Waddington Europe

Bridgwater, United Kingdom

Waddington Europe Bridgwater (formally Deltaform) started trading in 1992, operating out of a small industrial unit with one thermoforming machine and a handful of employees.

Based in the large historic market town of Bridgwater at the edge of the Somerset Levels, the site sits along side the River Parrett. The river has afforded the town the status of a major in-land port and trading centre since the industrial revolution. Its larger neighbour Taunton, is linked to Bridgwater via a canal, the M5 motorway and the GWR railway line.

The Bridgwater site specialises in the design, development and manufacturing of thermoformed plastic packaging for food and non-food products, and in 2015 became part of the Waddington Group, the next generation of thermoforming pioneers.

With a wealth of expertise in thermoformed plastic packaging we can offer our customers the benefit of a bespoke design and development service along with unparalleled flexibility regarding production volumes and order turnaround.

Plant Data

Square Footage: 129,450 square feet
Date Constructed: 1992 - expanded in 2013
Date Novolex Acquired: 2018
Number of Machines: 2 extruders, 29 thermoformers and 2 labellers
Operating Schedule: 24/5 Thermoforming 24/7 Extrusion
Number of Employees: 123
Union Status: Non-union
Certifications: ISO 9001:2015 06/04/2022, ISO 14001:2015 13/06/2022, BRC, Global Standard Issue (July 2020) AA Standard 06/05/2022

Health & Safety Overview

Across the breadth of Novolex facilities, employee safety is a top priority. Employees on the production floor and in our offices deserve and expect a safe working environment. Each year, we have implemented industry leading workplace safety policies and programs to constantly improve safety performance across the company. Safety took on new significance in 2020 as the world managed through the COVID-19 pandemic and our program continued to evolve in 2021 as we strive for zero injuries company-wide. A team of safety professionals worked closely with each facility to implement more standardisation across business units. These measures not only helped ensure compliance but also supported the plant health and safety teams with proactive initiatives, risk identification and abatement programs, and efforts that drove safety culture changes.

Food Quality Certifications

We have to provide evidence of full compliance to the requirements of BRCGS Standard for Packaging Materials (issue 6). To achieve this requires the complete buy in from all staff on site; it’s a real team effort, of which we are extremely proud.

Zero Waste and Innovation

Waddington Europe Bridgewater are committed to sending Zero Waste to Landfill and are dedicated to improving waste management on site in line with the Defra waste hierarchy
Our adaptability and the speed at which we can react to customer needs, especially in terms of our onsite design facilities. Also the fact we are able to extrude our own material for use on site.
Granulating efficiency – we’ve got four small granulators at the moment and are looking to replace those with one large one for energy savings.
We split the compressed air between the factory and extrusion departments thereby reducing energy usage on a weekend when only the extrusion department is working.
Innovated to produce PPE visors from rPET clear sheet material for Covid-19.

Products Manufactured