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SPECTRA PACKAGING

Stand: E42
Primary packs for skincare, creams and personal care
Primary packs for make-up and cosmetics
https://www.spectra-packaging.co.uk

About us

Formed in 2007, Spectra has rapidly become the packaging industry’s go-to for innovation and quality. Our energetic, solutions-led approach has built lasting partnerships with leading high-street names across toiletries, cosmetics and personal care.

From our modern, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, we produce high-quality containers from versatile HDPE to glass-like PET, complemented by a wide choice of precisely matched closures. We also continue to push sustainable packaging, advancing biopolymer options and PCR (post-consumer recycled) materials in both HDPE and PET.

As part of this commitment, Spectra supports the Prevented Ocean Plastic™ initiative, incorporating certified POP resins to turn at-risk plastic collected from coastal regions into new, traceable packaging—helping customers cut virgin polymer use, demonstrate responsible sourcing and make a measurable environmental difference.

We continually expand our extensive range of standard bottles and caps for fast, off-the-shelf solutions, while our bespoke custom-moulding and tooling service brings unique designs to life. Significant, ongoing investment in our 17.4-acre production site equips us with the latest machinery and automation, with plans for further expansion.

Just as importantly, we invest in people: a dynamic, creative workforce of industry experts who understand the demands of today’s biggest brands. From concept and material selection to tooling, decoration and logistics, Spectra offers clear guidance across every stage of manufacture—combining technical know-how with the flexibility to meet each customer’s precise requirements.

For more details, reach out to:
Mark Kingston
Marketing Manager
Tel: +44 (0)1986 834190
Mobile: +44 (0)7736 293615
Email: mark.kingston@spectra-packaging.co.uk
Website: [www.spectra-packaging.co.uk](http://www.spectra-packaging.co.uk)

Spectra Packaging
Antonine Way, Sparrowhawk Road
Holton, Halesworth
Suffolk IP19 8RX

Products & services

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Innovative Packaging

Developing a reputation for innovation and creativity, Spectra appreciates individual market sectors are different with each customer unique in their own way. As a result, we can help customers operating in fiercely competitive market sectors by assisting with innovative packaging solutions designed to help them stand out from the crowd. Spectra can help brands achieve distinctive cutting edge packaging with clear creative thinking and expert implementation with custom moulding capabilities that enable customers to package their products imaginatively for genuine market differentiation. Conversely, our huge array of standard packs can also be finished to look totally unique through leading edge decoration and colouring techniques. From initial conceptual ideas and development, through to the very latest finishing techniques, Spectra can guide and advise customers to help them transform a product into something that inspires and engages their end user.

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Custom Tooling

When customers require a totally unique shape, Spectra can deliver a specific custom made pack, designed and tooled in-house at our state-of-the-art facility. This bespoke tooling capacity enables us to design and produce new moulds with total control of quality and timescale. Either working from customer’s drawings or using the very latest in-house design technologies, Spectra can provide a distinctive look and feel, which will enhance a brand's product for a genuine point of difference.

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Recycled Packaging

Since 2008, Spectra has pioneered sustainable packaging by championing the use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics and exploring new bioplastic technologies. PCR materials are derived from everyday plastic products that have completed their first use and been recovered from the waste stream. The most common examples are PET from clear drinks bottles and HDPE from opaque milk bottles, both widely recyclable thanks to well-developed collection systems. As recycling infrastructures and material innovations advance, packaging can increasingly be made with high levels of PCR, even up to 100%. This reduces reliance on virgin polymers and maximises the value of waste materials. The benefits are clear: reduced virgin plastic consumption, diversion of waste from landfill and the environment, lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduced fossil fuel extraction, and support for a circular economy where plastics retain value for longer. Beyond environmental gains, PCR also offers strong consumer engagement benefits. Growing awareness around sustainability means packaging choices influence purchasing decisions. By using recycled content, brands demonstrate responsible leadership, strengthen loyalty, and connect with environmentally conscious consumers. Responsible packaging creates trust, builds empathy, and enhances reputation in competitive markets. To further drive progress, Spectra launched PCR35 in 2022, aligning with UK legislation requiring 35% recycled content in plastic packaging. Under this initiative, all new quoted projects include a minimum of 35% PCR as standard, unless customers choose to opt out. This follows our earlier PCR10 initiative (2018), which successfully introduced many brands to recycled content. PCR35 represents the next step in raising standards, encouraging wider adoption and supporting customers in meeting both regulatory and consumer expectations.

