Mainline Flatpacks Ltd is a medium sized family owned and run packaging company operating from its single site factory in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. It employs 52 staff and turns over £5 million pa.
Established in 1983 the company has steadily grown to number one in the supply of board envelopes in Europe offering 140 sizes from stock in white, brown, tuck and peel and seal styles, 522 standard tooling sizes and a core competence in the product that is unmatchable. Mainline continues to trade aggressively and their enthusiasm in developing the product enables the company to expand its development into new markets (see case studies).
Plant list
| 2 x Komori Lithrone 540C | 5 colour and coater | 720 x 1030mm |
| 1 x Iberica JR1070 | Autoplaten with stripping | 750 x 1050mm |
| 1 x Iijima BF 1270 | Autoplaten with stripping | 940 x 1270mm |
| 1 x Wohlenberg 1300 | Guillotine | |
| 1 x Vega 800 | Gluer with 5 cold glue heads | 800mm |
| 1 x Vega Sirio | Gluer with 5 cold, 3 hot glue heads, all styles | 1000mm cross dot gluing system, numbering |
| 1 x Bobst Alpina 110 | Straight line, hot melt, Double side tape, Rip strip and Re-sealable | 1100mm with Gyrobox |
| 1 x Accent | Window patcher/latex & hotmelt applicator | |
| 1 x Moll | Folder gluer, tape applicator | |
| 1 x Fidia | Capacity gluing | |
| 1 x Hiedelberg Cylinder | Cut/Crease |
People
| Chairman | Roger Lill |
| Managing Director | Barry Lill |
| Operations Director | Bill Wickens |
| Sales Director | Fred Lill |
| Finishing Manager | Martin Purell |
| Pressroom Manager | Craig Webber |
| Studio Manager | Adrian Cowley |
| Chief Finanical Officer | Louise Ricketts |
| Sales Office Manager | Andy Russell |
| Production Manager | Andy Turrell |
