James (known as Jimmy) joined Packaging Automation in 2012 as an Electrical Apprentice. James chose to become an Apprentice as it...

Committed to the development of young people #buildthefuture, Packaging Automation has run a successful Apprenticeship Programme for many...

Committed to the recruitment of apprentices the Packaging Automation Apprenticeship Scheme combines formal training, further education /...

Howard Taylor is our Stores Assistant, he joined #TeamPA in 1995. With 26 years under his belt, we bet he has a few tales to tell! We...

Garry Purslow joined #TeamPA in 1986 as a Turner and General Machinist, 35 years later he continues to be a valuable member of the team...

It’s that time of year again when we ask #TeamPA to nominate their colleagues for the Packaging Automation Exceptional Employee Award and...

After an incredibly busy and challenging 18 months, Projects Manager, Jo Porter wanted the team to take some time out, reconnect and...

Andrew Brookes-Wilde joined #TeamPA in 2000 and is now our Skilled CNC and Manual Miller. With 21 years under his belt as part of...

September is always, without fail, a busy month at Packaging Automation as we head towards our year end and 2021 was no exception! In...

Nick Brindley, or Brinners to his friends, is our Projects Facilitator, he joined #TeamPA in 1988 on a trial basis working on the...

Left to right: Isaiah, Lewis, Shaun and Harry We’re delighted to say that our annual apprentice recruitment programme is now complete,...

James Bridge joined #TeamPA as a temp in 1994, now, 27 years later, we are pleased to say he is still with us and is now our Service...

Simon Wilson joined #TeamPA in 1998 and is now our Seal Technologist working in our Test Kitchen on packaging development projects....

Paul Butler is one of our team of Tool Design Engineers, he joined #TeamPA in 1989, that’s an incredible 32 years’ service! Let’s find...

Lesley Wakefield joined Packaging Automation in 2010 and during this time has carved out a niche supporting new businesses to get...

Gary Hartley is Technical Publications Author, joining #TeamPA in 1998. We asked Gary to tell us a little bit about his career at PA. I...

Simon Wilson is Seal Technologist at Packaging Automation working in our Trial Facility where he supports customers giving them the...

July has been quite a whirlwind to say the least and the 7th July was a spectacularly good day! Not only did England beat Denmark to...

As the granddaughter of Arthur Penn who founded Packaging Automation in 1963, Sam joined Packaging Automation in 1998 before joining the...

Established in 1963, we are very proud of our family business and the fact that Packaging Automation has been around for nearly 60 years,...