Integrity Print, the specialist business printer that works with major brands, has achieved a prestigious hygiene accreditation for its labels division.
The firm, based on an 18-acre site in Midsomer Norton, gained the BRC High Hygiene Standard after a rigorous and detailed four-day audit process. 
The standard is critical to the continued growth of Integrity’s direct contact food label and packaging work for ambitious food brands.
Annual turnover in the labels division grew to £6m last year as a direct result of major investment in food packaging technology and continued development of both digital and flexographic labels for the retail sector. Flexographic printing is popular in the food industry as it allows printing on almost any type of surface.
Last year Integrity snapped up food packaging specialist C&P Packaging to expand its laser printing and label printing capacity alongside its investment.
Integrity also gained a grade B pass for BRC Basic Hygiene for its business print division, which enabled it to win a £700,000 a year contract to produce shelf-edge labels for a major UK food retailer.
BRC standards are used by more than 25,000 certificated suppliers in 130-plus countries and guarantee quality, safety and operational criteria for suppliers to manufacturers, retailers and food service organisations.
Integrity operations director David Wright, who led the BRC project for the group, said: “The key to our success was that our workforce quickly became engaged with the principles of BRC and could see its importance.
“We got great buy-in from day one, and off the back of that we quickly implemented both procedural changes and physical improvements. Our engineering team worked on 1,001 minor improvements. The combined effect has been staggering and you are visually aware of the difference across the site.”
Privately-owned Integrity is a £45m turnover business employing 320 people across its Labels, business print, secure print and mailing division. It operates more than 50 presses on its site on Midsomer Norton’s Westfield Trading Estate.
