Innovia Films is a customer-oriented organisation that operates in the global market place. We are focused not only on our own success but on the long term success we can bring to our customers' operations through our high performance, added value products and services.

Our People are central to achieving our goals and strategies. We endeavour to promote an inclusive work environment where everyone is supported and offered development programmes so that they can reach their potential. Our wide ranging policies are designed to ensure the safety and well-being of all our employees, our social responsibility in the communities in which we operate and our responsibility for the environment.

Innovia Films' mission is to be recognised by our customers as the leading value-added speciality film supplier of choice.  We will achieve this through Innovation, Quality Products, Exceptional Service across our business and Close Relationships and Strategic Alignments.

Our success is underpinned by a set of values which reinforces our business activities – Accountability, Excellence and Teamwork.

These values are important to us not only because they impact our business performance but also because they impact our relationships with every individual and every business we come into contact with. 

We work to a Global Business Ethics Guide.  This sets out all the guiding principles that each employee of Innovia Films are expected to follow during their daily business activities including obeying the law, conflicts of interest, human rights, health, safety and the environment and the workplace environment.   In addition, we have a full range of company policies, available on our intranet, that cover subjects from Dignity at Work, Family Friendly Policy through to Parental Leave and Stress Management.

Individuals are encouraged to treat others with respect and trust, have open and honest communications within an inclusive and empowering environment.  This means people should feel comfortable to speak openly about their ideas, work or concerns.

The history of Innovia Films (Innovia) spans nearly 90 years.  During which time, the company has advanced its technical expertise, expanded its global reach through acquisition and natural growth and continued to develop, refine and launch new value added products into the marketplace.  The company has also operated under a wide range of trading names, expanding and contracting operations according to product demand.

The first 35 years saw the company manufacturing only cellulose films.  However with the invention of polymer films and its fast growth, we decided in 1967 to invest in a new production plant to produce Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film.  As the market for polymer films expanded, the cellulose film market contracted.  This led to the closure of cellulose plants around the world including some plants owned by us.  Equally, investment was made in new BOPP plants as demand grew.

• Innovia was formed in 2004 under a consortium of financial investors. 
• In 2016 our cellulose film business was sold. 
• From the 1st March 2017, ownership of Innovia passed to CCL Industries Inc.
• In July 2018 CCL acquired the Americas’ manufacturing operations of one of our competitors.  On completion, they were rebranded and joined the Innovia family.  
• In 2020 CCL acquired a BOPP manufacturer based in Płock, Poland, who were also rebranded and became part of the Innovia family.

Today Innovia is a major producer of highly differentiated speciality BOPP films offering products produced using ‘Bubble’, Stenter and Cast manufacturing processes.  It holds a leading global position in the markets for high performance coated packaging, tobacco overwrap, graphic media solutions, label and security films. 

Our films are sold to brand-owners, end-users and converters across the globe.  They become part of the solution for the tobacco overwrap, packaging or labelling of some of the world’s best known brands across a wide variety of everyday consumer goods.  These include home and personal care products, food and beverages, confectionery, tobacco, luxury goods and industrial applications.

Innovia employs >1400 people worldwide and has production sites in Australia, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Mexico and the United Kingdom.  The company is focused on high quality value added products, strong customer relationships, Research & Development and excellent service.

                                        Innovia's largest 'bubble' at their Wigton, Cumbria, UK manufacturing site

Innovia Films has six production sites based in Melbourne, Australia; Merelbeke, Belgium;  Schkopau, Germany, Plock, Poland,  Zacapu, Mexico and Wigton, United Kingdom.

We have two Research & Development centres - Zacapu, Mexico and Wigton, United Kingdom.

In addition, we have 16 Sales and Technical offices around the world.

These are supported through a strong network of Agents and Distributors.