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Decoration and Colouring

Spectra are able to provide innovative decoration and colouring, all in-house for a complete packaging service. Our in-house printing facility can offer pin-sharp 4-pass silkscreen printing using UV cured inks. Additionally, the company can also assist with artwork and the preparation of materials for production. Spectra can also offer a wide range of stunning print finishes to give products a leading edge. These include the firm’s innovative raised embossed printing effect, which gives a genuine tactile "sense of touch”. Our innovative 360 degree seamless printing is another groundbreaking print finish, which adds real value to any product. This exciting print offering gives brands the opportunity to enjoy continual circumference printing. For a premium luxury look, Spectra’s hot foil stamping is ideal for customers seeking a genuine touch of class to any finished pack. Spectra can colour match bottles and closures to customer’s exact requirements, precisely replicating desired colours from any number of sources. Moreover, effects such as fluorescents, frosting, metallic’s, speckling and flecking, pearlescents and sparkling are also available for truly stunning results.

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Closure Top Foil Blocking

STAMP SOME INDIVIDUALITY ON TO YOUR CLOSURES AND STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD Spectra understands the importance of eye-catching, well-designed packaging to help customers communicate their brand values and influence consumer preference. It’s why for nearly 10 years we have been pushing the boundaries in rigid plastics packaging to offer ground-breaking ways to help our customers stand out from the crowd. Whether it’s conceiving distinctive and radical new pack designs, forging ahead with advances in decoration techniques or creating new ways to improve existing components, Spectra has developed an enviable reputation as the “go-to” supplier for innovative packaging solutions. Our commitment to offering cutting edge pack decoration in-house continues with the launch of Closure Top Foil Blocking - designed to make products stand out from the crowd. THE BENEFITS ARE CLEAR TO SEE: This sophisticated print finish is designed to provide a genuine point of difference for brands seeking a touch of individuality in highly competitive market sectors. Traditionally technically challenging, Spectra can work to exacting tolerances to achieve fine and intricate designs with pin-sharp results. Available in a range of silvers and golds, Closure Top Foil Blocking offers customers the compelling opportunity to foil stamp their logo or brand onto the tops of standard closures without the need for custom injection tooling. Working harmoniously alongside Spectra’s other innovative pack print finishes, Closure Top Foil Blocking promises to be the decorative icing on the cake for brands looking for a genuinely individual look, which adds value to their packaging. To find out more about Closure Top Foil Blocking or any of Spectra’s other innovative decoration capabilities call us on +44 (0)1986 834­­190

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Sugarcane Based Biopolymer Packaging

We can offer sugarcane based biopolymer materials for a sustainable alternative to conventional polyethylene. Made from the waste product of sugarcane, this truly recyclable material maintains the same chemical properties as conventional HDPE and PET with no difference in performance, appearance and recyclability to the end result. Capturing CO2 from the atmosphere during its production to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, this material eliminates harmful fossil-based raw materials and counters unnecessary landfill dumping for a genuinely sustainable packaging solution.

