Packer Wins Enterprise Award

Brass and woodwind specialist, John Packer, has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category. 

The award is the highest official UK award for British business and was given for demonstrating substantial international growth in overseas earnings and commercial success within the MI sector over the last four years.

Central to the success is the increased international trade of its manufacturing division – bearing the name of the company founder John Packer. JP Musical Instruments are now exported worldwide to a network of more than 300 music retailers.

Rob Hanson, director of John Packer, said:  “The Queen’s Award for Enterprise is highly prestigious and globally recognised, so we are very proud of how the company has forged an international presence, from a humble instrument repair service.

“It’s also of huge personal pride to John Packer that instruments which bear his name are used so widely – by education services, all manner of bands and professional players from Taunton to Tonga, the Midwest to Moscow, Ireland to Iceland.”

The firm has successfully collaborated with other international manufacturers, such as Smith-Watkins – which supplies instruments to the Ministry of Defence, Michael Rath Trombones, Sterling Musical Instruments and Taylor Trumpets.

Hanson added  “Our passion and commitment to customer service and longevity are paramount to our success and growth. But we’re also keen to keep expanding our range and building on our successful design collaborations so that we can continue to serve a universal desire to make music.”