Part of Innovia Films’ mission is to be recognised by our customers as a supplier of choice through offering exceptional service in all aspects of business.  This of course includes providing a premium level of customer service.   As a truly Global business, our customer service and logistics teams are based on all continents in order to provide local expertise whilst handling the movement of films between countries and territories.  

We understand that personal attention to detail is critical in our business vs an impersonal call center. We pride ourselves on being able to provide Customers with a dedicated, real life, named contact and direct dial numbers where they will get straight through on the phone.     

Everyone on the customer service and logistics teams are here to help make sure the sales and after sales service is as smooth and easy as possible. They are often the first point of contact for our customers and we want our customers to feel like individuals and offer a personal service.   

In order to make connecting with us easy, the Wigton CSR team dealing with exports are fluent in English and at least one other language (such as French, German and Spanish). In the rest of the world, we are structured to facilitate communication in as many languages as needed.  

Innovia Films supports and nurtures a spirit of pioneering inquiry, with each technical and scientific breakthrough providing the spring board for further improvement, development and innovation.  We employ people with a diverse range of skills and experience, including but not limited to chemists, chemical engineers, physicists, material scientists, project managers and regulatory experts. However, everyone at Innovia Films, whatever their role, shares the spirit of continual innovation.  

We recognise that the way we do business, underpinned by our determination to foster original and creative thinking, comes with responsibilities to our staff, stakeholders and the environment.  We take these responsibilities very seriously.  

Health and safety is of paramount importance at Innovia Films as is our commitment to complying with all regulatory requirements and minimising environmental impact.  

Facilities

The Lowther R&D Centre located at our Wigton, United Kingdom site is recognised as one of the best research facilities in the industry.  Here we have around 30 research and development specialists.  Working in teams they cover all areas of new product development from ground breaking concepts and laboratory testing to scale up and commercialisation.  Full support is provided every step of the way by a specialist, in-house analytical facilities.  

Our industry leading laboratories are furnished with state-of-the-art equipment.  We have an extensive analytical capability spanning surface and bulk characterisation, providing specialist support across all areas of the business.  

We also have powerful imaging capability within our exceptionally well equipped microscopy suite where we can conduct highly detailed imaging of the specially engineered surfaces we create.  This helps us to understand the impact of materials and processes on our products.  

As customer requirements become more complex, we are also able to deconstruct and analyse multi-layer structures used across other industries.  

The plant in Zacapu, Mexico also has a small R&D facility with a dedicated laboratory, a small BOPP stenter pilot line and an experienced team of scientists and technicians who focus on new developments for our markets in the Americas.  

All this helps us to remain at the forefront of international research and maintain our leading market position as innovators for the packaging and labels industries.

Innovia Films (We) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to on it sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. You may download these terms and conditions for your future reference by clicking here.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is Innovia Films Limited of West Road, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 9XX.

Information we may collect from you

We may collect and process the following data about you:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site (our site). This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our site where registration is required or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information if you report a problem with our site. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.

We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them. Details of your visits to our site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access.

IP addresses

We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

Information about our use of cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

What is a cookie?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device.

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. The cookies used on this website have been categorised based on the categories found in the ICC UK Cookie guide. A list of all the cookies used on this website by category is set out below, with a note as to whether we use them; and then some details of the actual cookies on the site, their purpose, and what to do if you do not consent to any specific cookies being used. Please note however that since we only use cookies where they will be of benefit, any failure to consent may limit your use of this site.

Category 1: Strictly necessary cookies:

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These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.

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Category 2: Performance Cookies:

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These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.

By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

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These cookies remember choices you make to improve your experience.

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

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You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon you visit our site.

If you do not consent to cookies being placed, you must notify us of the cookies to which you do not consent. Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after two years.

Where we store your personal data

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Uses made of the information

We use information held about you in the following ways:

To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
To notify you about changes to our service.

We may also use your data to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and we may contact you about these by post or telephone.

If you are an existing customer, we will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you.

If you are a new customer, we will contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this.

Disclosure of your information

We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets. If Innovia Films Limited or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.