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Spectra Packaging - Your Responsible Packaging Partner

Founded in 2007, Spectra has quickly become the packaging industry’s go-to for innovation and quality. Our energetic, solutions-led approach has earned long-term partnerships with leading high-street names in toiletries, cosmetics and personal care. From our modern, state-of-the-art site, we manufacture high-quality containers in versatile HDPE and glass-like PET, with a wide choice of precisely matched closures. Sustainability is built in: all Spectra bottles and closures contain a minimum of 35% recycled content as standard. We continue to advance biopolymer options and PCR (post-consumer recycled) materials across both HDPE and PET. As part of this commitment, Spectra supports the Prevented Ocean Plastic™ initiative, incorporating certified POP resins recovered from at-risk coastal regions into new, traceable packaging. This helps customers cut virgin polymer use, demonstrate responsible sourcing and make a measurable environmental difference. We continually expand our extensive range of standard bottles and caps for fast off-the-shelf solutions, while our bespoke custom-moulding and tooling service brings unique designs to life. Significant ongoing investment in our 17.4-acre production facility equips us with the latest machinery and automation, with plans for further expansion. Just as importantly, we invest in people: a dynamic, creative team of industry experts who understand the demands of today’s brands. From concept and material selection to tooling, decoration and logistics, Spectra provides clear guidance at every stage—combining technical know-how with the flexibility to meet each customer’s precise requirements.

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Injection Moulded Closures

To complement our EBM and ISB containers, we can also supply innovative quality injection moulded closures to give customers a total packaging solution. We ensure the closures we make not only perfectly fit our bottle ranges, but also fit our customers needs too. We achieve this by offering a bespoke service aimed at delivering the highest quality components for a wide range of market sectors. Our flexible approach enables us to supply minimum order quantities as low as 5,000 pieces for both bottles and caps; this provides genuine versatility for large brands looking to launch new lines or smaller brands wishing to minimise stock levels. Customers can also take advantage of our expert market knowledge, with a whole range of added value benefits. These include polymer colouring expertise which can provide stunning results with a variety of effects such as metallics or pearls, as well as exact colour matching. This service is reinforced with guidance and technical assistance, from design and materials to choose the ideal cap for a particular bottle type. A SINGLE SOURCE SERVICE FOR PEACE OF MIND The success of a finished pack can often be let down by an inferior fitting closure. That’s why we have developed a range of injection moulded products that are stringently tested to provide total reliability when combined with one of our standard bottles. Our ability to manufacture everything in-house makes us a genuine ‘single source supplier’ for both bottles and caps giving peace of mind. Our fully synchronised delivery commitment is aimed at providing a stress-free in-house service. We understand that using two separate manufacturers for both bottle and cap can often result in different lead-times, hampering the progress of your packaging project when all you want is to get your product to market.

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Prevented Ocean Plastics

Since our inception in 2008, Spectra has actively pioneered the use of sustainable materials for the benefit of our customers, from post-consumer recycled solutions to the latest advances in bioplastics. Prevented Ocean Plastic (POP) is recycled plastic collected from coastal areas at risk from ocean plastic pollution. According to academic definitions, this ocean-bound plastic is at risk of ending up in the ocean if not collected for recycling. The programme aligns plastic recycling standards across coastlines at risk from ocean plastic pollution. It offers an ongoing supply of high-quality recycled plastic at industry scale whilst supporting local communities at the forefront of ocean plastic waste in at-risk areas, including Southeast Asia, South America, the Galapagos Islands, the Mediterranean, and Central America & Caribbean. Since its inception in 2019 the POP programme has prevented more than 2.5 million bottles entering the world’s oceans. This equates to a staggering 1,000 tonnes of waste plastic being collected every month, resulting in an average $100,000 per day being sent to support bottle collection and recycling infrastructure in developing communities. However, the programme’s roots go back farther than that. Its founders have been working in these at risk regions from as early as 2005, recycling more than 10 billion bottles and sending over $250,000,000 to some of the world’s poorest communities. The programme explicitly identifies areas that do not benefit from established recycling infrastructures and provides a global recycling initiative to help tens of thousands worldwide earn a reliable income, clean their coastlines, and prevent ocean plastic.