i2r receives the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade

i2r Packaging Solutions has been awarded with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade.  The company has won the award for outstanding year on year growth in overseas sales over the last three years.

i2r manufactures a comprehensive range of aluminium foil wrinklewall and smoothwall containers. It has customers in Central & Northern Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The company supply superior, lightweight, robust aluminium foil packaging for food for retail brands as well as foil containers for wholesaler and distributor markets. 

i2r’s commercial director, Jon West, said: “We are thrilled and privileged to have been recognised for international trade with a Queen’s Award. The achievement is testament to the collective and sustained effort from everyone here at i2r who has helped ensure that the business continues to be the unrivalled success story that it is today.”

i2r, established in 2007, is currently in the third year of a 2018-2022 strategic plan. i2r’s goals, objectives and vision include delivering new ‘eye-opening’ product ranges, diversifying into new geographical regions and market sectors, championing engineering innovation and to be the lowest cost manufacturer in its sector - all strategies designed to fulfil ambitious financial targets, the company said. 

The firm’s global focus is concentrated on countries where there is a desire for high-quality convenience foods, together with demographic similarities in terms of shopping and eating habits, population density and levels of income.