Amtech Software, a leading provider of AI-powered ERP, MES and CRM solutions for the label and packaging industries, will help UK independent sheet plants identify and quantify the operating costs hidden in manual scheduling, repeated data entry, spreadsheetworkarounds, material waste, overtime and inefficient despatch when it exhibits at the UK Corrugated Industry Trade Show 2026, taking place 6-7 October at the Telford International Centre.
Visitors to stand 47 can test their own operating figures against a UK-reviewed value model indicating more than £710,000in potential annual cost reduction and nearly 4,000 staff hours that could be reclaimed for a representative £25 million plant. The exercise is designed to show where a plant is already performing strongly, where its highest cost and productivity opportunitiesmay lie, and which operational changes could deliver the greatest impact.
“Most plants don’t havea line on the P&L for re-keying data, chasing the latest schedule or keeping spreadsheets up to date. Perhaps they should, because they pay for those hidden costs every day. Our tool helps uncover them and put a number on them,”said Ewan Thomas, Director of EMEA Sales, Amtech Software. “We want to help plant leaders turn those hidden costs into a number they can interrogate. We will show them where the model says they are strong, where the largest opportunities may be and what wouldneed to change to realise them. The starting point is their plant and their figures – not a generic software demo.”
Amtech’s EnCore ERP is purpose-built for sheet plants and brings estimating, scheduling, works orders, inventory, despatchand operational reporting into one live view. It is designed to reduce repeated data entry and spreadsheet workarounds, improve visibility across the operation and help teams spend more time using information than compiling it.
The platform is actively developed and supported, with Amtech, backed by Vista Equity Partners, expanding its UK and EMEApresence and delivery capacity. In July 2026, Cumberland Packaging, one of the UK’s top independent sheet plants, selected EnCore ERP after evaluating its options, giving UK independent plants a local reference point for a platform used in more than 350 packagingplants worldwide.
At stand 47, visitors can run their own figures through the Hidden Tax Calculator and receive a modelled headline range.Those wanting deeper analysis can book a 45-minute Operational Cost Review – a diagnostic rather than a demo – to identify the two or three areas with the greatest financial impact for their plant and discuss what evaluation and rollout would honestly involve,including phasing, dual running, data preparation, training and support after go-live.
