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Moulded Fibre

We’re at the forefront of thermoformed packaging innovation, making a material difference every day.
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Tell Your Story with Fibre

Through our design led process, we’ve crafted a mono-material, plastic-free solution to meet the needs of premium brands. Our 178 years of expertise, personalised design, and unique colour capabilities set us apart, making a material difference every day.

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Forming the Fibres of Daily Life

Explore the power of thermoforming, a process that breathes life into bespoke packaging designs. Our custom-made moulds capture every detail, using moulded pulp and heat to create a solid shape that mirrors your vision.

We generate solar and hydro energy on site with 100% renewable energy allocated for all production. Our materials are also born from 100% renewable, natural wood fibres or high-quality recycled content, breathing new life into post-consumer waste.

Together, let's make a material difference in a circular economy.
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Applications

Wraps

Solutions made to wrap, hug, and accentuate with elegance and style.
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Inserts

Our inserts are moulded to secure and protect primary packaging. They are a functional plastic-free alternative, designed to fit seamlessly into external packaging.
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Tops and Bases

Sitting within rigid boxes to hold products securely in place, this innovation replaces plastic or foam, offering a fully recyclable, mono-material solution.
Tops & Bases

Outer Packaging

We’ve crafted a complete packaging solution using moulded fibre. The design of our complete outer pack ensures the parts nest together seamlessly, eliminating the need for additional materials. We’re simplifying packaging, one fibre at a time.
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Bespoke Solutions

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We offer unrivalled flexibility

Our extensive range of core capabilities allows for truly bespoke solutions.

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Design Engineered

We understand that packaging is part of your brand story. Our in-house design team create stunning secondary packaging, working with you from concept to production.
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Bespoke

James Cropper’s moulded fibre can take on versatile and intriguing forms. Every element of the design is considered to create the right sensory experience for the user and the brand. Our fine-tuned capabilities include texture, embossing and debossing and high-quality surface finish.
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Material Enhancements

Our bespoke capabilities allow us to personalise and enhance moulded fibre products through secondary processes. Whether it's a precision finish or standout shelf appeal, we're confident in our ability to adapt the material to meet any requirement.
Function Meets Beauty
Embossing, debossing, intricate clasp and hinges
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Customer Commitment

Our team of experts will specifically engineer a product to meet your needs and ensure end application suitability from first enquiry to finalisation.
Technical Support
Colour match, tooling & secondary processes
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Packaging that Doesn't Cost the Earth

At James Cropper, we’ve developed a mono-material solution that is 100% recyclable with normal household waste. This lightweight packaging solution, crafted from fibre, is a testament to our technical brilliance and our commitment to a brighter future. 
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FAQs

What is moulded fibre?

Moulded fibre is a packaging material, manufactured using natural fibres.

Our product, Colourform, uses thermoformed technology which provides a high quality, luxury finish and can be used as a complete packaging solution.

What is thermoforming?

The process is based on the use of custom-made ‘moulds’ – made to create the exact shape of your bespoke design (right down to the fine details of texture and embossing).

In our process, coloured pulp flows into the mould – which is then carefully heated in stages. This results in a high quality, structured form.

Do you have standard moulded fibre products?

Our moulded fibre packaging is bespoke, allowing you to create unique, functional packaging that tells your brand story. Whatever you require, we can engineer bespoke moulded fibre to meet your application’s needs.  

Our portfolio covers a wide range of packaging applications including full secondary packaging solutions or component packaging such as inserts.

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What is the minimum order quantity?

The minimum order quantities start from 30,000 units, but vary by product and project.

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Can I buy moulded fibre direct from James Cropper?

Yes, James Cropper supply moulded fibre packaging solutions direct to convertors and brands across the globe for projects that meet our minimum order quantity.

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