5th June 2026

Our Team – Nathan Linklater

It’s a warm welcome to one of our newest team members, Nathan Linklater, who joins us as an Engineer.

Nathan began his career with an apprenticeship in Engineering and worked at his first company Flexipol for six years, before moving to VEKA, which manufactures windows, where he spent a further six years, before moving to us and the corrugated packaging industry.

“The time had come for a change and a new challenge and the diverse nature of the machinery at The Cardboard Box Company really appealed to me,” said Nathan. “It’s been a great few weeks with lots to do, especially setting up our new Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS), MaintainX which will revolutionise how engineering and maintenance is handled in the business.”

MaintainX will allow the team to schedule engineering maintenance, understand how critical assets are performing, track running hours and create data that will help make business decisions from day-to-day challenges to strategic investments.

Created specifically for machinery maintenance it’s a proven system that has added value to businesses through technology and already it is starting to have a positive impact on the engineering team and its processes at CBC.

In addition to implementing and managing MaintainX, Nathan, will carry out practical engineering tasks alongside his more strategic role.

Mervyn Thomas, Operations Director, The Cardboard Box Company commented; “Nathan has settled in really quickly and already made an impact on our team.

“It’s a huge task to set up this new system but in the longer term it will allow us to be more strategic and more efficient in how we take care of all our assets in the factory.”

When Nathan is away from work, he enjoys walking with his Cocker Spaniel, Bonnie, and climbing mountains. He has tackled Snowdon, Scafell Pike, Ben Nevis, and in December last year conquered the highest peak in Madeira, Pico Ruivo.