Five complex challenges
One simple solution

How to turn packaging sector adversity to your advantage.

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Explore the five pressures reshaping the sector, and how leading operations are responding.

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Over 25 years working with Europe’s largest packaging groups, we’ve seen the same story: too many suppliers, too little visibility, and maintenance teams firefighting rather than planning. This report sets out what leading operations are doing differently.”

Head of European Key Accounts

The five challenges shaping the packaging industry

Poor coordination across sites creates stock duplication, inefficiencies and waste.

PPWR and evolving environmental legislation are raising compliance complexity across every market.

Brand owners are pushing ESG demands onto suppliers. Visibility and auditability are now non-negotiable.

Unplanned stoppages destroy margin. Fast access to parts and predictive maintenance make the difference.

Energy and feedstock volatility put margins under constant pressure. Efficiency is no longer optional.

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Solutions built for the plant floor

Insite™

Your MRO, managed from inside your plant.

Condition monitoring

Catch failures before they cause downtime.

Energy & air leak surveys

Turn compressed air waste into documented savings.

VMI & Invend™ vending

The right parts, in the right place, automatically restocked.

Case Studies

Case study 1

MRO stock profiling – paper & board plant

The Problem

MRO stock value of €3.3 million – over-weighted, poorly organised, no visibility of what was genuinely needed.

The Solution

Rubix rationalised 65% of stock, cutting orders 15% and suppliers 20%, then placed an on-site Instore manager to lead and run the function ongoing.

Outcome

€500,000 savings over three years via stock rationalisation and on-site Rubix management

Case study 2

Air leak detection – NW England

The Problem

£6 million machine not running to performance since installation. Air leak undetectable after nearly a week of searching.

The Solution

Rubix deployed ultrasonic leak detection specialists to site, using acoustic imaging equipment to pinpoint air leaks invisible to the naked eye and inaudible amid factory noise.

Outcome

Fault located and resolved within 24 hours – condition monitoring extended to additional UK sites

Case study 3

Bearing failure reduction – bottling line

The Problem

Recurring bearing failures on high-speed bottling line causing 12+ hours unplanned downtime per month across three shifts.

The Solution

Rubix condition monitoring programme with vibration analysis identified root cause as misalignment during installation.

Outcome

92% reduction in unplanned downtime, €180,000 annual savings in parts and lost production

Case study 4

VMI implementation – corrugated plant

The Problem

Manual stock ordering across 4 production lines leading to frequent stockouts of critical consumables and emergency purchases at premium cost.

The Solution

Rubix Invend™ vending solution deployed across all lines with automated reorder triggers and usage reporting.

Outcome

Zero stockouts in 18 months, 34% reduction in consumable spend, full usage visibility per line

Talk to your regional specialist

Richard King

UK

Sander Knuvers

BENELUX

Adrian Sikora

Central & Eastern Europe

Florian Krentz

DACH

Filippo Baruffaldi

Italy

Javier de los Santos Aparicio

Spain

Fabien Bourdic

France

Klaas Postmus

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