If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Innovia Films Limited, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Your rights

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at West Road, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 9XX.

Access to information

The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Should you wish to obtain a copy of the personal data we hold on you, please send an email to filmsinfo@innoviafilms.com. As soon as we are satisfied as to your entity, we will send to you, within 40days, a copy of the data that we hold concerning you.

Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to our Website Manager, West Road, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 9XX.

In compliance with HMRC regulations we are posting CCL's UK Tax strategy below.

March 2022

Scope

CCL UK is a group of 24 UK companies, indirectly and ultimately owned by CCL Industries Inc. and part of the global CCL Industries Group.

The CCL Industries Group employs approximately 23500  people operating 199 production facilities in 43 countries on 6 continents with corporate offices in Toronto, Canada, and Framingham, Massachusetts. CCL Industries Group has four lines of business.  CCL is the world’s largest converter of pressure sensitive and specialty extruded film materials for a wide range of decorative, instructional, functional and security applications for government institutions and large global customers in the consumer packaging, healthcare & chemicals, consumer electronic device and automotive markets. Extruded & laminated plastic tubes, aluminium aerosols & specialty bottles, folded instructional leaflets, precision decorated & die cut components, electronic displays, polymer bank note substrate and other complementary products and services are sold in parallel to specific end-use markets. Avery is the world’s largest supplier of labels, specialty converted media and software solutions for short-run digital printing applications for businesses and consumers available alongside complementary products sold through distributors, mass market stores and e-commerce retailers. Checkpoint is a leading developer of RF and RFID based technology systems for loss prevention and inventory management applications, including labelling and tagging solutions, for the retail and apparel industries worldwide. Innovia is a leading global producer of specialty, high-performance, multi-layer, surface-engineered films for label, packaging and security applications. The Company is partly backward integrated into materials science with capabilities in polymer extrusion, adhesive development, coating & lamination, surface engineering and metallurgy, deployed as needed across the four business segments.

CCL Industries Inc. is listed on the Toronto stock exchange, which is governed by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and requires Canadian publicly held companies to sign sworn statements certifying that reports filed with the OSC do not contain untrue material information or omit material information.  In addition, our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting of the Group (pursuant to CSA Multilateral Instrument 52-109, also known as Bill 198).

This strategy applies to CCL UK in accordance with paragraphs 19 of Schedule 19 to the Finance Act 2016.   CCL UK’s strategy is aligned to CCL Industries Group’s global strategy. A list of the entities to which it applies is set out below. In this strategy, references to ‘CCL UK’ are to all these entities. The strategy has been published in accordance with paragraph 16(4) of the Schedule by being included in certain entities annual financial statements or on the company website. 

This strategy applies from the date of publication until it is superseded. References to ‘UK Taxation’ are to the taxes and duties set out in paragraph 15(1) of the Schedule which include Income Tax, Corporation Tax, PAYE, NIC, VAT, Insurance Premium Tax, Stamp Duty Reserve Tax, Stamp Duty Land Tax and Customs and Excise Duties. References to ‘tax’, ‘taxes’ or ‘taxation’ are to UK taxation and to all corresponding worldwide taxes and similar duties in respect of which CCL UK entities have legal responsibilities.

Aim

CCL UK is committed to full compliance with all statutory obligations and full disclosure to tax authorities. CCL UK’s tax affairs are managed in a way that focuses the corporate organisation on our customers and commercial, while complying with the relevant tax obligations resulting from this, whilst seeking to take advantage of available tax incentives, reliefs and exemptions in line with the spirit of tax legislation.

Governance

Globally ultimate responsibility for tax at Senior Executive level, sits with the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. 

The CCL Industries Group Audit Committee monitor the integrity of CCL’s financial reporting system, internal controls and risk management framework, which expressly includes those elements relating to taxation.

Oversight of the global tax affairs of the CCL Industries Group is delegated to the Group Vice President of Taxation who is supported by a team of tax professionals globally, who are appropriately qualified.

