{"id":106547,"date":"2025-09-04T10:05:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=106547"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:42:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:42:29","slug":"colton-packaging-expands-its-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/colton-packaging-erweitert-fuhrpark\/","title":{"rendered":"Colton Packaging expands its fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Loughborough-based company Colton Packaging is investing in its logistics and has purchased two new lorries. With this expansion, the packaging specialist is strengthening its delivery capacities and paving the way for future growth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colton Packaging from Loughborough in the UK has modernised its fleet and put two new vehicles into operation. These are a 7.5-tonne and an 18-tonne truck, which are intended to expand the company's transport capacities. The aim of the investment is to better support the steady growth of the packaging specialist and to organise the delivery processes more efficiently.<\/p>\n<h3>Modernisation for greater efficiency<\/h3>\n<p>The new vehicles mark an important step in the further development of logistics. They enable larger delivery volumes and more flexibility in terms of transport routes. According to the company, the acquisition emphasises its aim of continuously strengthening its infrastructure and securing its position on the market in the long term.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-1213748127\"><div id=\"packa-1940297592\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>Strategic investment in the future<\/h3>\n<p>\u201eThis is an exciting period of growth for the company. The modernisation of our fleet opens up new opportunities - both operationally and commercially - and enables us to better serve our customers and prepare for future demand,\u201c said Laura Colton-Smith, Managing Director of Colton Packaging.<\/p>\n<p>With the expansion, the company has renewed around half of its fleet in the past two years.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source:<\/em> Colton Packaging<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Loughborough-based company Colton Packaging is investing in its logistics.","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":106550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Colton Packaging investiert in zwei neue Lkw und modernisiert 50 % seines Fuhrparks, um Lieferkapazit\u00e4ten auszubauen und k\u00fcnftiges Wachstum zu sichern.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Colton","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[60953,60810,52,32,1487],"class_list":{"0":"post-106547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aus-den-unternehmen-news","8":"tag-colton","9":"tag-grossbritannien","10":"tag-logistik","11":"tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe","12":"tag-papier-pappe-karton","13":"cs-entry","14":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/300"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}