| Potatoes
HK Timbers: Better value than
ever.... and new products
With over 40 years supplying potato boxes and now also supplying other
packaging products, HK Timber products is the recognised nationally as
leaders in quality, service and value in the industry. The efficient factory
allows HK Timbers to produce boxes very quickly and they have the unique
ability to store up to 25,000 boxes on site at any one time, allowing orders to
be delivered when required.
K Timbers Manging Director,
Richard Bundock, said ‘Since
joining the business towards
the end of last year we have
made some major changes in
our pricing policy.
Firstly it became obvious to me that HK
Timbers wasn’t talking enough to its customers
and as such our prices weren’t offering the right
value for money that they should. While using
the same high quality Swedish timber (actually
from the North of Sweden – Not Russian Not
German..) and manufacturing skills I have
changed our cost model so that many
customers are paying much less for their boxes
than they did in 2015. This change has
obviously been appreciated and we have seen
the return of many old customers to us.
As well as improving our value we are also
launching new products. We have just opened
a new production facility near Peterborough to
manufacture Produce Trays. Its early days but
already the volumes look like we will have to
invest in more machinery as this side of the
business looks to grow quickly and strongly.
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2016 has been a very exciting year so far, 2017
will take this even further…’.
HK Timber boxes are predominantly made
from imported timber which is proven to last
much longer than home grown timber. Many of
their customers still have boxes in use which
are more than 15 years old (some as old as 30
years…) proving their products are a sound
investment.
Manufacturing Potato Boxes is, as one would
expect, a very seasonal business, the busiest
part of the year being April /May through to
early November. There are therefore significant
financial advantages for both customer and
supplier should purchases be made out of
season between November and March. This
year we have seen early buyers saving on
average £4/box against later purchases.
Services offered by HK Timbers include:
• Unique farm specific potato or vegetable
boxes
• Produce Trays
• Corrugated cartons
• Log boxes
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