Regional oversight and support for UK tax affairs is led by the UK Director of Finance, with the support of a UK Tax Manager, both of whom are UK based. 

Day to day management of tax affairs is delegated to each plants Financial Controller, who are responsible for confirming that the tax affairs of their plant are in order and that the plant has maintained appropriate controls to ensure that the right amount of tax is reported and paid on time.

Globally CCL have an internal audit team whose remit is also to review taxation matters where necessary.

Tax Risk management

Day to day responsibility for tax in the CCL UK Group is managed by each plant’s Financial Controller who may delegate processes relating to different taxes to appropriate process owners within their business unit.   The process owners review the activities of the business and key risks to deliver tax compliance and ensure mitigating controls are in place, responding to changes in business activities and tax legislation where appropriate to ensure ongoing compliance, with ultimate responsibility resting with the plant Financial Controller.

The UK CCL Group is overseen by the UK Director of Finance who co-ordinates the plant controllers and facilitates the sharing of best practice between the UK businesses.

Day to day management of the CCL UK Group structure and associated tax compliance is overseen by the UK Tax Manager who is based in the UK and who also supports all UK CCL sites, by providing technical updates, dealing with any taxation queries and supporting the Plant Controllers with; the management of tax compliance deadlines; understanding new tax rules; and advising on tax compliance issues resulting from business change.  The UK Tax Manager is also the key liaison on a day to day basis between CCL UK and HMRC.

Each Plant Controller monitors key risks for business and legislative changes which may impact them and changes to processes or controls are made when required, with the support of the UK Director of Finance and UK Tax Manager as set out above;

Appropriate training is carried out for CCL staff who manage or process matters which have tax implications;

Advice is sought from tax advisors where appropriate.

Attitude to tax planning and level of risk

For the CCL Industries Group, maintaining its excellent reputation as an international group is paramount. CCL Industries is a global business which naturally creates complexity and tax risk. However, CCL Industries operations around the world and are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards as set out in its corporate governance and business ethics policies. CCL Industries believes that dedication to high ethical standards makes CCL Industries a sought-after employer, a valued business partner, a solid company in which to invest, and is thus key to our organisations’ success.

CCL Industries Group ensures it complies with legal requirements in all jurisdictions in which it operates.  This includes paying the right amount of tax at the right time.   

CCL Industries is driven by the need to organise its corporate affairs so as to ensure delivery to customers, whilst managing all relevant other business stakeholders, including the management of global tax authorities and compliance with global tax rules. When entering into commercial transactions, CCL Industries seeks to take advantage of available tax incentives, reliefs and exemptions in line with, and in the spirit of, tax legislation. CCL Industries does not undertake tax planning unrelated to such commercial transactions.

The level of risk which the CCL Industries Group accepts in relation to UK taxation is consistent with CCL Industries acknowledgement that business risk is unavoidable.  These risks are managed with the objective of maintaining its good standing, conducting business with high ethical standards.

CCL Industries seeks external tax advice, particularly on cross border matters, where there is complexity. 

Working with HMRC

CCL UK has an open and constructive relationship with HMRC through regular meetings and communication. 

CCL UK ensures that HMRC is kept aware of significant transactions and changes in the business. CCL UK seeks to discuss tax issues at an early stage. When submitting tax computations and returns to HMRC, CCL UK discloses all relevant facts and issues pertaining to entries made in its returns.    

Any inadvertent errors in submissions made to HMRC are fully disclosed as soon as reasonably practicable after they are identified.

