Food packaging specialist PFF Group has installed a £2m thermoforming system at its Sedgefield site as part of a £4m investment programme in new process technology.
Developed in partnership with German manufacturer Illig, it will be used to manufacture PFF’s fully recyclable, food-grade packaging concept, IMPAC-T, which was launched in response to increased demand from food manufacturers for reduced plastic in packaging.
The brief was to design a precision engineered system to produce its unique rPET hybrid pot with a card wrap in a single process.
This in turn would offer a large reduction in overall carbon footprint of the product.
Andy Bairstow, chief executive of PFF Group, said the IMPAC-T is a ‘technological breakthrough’ for the manufacture of food-grade packaging in the UK.
“Using rPET gives industries like the dairy sector an opportunity to switch from traditional polypropylene to circular economy packaging.
“Our IMPAC-T product has the potential to revolutionise not just dairy, but all other food sectors where sealed-in freshness is essential and where reduced plastic and lower carbon footprint are sought after by consumers.”
Matthew Revels, sales and marketing manager at Illig, added: “We took on this exciting development project in partnership with the team at PFF nearly two years ago and this week we have the pleasure of consigning this brand-new technology to the UK market.”
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