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Lightweight Containers County Durham, England

Flexiwall delivers hygiene compliant partition for beer keg manufacturer

Customer

Lightweight Containers

Sector

Manufacturing

Location

County Durham, England

Solution

Flexiwall

Critical hygiene compliance in beverage manufacturing facility

Westgate Global installed two Flexiwall partition runs totalling over 360ft inside a live food and beverage manufacturing facility in County Durham, England, creating a 99% dust-tight seal between production and storage to meet strict compliance requirements.

Three fast-action door apertures were created, so the partition would enable and maintain unrestricted access. The full installation, including colour-matched panels and a 32ft branded logo printed directly onto the partition, was completed within 10 days with no production downtime.

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Keeping production moving at Lightweight Containers

Lightweight Containers manufactures some of the world’s most sustainable beer kegs. As a supplier to the global food and beverage industry, their facility in County Durham, England, operates to strict standards. In the UK, BRCGS-regulated environments ensure strict hygiene and food safety. The consequences of non-compliance are significant, including failed audits, production halts and reputational damage. When requirements called for physical segregation between production and storage areas, they needed a solution that would deliver full compliance without causing any production stoppages.

The right solution for a live environment

Westgate Global managed the project end-to-end, from initial survey and specification through to installation and handover. Two Flexiwall runs were specified and installed, creating a 99% dust-tight seal that eliminates dust spread, prevents cross-contamination and meets BRCGS requirements.

Flexiwall can be custom-designed to any height and length, making it well-suited to complex, tall industrial environments. Both runs were engineered to fit the facility precisely — with a guaranteed seal around all steelwork and protrusions that meets ISO 7 cleanroom standards, delivering the performance of a permanent structure without the limitations of traditional construction.

The first screen spans 275ft wide by 45ft high and is hung from purpose-installed support steelwork at the apex. The second, 88ft wide by up to 45ft high, incorporates foam infill above and down the sides to create a fully dust-tight seal around all protrusions and steelwork.

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Fast action doors incorporated to maintain workflow

Steelwork for three fast-action doors, 13ft wide by 15ft high, and four pedestrian doors were integrated into the designs. In a segregated production environment, maintaining workflow between zones is as important as the partition itself — fast-action doors allow unrestricted movement of people and equipment without compromising the dust-tight seal or breaking the compliance boundary.

Beyond compliance

Flexiwall panels were colour-matched to the company’s corporate RAL code — blue to 8ft, white above — with a printed logo 32ft wide by 16ft high applied directly to the partition. The result is a working partition that also reflects the brand.

The full installation, including partition runs, and door frames, was completed within 10 days, with production continuing throughout.

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"Food safety regulated environments leave no room for compromise. The Flexiwall system gave Lightweight Containers the compliance they needed, installed around their production schedule, with no disruption to their operation".
Tim Carson Head of Operations, Westgate Global

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