List of entities covered by this Tax Strategy

Company

CCL Industries (UK) Limited

CCL Syrinx (UK) Limited

CCL Syrinx (UK Holding) Limited

CCL Label Limited

Inprint Systems Limited

CCL Label (Ashford) Limited

Worldmark International Limited

Worldmark (Holdings) UK Limited

Worldmark UK Limited

Innovia Group (Holding 3) Limited

CCL Secure (Holding) Limited

Innovia Films (Holding) Limited

Innovia Films Limited

Checkpoint Apparel Label Solutions Limited

Checkpoint Systems (UK) Limited

ID&C Limited Imprint Plus UK Limited

CCL Label Ireland Limited

John McGavigan Ltd

Lemac No 1 Ltd

McGavigan Corporate Ltd

McGavigan Holdings Ltd  

Master Marketing Products Ltd  

CCL Syrinx (Kontur Holdings) Ltd

Innovia Films Ltd is a manufacturer and supplier of speciality films and relies upon a complex global supply chain encompassing raw materials, goods and services.  Our suppliers are key partners of our success and we consider it essential that they understand and are able to meet our long term needs.

Innovia Films is committed to the highest level of ethical standards and sound governance and sets high standards of integrity in the management of its activities. We adopt a zero tolerance to modern slavery and human trafficking and all forms of corruption and bribery directly and indirectly associated with these criminal acts.

The business is subject to the governing controls of its parent CCL Industries which is included in the CCL Global Business Ethics Guide and is available on line at www.cclind.com.   

On a more local level, incorporated into our supplier approval and onboarding process is a review of regulatory compliance and ethical controls undertaken. Imported materials from sources outside the EU are potentially higher risk and can be subject to enhanced background checks including supplier reputation and sanctions.

As part of our ongoing commitment we continue to subscribe to and are audited by the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (SEDEX), a not for profit membership organisation dedicated to driving improvements in responsible and ethical business practices in global supply chains. In addition, we will continue to provide adequate resources and training to ensure that our policies and practices are best practice and up to date, including:

• Reporting any non-compliance or progress to our Executive team
• Continue to raise awareness of this published statement by re-notifying our business partners
• Remind employees of our obligations under the Act
• Prepare, review and benchmark our statement with others

Individuals with evidence of non-compliance with the Modern Slavery Act in connection with businesses we engage with are encouraged to report their concerns to the CCL whistleblower hot line at www.integrity-helpline.com/CCL.jsp or contact the Modern Slavery Helpline on 08000 121700.

We anticipate that the UK’s departure from the EU may result in some changes to the way we promote procurement opportunities; however, the governance and controls described above are likely to continue for the next few years. The Innovia Films Executive team takes responsibility for implementing these controls and call upon all organisations we engage with to influence their global supply chains by improving transparency and accountability; and together we can eradicate the injustice and brutality of modern slavery and human trafficking.

As required by the UK Pensions Regulator we are required to make freely available the following statements:

Chair's Statement

Implementation Statement DB

Implementation Statement DC 

Click on the links to download the documents.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The materials contained in this website are provided for general information purposes only. Innovia Films Limited and its affiliated Companies (“Innovia”) do not accept any responsibility for any loss which may arise from accessing or reliance on information contained in this website.

This website may include hyperlinks to websites operated by other parties and content posted by visitors to our website. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating them and their inclusion does not imply our endorsement of their content. We are therefore not responsible for the content of external Internet sites that link to this website or which are linked from it, nor are we responsible for any content posted to this website by visitors.

Please read our Privacy Policy section below to find important information about Innovia including information provided in accordance with the European Data Protection Directives.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Please read these terms and conditions carefully as they apply to your access to and use of the services described in this part of our website. We request that you pay particular attention to our privacy policy below which sets out the principles by which we abide in relation to the treatment of information about visitors to our website.

To protect your own interests, please read these terms and conditions carefully before agreeing to them.

You may download these terms and conditions for your future reference by clicking here.

These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between us with respect to our website and the services we provide through it and supersede all prior communications and agreements between us, whether electronic, oral or written, regarding the subject matter contained in our website. A printed version of these terms and conditions and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings to in the same way as other business documents and records originally in printed form.

Data Protection and Privacy
Any information you give to us will be stored and used in accordance with our privacy policy set out below.

