has, at several points over the last four years, even bubbled over into more mainstream media discourse. Questions over border checks, fisheries and general administrative ‘red tape’ have become increasingly common and, unfortunately, increasingly ill-tempered. Within this highly […]
Cosmetics – User Guide to Responsible Person Options Post Brexit
Changes From 1st January 2021 the requirements for placing cosmetic products on the UK and EU markets, including the arrangements for nominated persons, has changed. UK – A responsible person (RP) based in a UK country must be assigned and shown on the artwork. It is the responsibility of the RP to notify the product […]
New Year – New Machine
Increased Capacity Whilst the arrival of 2021 hasn’t quite been the start we would have all hoped for, we were delighted to take delivery of our new tissue-folding machinery just after Christmas and have now begun commissioning the machine and our systems, to double capacity on our flowpack production lines. Global Transport Issues With increasing global issues regarding transport […]
Seasons Greetings from Guardpack & mywipe
Farewell to 2020 Like yourselves, we are delighted to be saying farewell to 2020. A year like no other, that we will all gladly put behind us. So let’s not focus on the doom and gloom that was and look forward to a much better year ahead. We’ve got lots of exciting developments underway which we […]
COVID-19: Some hand sanitisers have less alcohol than label says, and not enough to kill COVID, Which? says
Understandably at the start of the pandemic, sanitizing products were difficult to source. In order to keep up with supply and demand, the amount of products entering the supply chain that did not conform to safety standards and were labelled with unsubstantiated claims, was astonishing. It is good to see Which? identifying some of these products, which […]
Sterizar Formula – BS EN 14476:2013 + A2:2019
We are delighted that Sterizar ® alcohol free sanitizing cleanser has now been proven effective against all enveloped viruses as defined in EN EN14476:2013 + A2:2019. Including all coronaviruses and SARS‐CoV‐2. This is very welcome news and provides us with the confidence that both our Private Label Sterizar antiviral sanitizing wipes, mywipe Sterizar individual sachets and mywipe […]
Production Update – Reduced Lead Times – September 2020
As demand for sanitising and hygiene products remains at a high, our increased production capacities has meant we are gradually starting to return to pre-covid levels. We are therefore delighted that on most single sachet production lines we can offer reduced lead times (4-6 weeks) and are now able to accept new orders for flowpack […]