Airfreight is equally affected, with restrictions across Middle Eastern airspace reducing available capacity, pushing rates higher and making schedules increasingly unreliable.
Businesses that source plastic packaging from overseas manufacturers should expect longer delivery times, with delays of up to four weeks, rising charges associated with the increase in fuel costs and the growing requirement to forecast stock up to 20 weeks in advance. This is placing real and sustained pressure on planning teams, warehouse capacity and working capital.
At Measom Freer, we are proud to manufacture all our plastic packaging here at our factory in Leicester.This includes our Bottles, Caps, Containers, and Scoops. Our customers are not subject to shipping or air schedules, rerouting, Middle Eastern port disruptions, fluctuating freight costs or tying up cashflow with over-inflated orders placed months in advance.
With us, lead times are shorter and more reliable, enabling customers to maintain leaner and more efficient stock-holding with consistent and predictable delivery across the UK via our freight network.
Above all else, quality is visible and verifiable at every stage of production, removing the uncertainty that comes with auditing facilities on the other side of the world.
Measom Freer Production Manager Ben Freer said: “British manufacturing has always been built on reliability and trust. At Measom Freer, we are proud to offer our customers exactly that, packaging made in the UK, delivered on time, without the uncertainty and price hikes from increased fuel costs that comes with sourcing from the other side of the world.”
Sourcing your plastic packaging from Measom Freer is a clear and practical way to remove the global uncertainty and risk from your business, replacing it with simplicity, speed and supply chain confidence.
To speak to a member of our team about onshoring your plastic packaging, contact us
