Paul is the founder of Craftpak Protective which he sold to Packaging Holdings in 2023. He is also involved in many other investments including property in West Dublin

Established in 1995, Rathcoole, Co Dublin-based Craftpak Protective Packaging Ltd is a privately owned corrugated packaging and display manufacturer. As well as a wide variety of trays, pallet wraps and a diverse selection of FEFCO style boxes, the company can also handle all types of prototyping and design work, thanks to the latest design suite and a Zünd G3 cutting table.

Due to the growth within its business over the past few years and the increased demand for two piece, large format boxes in the Irish market, Craftpak has invested heavily in new equipment over the last 12 months, to cater for continuing growth. “We wanted to give a boost to our converting department, particularly with equipment that could handle large style boxes as well as short run,” says Paul Murphy, owner and Managing Director. “We had looked at various machines in the market and I finally settled on the Solarco Ecomatic 2800DC and the Sodeme TO6400L semi automatic stitcher/gluer models. We decided that these two machines would cater comfortably for current and future requirements going forward.”