Leading specialist foil company, Foilco is driving forth on an initiative to encourage greeting card printers, finishers and companies to join its ZeroFoil2Landfil mission. Foilco is the first foil supplier to be accredited and certified as a ZeroFoil2Landfil business and the Warrington-based business has opened this accreditation out to the wider print industry to recover their own respective foil waste and stop it going to landfill. Foilco launched the initiative in order to change some of the existing misconceptions and perceptions about foiled paper and board.
The recovered foil waste is handled by a specialist waste management company and is converted into SRF (Solid Recovered Fuel), which Foilco claims is a higher quality and more environmentally friendly (sustainable) alternative to fossil fuel.
“Global warming is no longer just a marketing phrase that people can use to encourage sales of their products. The issue is real and we all need to do our part to keep our planet safe for future generations. Therefore we have looked at our industry and applied what we know to find a solution to benefit the environment. I believe that if every company did their bit the planet would start to recover ” stated Paul Hornby, managing director of Foilco.
Abbott Print is the first specialist greeting card printer to have received the ZeroFoil2Landfil accreditation, but the Foilco team hopes that many more from the industry will also take the pledge.
It is not just in the UK that Foilco has made strides as the business has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade this year in recognition of its growing international business.
Foilco, which was founded in 1987, now has distributors strategically located in seven countries around the world and ships goods from its North West site to over 1,850 businesses and printers globally, on a daily basis.
“This award is a tribute to the hard work every member of the Foilco team put in to ensuring we give our customers the best possible products matched with an unrivalled level of service,” added Paul.
The Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, Warren J Smith, visited Foilco a few days ago to present the company with the prestigious Queen’s Award.
As part of its commitment to the greeting card industry, Folico has come on board as a sponsor of The Henries for the first time this year, sponsoring the Best Traditional Words & Sentiments Range category.
Top: Foilco has produced an array of material to explain the eco-credentials of foil.
