Packaging requirements are becoming more complex. Brands are expected to balance shelf appeal, product protection, sustainability, compliance, cost and supply chain resilience – often across an increasingly diverse range of packaging formats.
At the same time, many businesses are looking for ways to simplify their supply chains, reduce the number of suppliers they manage and build stronger relationships with partners who can offer more than just one type of packaging. For years, Law Print has been recognised for its expertise in flexible packaging, supporting brands across the UK and international markets with printed films, pouches, bags and other flexible packaging solutions.
But today, our capabilities extend much further. As a member of SCGP, Law Print can connect customers with a much broader packaging portfolio, combining our established flexible packaging expertise with an expanding range of rigid packaging solutions.
Flexible + Rigid: A More Joined-Up Approach
Traditionally, different packaging formats have often meant working with different suppliers.
One partner might supply printed pouches, another tubs, another paper cups and another specialist containers. For businesses operating multiple product ranges, markets or categories, that can quickly create additional complexity.
Taking a more joined-up approach creates the opportunity to look at packaging as a complete portfolio rather than a collection of individual products.
Through Law Print and the wider SCGP network, customers can explore solutions across both flexible and rigid packaging, including:
- Printed flexible films, bags and pouches
- Recyclable mono-material flexible packaging
- Plastic tubs and containers
- Trays for food and pet food applications
- Pots and containers for food products
- Bottles and tubes for grooming and cosmetic applications
- Jars and tubs for herbs, spices and supplements
- Paper cups and lids
It means a conversation that may begin with one packaging requirement can potentially uncover opportunities across an entire product portfolio.
More Than Supplier Consolidation
Reducing the number of suppliers can certainly make procurement easier, but the real value of broader packaging expertise goes beyond administration.
It creates an opportunity to take a more strategic view.
Could a different format improve consumer convenience? Could a packaging specification be optimised? Is there an alternative material that better supports sustainability objectives? Could several packaging requirements be managed more efficiently through one supply network?
These are increasingly important questions as packaging decisions become connected to wider business priorities.
Having access to expertise across different materials and formats allows the conversation to start with what the product and brand actually need, rather than simply selecting from the capabilities of one particular packaging technology.
Supporting Innovation Across Categories
The expansion from flexible into rigid packaging also opens up possibilities for customers developing new products or moving into new categories.
A pet food business, for example, may require large-format flexible bags for dry food, smaller pouches for treats and rigid trays for wet food.
A food brand could potentially require flexible refill packs alongside pots, tubs, trays or other rigid formats.
Similarly, brands operating within health, wellbeing, personal care or specialist food categories may need several different packaging formats across the same portfolio.
Being able to discuss these requirements through a single packaging partner can help create greater consistency while giving product development and procurement teams access to a much wider range of possibilities.
Global Capability, Local Partnership
Access to a global packaging network is valuable, but customers still need someone who understands their business.
That is where Law Print’s role becomes particularly important.
Our team remains the link between the customer’s requirements and the wider manufacturing capabilities available through SCGP – helping identify appropriate solutions, understand technical requirements and navigate the journey from initial concept through to production and delivery.
It combines the personal, consultative approach of the Law Print team with the scale, manufacturing capability and packaging expertise of a global group.
And as customer requirements evolve, having access to both flexible and rigid packaging expertise gives us more ways to respond.
Looking at the Bigger Packaging Picture
The packaging market is changing quickly, and the right solution today may not necessarily be the right solution tomorrow.
New regulations, sustainability targets, changing consumer expectations, supply chain pressures and product innovation are all influencing packaging decisions.
For brands, that makes it increasingly valuable to work with partners who can look beyond an individual bag, pouch, tray or tub and consider the bigger packaging picture.
At Law Print, flexible packaging remains at the heart of what we do – but it is no longer the limit of what we can offer.
One supplier. More expertise. More formats. More possibilities.
If you’re reviewing your packaging portfolio, developing a new product or simply want to understand what other options could be available, talk to the Law Print team about how our Flexible & Rigid packaging capabilities, supported by the wider SCGP network, could help.
If you’re considering your next packaging project, we’d be delighted to discuss the options and help you identify the retort format that best supports your product, your brand and your sustainability goals.
Contact us on +44 (0) 161 440 7302 or sales@lawprintpack.co.uk. Alternatively, follow this link to complete our contact form.