Security
You are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality and proper use of the information you supply. In order to assist us with our security policy, you should not leave your computer terminal unattended while you are sending information.

Limitation of Liability
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This website or any part of it may not be compatible with your browser or computer configuration and we make no warranty that it is. We make no warranty that our services via this website will be available at any particular time or that your access to our website will be uninterrupted, timely or error free and we will not be responsible if we are unable to provide the website or its services for any reason.

If you are accessing our website and services in the course of a business, all implied warranties and conditions are excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law. We shall not be liable for any losses you suffer as a result of unauthorised access to your account until such time as you have informed us of any unauthorised or possible unauthorised use of your username and password or of a breach of security.

We shall not be liable for:
(a) any loss of profit, data loss, loss of production, depletion of goodwill; and
(b) any indirect loss, costs or expenses whatsoever,
in each case arising out of your use of our website, your use of our services advertised on our website or our failure to deliver services contained on our website. Our total liability for losses arising out of your use of this website, your use of the services available through it or our failure to deliver any such services shall be limited to the total cost of the purchase under which the claim arises for any one event or series of connected events or, if no service has been purchased, to less than £10 000.

However, if you are accessing our website to use the services available through it otherwise than in the course of your business, you have certain statutory rights as a consumer regarding the performance of services. These statutory rights are not and will not be affected by any statement contained in these terms and conditions. In particular, any provision which has the effect of limiting our liability to you in the event that any service is defective or fails to correspond with the description given to it on this website shall not apply.

You warrant to us that you will not use this website or any other services accessible via the website for any unlawful purposes or in a way that is prohibited by these terms and conditions.

Indemnity
If you are accessing our website in the course of a business, you agree to indemnify us and to keep us indemnified from all or any liability or damages we incur in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise towards a third party as a result of your use of this website.

General
If any provision contained in these terms and conditions is determined to be invalid or unenforceable the remainder of the terms and conditions shall not be affected.

Our website is operated and controlled from the United Kingdom and these terms and conditions and your use of this website are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Unless you are using our website and services as a consumer, by agreeing to these terms and conditions you consent to all disputes arising out of or relating to your use of this website being decided only by the courts of England and Wales. If you are accessing this website from another jurisdiction it is your responsibility to ensure compliance with the laws that apply to that jurisdiction.

You are not permitted to assign your rights under these terms and conditions. All rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 are excluded.

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The contents of this website are protected by copyright under international law. The name “Innovia” and the logo are registered trade marks.

Users are permitted to read the contents of this website and make copies for their own personal use. They may also give copies to colleagues for their personal use on terms that Innovia is acknowledged as the source, the text is not altered in any way and the attention of the recipients is drawn to this warning. All other use and copying of any of the contents of this website is prohibited. Copying from websites of third parties is subject to any requirements applicable to those websites.

Privacy Policy
This website is owned and operated by Innovia.

Our privacy policy relates only to information that we obtain from you. If you visit a website operated by a third party through a link included on this website, your information might be used differently by the operator of the linked website.

Use of Information
The information you provide to us when using this website will be processed for the following reasons:-
• to process any request for advice or information supplied by us;
• to notify you of our newsletters and updates;
• to customise this website according to your interests;
• to comply with our statutory and regulatory obligations; and
• to process any application made by you for a position with us.

By requesting information through the website, you are providing explicit consent for Innovia to retain the information and to contact you with relevant information for business purposes.

If you do not wish to receive additional information or do not want a reply from us or do not want us to retain the information, you must notify us as soon as possible.

The type of information we may retain includes:-
• your name and company;
• your phone number and e-mail address;
• the information included in any online services to which you subscribe;
• details about the services you specifically request; and
• information you complete in relation to our client surveys.

