From creating the product to shipping out to stores, in 1978 Burostat opened its doors for a behind the scenes look at how the factory ran.

Ipswich Star: Carefully using guides to cut the materials to the correct sizes Picture: ARCHANTCarefully using guides to cut the materials to the correct sizes Picture: ARCHANT (Image: Archant)

Formerly situated on Cavendish Street, the factory was a fixture in Ipswich for more than 20 years, employing hundreds of Ipswich residents during that time.

Ipswich Star: Carefully putting together the stationary ready to be packaged up Picture: ARCHANTCarefully putting together the stationary ready to be packaged up Picture: ARCHANT (Image: Archant)

The gift and stationery manufacturing firm made a wide range of products from common stationery like sticky notes and note pads to the strange - like the wacky Karma Chameleon phone which helped propel the popularity of the firm.

Ipswich Star: A few of the admin staff that worked at the factory Picture: ARCHANTA few of the admin staff that worked at the factory Picture: ARCHANT (Image: Archant)

Our gallery shows a wide variety of roles within the factory from the administration side to production and packing.

Ipswich Star: The Burostat factory was located on Cavendish Road before it relocated Picture: ARCHANTThe Burostat factory was located on Cavendish Road before it relocated Picture: ARCHANT (Image: Archant)

Unfortunately, in 2003 the company announced its plans for relocation and moved its operations to Derbyshire resulting in 90 redundancies across the company as they made the move and became Adpads+Burostat.

Ipswich Star: Showing off some of the products that the factory produced Picture: ARCHANTShowing off some of the products that the factory produced Picture: ARCHANT (Image: Archant)

Ipswich Star: Employees would work with a mixed array of machinery to manufacture the products Picture: ARCHANTEmployees would work with a mixed array of machinery to manufacture the products Picture: ARCHANT (Image: Archant)