08-02-2025
Keighley cardboard tube manufacturer commits to £400k solar investment
A Keighley manufacturing business, Stell, which produces cardboard tubes, has committed to a £400,000 investment in solar power generation.
This adds a further 380KW generating capacity to the existing 120KW array, giving a 500KW array in total.
Stell, a fifth-generation family business, produces cardboard tube and core products and supplies more than 16,000km of cardboard tubes across the UK and Europe each year from a 100,000 sq ft facility in Keighley.
The company claims to have a "sustained track record of continuous improvement of its facilities and process to reduce its environmental footprint."
Stell's factory is heated using sustainable biomass, and illuminated by "latest generation LEDs."
Sam Stell, director at Stell, said: "As a UK cardboard core and tube manufacturer, we take our environmental footprint very seriously.
"We're ISO 14001 accredited and we invest heavily in clean tech, so we're well underway in our net zero journey.
"Since our founding in 1872, our processes have evolved countless times, but our dedication to environmental responsibility has remained a constant."
Stell holds both ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 certifications; the former provides a framework for implementing effective Environmental Management Systems, and the latter "acknowledges the firm's ongoing commitment to quality management systems in its end-to-end procedures."
