April 2020

Alexir Packaging calls all aspiring cardboard engineers

Alexir Packaging have created packaging toolkits to keep both parents and children entertained during these unusual times. Simple packaging templates will be uploaded daily onto their website to encourage the new, younger generation to get out their safety scissors and crayons, make their own cartons and learn about packaging along the way! Additionally, every week there will be a different theme.

Starting today, 6 April, Alexir are going to upload Easter-themed templates for parents to download and print at home in the run-up to one of the kid's favourite bank holidays of the year. You will be able to cut out and construct your Easter-related cartons and either colour them in yourself or choose the one that has already been designed. At the end of the first week, the kids will have a collection of cartons in multiple shapes from bunnies to carrots, just in time to put their mini eggs in.

Click the image below to access a new Packaging Toolkit to download every weekday.

The packaging industry is a major part of the UK's infrastructure and is in the top ten of the manufacturing industries. It has an annual turnover of £12 billion and employs 85,000 people. There are many roles in a packaging company but within the design department there is a fundamental need for cardboard engineers and graphic designers. Alexir Packaging are a local business with two sites in Kent and Sussex and they are always looking for young people to join them in their food packaging industry. Many children will go on to take Design and Technology at secondary school and will hopefully continue through to university.

Use #alexirkidsathome on social media for us to see all of your amazing cartons!

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