Paper Slitting
Roll-to-roll slitting at custom widths, for packaging machinery, dispenser systems, converting operations and resale through trade channels.
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GMLUK provides paper slitting for merchants, converters, packaging suppliers, food packaging distributors and manufacturers who need wide reels converted into narrower rolls.
Slitting is essential when a paper needs to run through machinery, dispensers, form-fill systems, counter rolls or industrial processes at a specific width. Instead of adapting your process around standard roll sizes, we convert suitable paper into reel widths that match the job.
We can slit papers manufactured by GMLUK and, where suitable, offer contract slitting for customer-supplied stock.
What is paper slitting?
Paper slitting is the process of cutting a wide master reel into narrower reels. The finished rolls are wound onto cores and supplied to the width, roll length and packing format required.
It is used when sheets are not the best format and the customer needs continuous material on a reel. This is common in packaging production, food wrapping, industrial interleaving, form-fill applications, label and adhesive processes, and trade supply.
Why slitting is useful
Slitting lets customers buy or manufacture paper efficiently in wider reels, then convert it into the exact widths required for production or resale. For merchants and resellers, it allows non-standard reel widths to be supplied without holding every possible width in stock. For manufacturers, it helps ensure paper arrives ready to run through machinery, reducing handling, downtime and waste.
Who uses our slitting service?
Paper merchants needing custom-width reels
Packaging distributors supplying customers with non-standard roll sizes
Food manufacturers using paper on wrapping or packing lines
Industrial manufacturers needing interleaving or protective paper reels
Adhesive tape and label businesses using release papers
Retail and food packaging suppliers requiring branded rolls
Customers who need wide reels converted for resale or production
Slitting and custom print
Slitting can be combined with custom flexographic printing where a customer needs branded paper on a reel. This is useful for food wrapping, retail packaging, waxed papers, printed greaseproof reels, branded interleaving or specialist packaging processes. Artwork, repeat length, reel width and downstream use should be considered together.
What we can do for paper slitting
Capabilities at our Grantham facility
Why GMLUK for paper slitting?
Five decades of in-house manufacturing in the UK
In-house only
No contract converters or middlemen. The whole job runs through our Grantham facility.
Quality assured
Food-safe paper grades produced under our BRCGS-aligned hygiene processes.
Made to your spec
Custom GSM, dimensions, finishes, branding. Send your spec and we will quote a run.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about our paper slitting service
Can you slit paper to custom widths?
Yes. Custom reel widths are central to our slitting service. Tell us the finished width, roll length, core size and material.
Can you slit coated paper?
Yes, suitable coated papers can be slit. Coating type, paper weight, tension and edge quality all need to be considered.
Can you slit customer-supplied material?
Where the stock is suitable, we can quote for contract slitting. We will need details of the master reel, material type and finished specification.
Can you slit printed paper?
Yes. Printed paper can be slit into finished reels, subject to artwork position, repeat and required width.
Ready to brief us on your paper slitting job?
Send your spec and volume. We will come back with pricing and lead time within one business day.
Or call us directly
0800 884 0890