Clondalkin Group strengthens UK sales team

Clondalkin Group has appointed Mark Briggs as sales director of the company’s carton and label operations in the UK.
 
Briggs will oversee all of Clondalkin Group’s sales and business development activity in the UK.  He brings with him 25 years’ successful experience of the packaging sector, having previously worked with various prominent brands.  Briggs said he was attracted to Clondalkin Group because of its dynamic and ambitious plans across the European market.
 
He said: ‘Clondalkin Group is creating one of Europe’s most powerful and dynamic packaging groups, with a clearly defined focus on target markets, such as pharma and healthcare, that underpin the business development plans.  I wanted to be part of a leading edge sales operation that uses the most up-to-date tools and methods, and Clondalkin Group, with its joined-up, pan-European approach, is perfectly placed to dominate and lead its chosen market sectors.’
 
Clondalkin Group has more than 45 production locations in 10 countries throughout Europe and North America, with annual sales in excess of €900 million.  It has four market-focused divisions, Pharma and Healthcare, Consumer, Flexible Packaging and Trading.  The Specialist Packaging division includes Clondalkin Pharma and Healthcare and Clondalkin Consumer and specialises in cartons, labels, leaflets and inserts, and has over 20 manufacturing sites in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, the United States and Puerto Rico.  It accounts for 30 per cent of group sales.
 
Malcolm Farnan, Clondalkin Group’s European sales and marketing director, said: ‘He joins Clondalkin Group at an exciting stage in the group’s development, as we look to aggressively and dynamically target a number of specific market sectors. Our focus at Clondalkin Group is to develop our strong leadership positions in a range of market sectors, across all of which we operate advanced technologies in the manufacture and supply of cartons, labels, leaflets and inserts.’