Paper Cup Production
DRG Cups manufactured and distributed disposable paper cups throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, but with the emergence of the plastic cup which could be produced more economically and was of higher quality, the company began to flounder. This led to the closure of its production plant in Liverpool in 1983, as it proved too costly for DRG Cups to maintain a competitive position.
The company was eventually bought out by Polarcup (a subsidiary of Finland-based company Huhtamaki), which opened a new paper cup manufacturing plant in Devizes, Wiltshire, in 1984. Over the last three decades the production of paper cups in the UK has been overseen by a number of British companies including Benders and The Paper Cup Company, whilst foreign organisations such as Seda (Italy) and Solo (United States) have added competition to this market.
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