A great moment for the company
Four time world champion boxer Carl Froch was on hand to open the third phase of the multi-million-pound factory for an award winning, family-run Nottingham packaging company. The Wilkins Group, which helped Marks and Spencer's snow globe gin become its fastest-selling drink last year, unveiled its new 50,000 sq ft extension to its manufacturing facility at its headquarters on Colwick Industrial Estate.
Froch recalls a time - around 43 years ago - when he and his siblings would jump into the factory's paper skips and "try and bury themselves under the paper." With so many connections to the company, Froch was the "obvious" choice to open the new extension, with Carl's own uncle, "uncle Mick", having worked at the firm for 46 years.
"Me and my brothers, we used to jump in the paper skip and mess around and try and bury ourselves in the paper and get paper cuts all over our hands - my mum used to go mad at it. I've gone from being bloody chased off the site to being invited back on.The Wilkins Group director Justin Wilkins said: "It's brilliant, we've got customers here from far and wide, as well as a lot of local people as well.
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