We will never collect information about you without your consent. Any information that we collect about you is stored electronically on our database. It may also be printed and stored in our filing system. We may share any information collected with third parties for the purposes of providing you with our newsletters and updates, should you choose to receive such communications from us. Information will be disclosed only on the basis that the third party concerned will keep it confidential and in a way that is compliant with this privacy policy. We will retain information for the minimum period necessary. You have the right to access the information we hold about you at any time.

Confidentiality and Security
We will keep your personal information confidential except to the extent that we are compelled to disclose it by law (for example where fraud or other crime is involved) or to comply with an instruction of a regulatory body of competent jurisdiction. From time to time we may be called upon to demonstrate our maintenance of certain professional standards as set by appropriate authorities and/or to satisfy our auditors and/or to comply with regulations in relation statutory requirements. Such disclosures will be made only as an exception to our duty of confidentiality.

If you believe that the information we hold about you is inaccurate or if you wish us to cease processing your data for any particular purpose or purposes, you can amend your details or unsubscribe within your own personal area on our website, or you can write to Global Communications Manager, Innovia Films Ltd, R&D Centre, West Road, Wigton, Cumbria CA7 9XX, UK or Email: filmsinfo@innoviafilms.com.

To comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 we adhere to strict security procedures. The personal information which we hold will be held securely to ensure no unauthorised disclosure or access.

Transfer of Information
We reserve the right to appoint an Internet service provider to host our website on our behalf which may be situated outside the European Economic Area. By agreeing to our terms and conditions of use of our website you consent to any transfer of your personal information outside the European Economic Area or wherever the service provider is located. This may be necessary for us to achieve the purposes set out above. It may be necessary for us to send data to affiliated companies in the United States of America. All data received by affiliated companies from the EU will be handled in accordance with EU law. This privacy policy complies with the requirements of the U.S. Safe Harbor Principles.

Marketing Communications
We would like to contact you in the future for marketing purposes by post and e-mail and we need your consent to do this. If you would like us to contact you (including by e-mail or telephone) concerning our services and career opportunities that may be of interest to you then we will require your consent. You may unsubscribe from any marketing or career communication from us in the future at any time by emailing us at filmsinfo@innoviafilms.com.

Obtaining Copies of Personal Data
Should you wish to obtain a copy of the personal data that we hold on you, please send an e-mail to the following address:- filmsinfo@innoviafilms.com. As soon as we are satisfied as to your identity, we will send to you, within 40 days, a copy of all the data that we hold concerning you.

Cookies
When visiting our web pages, we would like to use tracking technologies which record information about you automatically. This can include using a “cookie” which would be stored on your browser. You can erase or block the information from your computer if you want to. (Your 'help' screen or user manual should tell you how to do this). If we cannot use such technology it is possible that certain functionality of this site might be affected [and you might not be able to access certain Web pages. This information does not identify you personally.

We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:-
• the internet domain and IP address from where you access our website;
• the type of browser software and operating system used to access our website;
• the date and time you access our website;
• the pages you enter, visit and exit our website from; and
• if you linked to our website from another website, the address of that website.

We use this information to help us identify click stream patterns, to improve our website and to learn about the number of visitors to our website and the types of technology our visitors use. We also use this information to ensure that our Web pages stay compatible with a selection of browsers and systems and thereby ensure that the pages appeal to a wide audience. Currently our Web pages are optimised for the Internet browsers IE5.11+ and latest versions of Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Safari (on OSX only) and Google Chrome. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits.

General Information
Innovia Films is a limited company registered in England and Wales, registration number 271998. Registered Office: The Lowther R&D Centre, West Road, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 9XX, UK.

Trade Organisations to which Innovia Films belongs are:

CEFLEX
Tag & Label Manufacturers’ Institute
FINAT
World Packaging Association
The British Plastics Federation
Chemical Industries Association (CIA)

Research Associations:
Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA)
Leatherhead Food International (LFI)
PIRA International

Gender Pay Gap Report 2021/22

Innovia Films Ltd’s Gender Pay Gap Reporting