History

Just Paper Tubes business partnership commenced by Ken Coates & John Mahan on 1stNovember, 1987 in Thorne, South Yorkshire with one production line
– Started subcontracting for Rigid Paper

– Onboarded the first major client
– Steven Piggott (now Sales Director) joined the team and the business continued expanding
– Started 24 hours production

– Acquired the premises in Cliffe (just outside Selby) with 750m2 floorspace
– Became a Limited Company under the name Just Paper Tubes Limited
– Expanded production by adding 2 production lines and 2 recut machines

Built a 300m2 warehouse opposite the factory for storage of finished goods

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– Increased number of owned transport wagons to 3
– Expanded transportation operations by hiring external transport companies

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– Started working with the first significant label customer called Labelling Dynamics
– Invested in its first automatic recutter machine by Brodbeck to enable higher efficiency

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– Expanded the production site from 750m2 to 2000m2
– Purchased 2 brand new lines to bolster production
– Purchased new transport wagons to support increase in production
– Expanded the workforce to support the growth project

– Started offering ‘Value Added Services’ for clients
– Implemented innovative techniques such as CCTV cameras to enhance security and stock monitoring at customers premises.

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– Started providing waste recycling and reprocessing solutions to customers
– Just Paper Tubes launched their first website

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– Procured the German Brodbeck Recutter machine to boost production of label cores and tape cores
– Briefly diversified into ‘buy and sell’ packaging, but went back to ‘Just Paper Tubes’

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– Purchased another Brodbeck recutter to expand production
– Started producing millions of labels and tape cores a month

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– Reduced the transport wagon fleet to focus on production of cardboard tubes

– Sailed through the 2008 recession that hit Western Europe without reduction in staff or cutting back on expansion plans

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– Changed the legal entity from Just Paper Tubes to JPT Accuracore LLP to represent the accurate core technology

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– Partnered with Eberle, a machine manufacturer to access the latest technological advances

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– Increased focus on going green by replacing all oil heating systems on site with a new biomass plant to heat the factory, warehouses and offices
– Installed a 100KW solar power generator for electrical needs

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– Invested in new IT infrastructure to enable digital readiness
– Implemented a new computer system for world leading traceability and production management
– Implemented ‘paperless’ system using barcode scanners and intelligent logic systems

– ACCREDITED with ISO 9001 & ISO14001

– Reduction in lead time by half, with implementing control of production and warehousing facilities
– Launched apprenticeship programme to make the workforce future ready

– Founding Director John Mahan retires and sells his shares to Ken and his family.
– Started construction of new ‘finished goods’ warehouse, expanding from 300m2 to almost 1200m2 with climate control

– Completed construction and moved into the new warehouse which features automations and integrated systems to provide actionable business insights.
– Upgraded to the latest standards of ISO 9001 & ISO 14001
– In July 2018 the MP For Selby came to visit our new warehouse and celebrate our success.

– We launched our first virtual visit to a cardboard tubes factory. 

– Just Paper Tubes was awarded the Responsible Business Champion 2019 for Selby and Ainsty Constituency by the "All Party Parliamentary Corporate Responsibility Group" in the UK Parliament.

– JPT open 24 hours during Covid-19 making tubes for: Face-masks, testing kits, pharmaceutical drugs, Food Labels, and vaccine development.
 
We also supported local NHS facilities with PPE Donations. 

We completed construction of our 1,350sqm raw materials (Paper) storage warehouse. We can now store 2 months worth of raw materials to protect against wars, border closures, gas & electricity shortages, or even pandemics. 
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This million pound investment gives ours customers the peace of mine that we can continue to supply them. 
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Its probably the largest non-integrated Coreboard storage facility in the UK.