Packaging specialist Lesters has celebrated the busiest 12 months in its 43-year history, with revenues approaching £24 million.
A series of new contracts in the automotive, third-party logistics (3PL) and e-commerce sectors helped the Burntwood-based firm increase revenues by 25 per cent to £23.8 million for the year ending May 2026.
The growth comes despite a market-wide drop in demand last year, and keeps the company on track to achieve its means the company its £25 million turnover target through organic growth and potential acquisition.
Lesters has benefitted from increased demand for its offering including design, boxes, supply chain management and logistics.
To support continued expansion, the company has launched a recruitment drive and is looking fill seven full-time roles across production, forklift truck driving, customer service and transport.
Managing director Billy Hutchinson said: “Our collaborative system takes into account not just the box, but everything around it to ensure that we’re delivering efficiency across the entire supply chain.
“A lot of new clients are switching from using lots of providers to just one, as we can offer everything under the same roof.”
He added: “We’ve achieved our best ever year and need more team members to help us take it on even further. There’s lots of opportunities in automotive that we’re discussing and we want to capitalise on these, not to mention supporting the expansion of our sister business Lesters Logistics.”
Lesters recently retained its ‘AA’ BRCGS rating, is strengthening its position within the UK’s logistics and warehousing sector and also seeking additional warehousing space across the West Midlands to support the activities of sister company Lesters Logistics.
Anyone interested in working at Lesters should email contact@lesterspackaging.co.uk
