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Established in 1973, Metroplan are a manufacturer and distributor of display and presentation equipment for the UK education and small business sectors.

Due to their products variation in shape and size, Metroplan were buying multiple die cut boxes to suit packaging needs. This caused issues with storage along with high setup costs and a lack of flexibility when changing their packaging requirements.

Right Size has allowed Metroplan to gain autonomy and control of their packaging to fit around their business needs. They can now design, implement and refine their packaging to suit each of their products on demand.

Dan Biggs Technical and Operations Director at Metroplan said ” It’s made us so much more efficient and given us the ability to be agile.”

“Ribble’s Service has been excellent and the Fanfold quality has been fantastic. The fact that we have been working with Ribble for a number of years is testament to the quality of service and products they provide”

Decora are a Northern Ireland based, family owned and directed company creating innovative window covering solutions for the window blind trade. Manufacturing and distributing a wide range of blind types and components providing both wholesale and made to measure solutions.

Before Right Size, panels and frames were packed into hand made boxes and tubes requiring additional labour and void fill. Decora wanted to improve efficiency, reduce material costs and create a more streamlined approach to their packaging process.

The introduction of Ribble Right Size has allowed Decora to create a made to measure box for each of their custom sized products, eliminating the need for extra void fill and saving labour time and material costs.

“Our box making process has been reduced by 56%, and pack process by 15%. Working alongside Ribble we have seen our material cost reduce by 16% and reduce our material waste by optimising Fanfold sizes to fit our products.”

“Ribble have helped and supported us from the beginning of the process. Their aftercare has been excellent, we highly recommend Ribble as a supplier.”