GWP Coatings
Coated corrugated board with various specialist finishes and properties, allowing your sheet plant to offer your customers a wider range of options.
Corrugated board coatings
From corrugated cardboard with water resistance, pantone-matched colours and even packaging that inhibits corrosion, you can benefit from up-selling to your existing customers and winning new business.
Pantone flood coat
> Spectrumcoat
Water-resistant coating
> Liquiguard
Anti-static coating
> Corstat®
VCI corrosion inhibitor
> Bio-VCI
Anti-scuff coating
> Nomar
Trade supply to sheet plants
By working with GWP, you can expect many significant, tangible benefits.
Confidential service
We can supply all coated boards to your sheet plant as part of a confidential trade agreement.
Material supply
Choose to supply your own board for coating or have GWP supply pre-coated board as required.
Short runs
Flexible runs from as low as 200 square metres, with lead times as little as 48 hours.
Sell more
Increase sales at your sheet plant by offering new and existing customers greater choice.
Sheet Plant Association
GWP is a member of the UK Sheet Plant Association (SPA), allowing you easy access to our services.
Dedicated support
Get free advice and guidance from our UK-based team, who have specific knowledge and experience of corrugated coatings.
Manufactured responsibly
FSC® material
The coated boards we supply to your sheet plant use FSC-certified material as standard.
UK manufacture
Your corrugated boards are coated in the UK, minimising carbon emissions from transport.
Eco-friendly
The coatings we use for your material are non-toxic and do not cause harm to the environment.
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Why GWP Coatings?
GWP Coatings has been helping sheet plants like yours improve their sales, productivity and customer relationships for over 25 years.
Coating corrugated to provide a range of specialist finishes and properties – within confidential trade arrangements if required – you can offer your customers a broader range of packaging options, increasing sales and profitability.
With the coating of corrugated board undertaken in-house, you can be confident the highest quality is consistently achieved – even on short runs. This includes volumes as low as 200 square metres onto heavy board weights and with fast lead times. GWP are also proud to be an active Sheet Plant Association (SPA) member.
Why should my sheet plant sheet work with GWP Coatings?
By working with GWP Coatings, your sheet plant can offer a broader range of products to your customers by using coated board with enhanced properties. Supplied under a confidential trade agreement, you can benefit from up-selling to your existing customers and winning new business.
What cardboard coatings do GWP offer?
GWP can provide several specialist coatings, including corrugated cardboard with water resistance, pantone matched colours, anti-static, scuff resistant, and even packaging that inhibits corrosion.
Is the coated board easy to convert?
All coated board that GWP supplies is easily converted using standard equipment. It is also safe to handle, fully recyclable and manufactured in an ISO-accredited environment.
Are GWP members of the Sheet Plant Association?
GWP Coatings are active members of the Sheet Plant Association, allowing fellow members to easily access our entire range of board coatings and related consumables quickly and easily. GWP Coatings has also taken an active role in providing services, presentations and seminars, as well as offering advice and complimentary services that may be beneficial.
Are there minimum runs on coated cardboard?
Whilst there are minimum runs on most coatings, these start from as low as 200 sq. metres. Plus, with lead times typically within 48 hours, you can be responsive to urgent enquiries, minimise your material stock-holding and provide an improved level of service to your customers.
I’m not a sheet plant, but I require packaging with a specialist coating – can you help?
If you are an end user of packaging and require any of the properties that GWP coated board provides, you can source your packaging through our sister division, GWP Packaging. The wider GWP Group also allows you to source virtually all of your packaging from a single source.
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