Packaging is one of the most visible costs in any food production business and one of the easiest to overlook when margins are tight. But reducing spend doesn’t have to mean reducing standards. With the right approach, food producers can make meaningful savings while maintaining the quality, compliance, and shelf appeal their products demand. Here […]
CPET vs PP Trays: Which Is Right for Your Food Packaging? When it comes to top seal trays, two materials come up more than any other: CPET and PP. Both are widely used across food packaging, but they’re built for genuinely different jobs – and picking the wrong one can mean a tray that cracks […]
Food Packaging Compliance: What You Need to Know If you supply, prepare, or sell food, the packaging it goes into isn’t just a presentation choice – it’s a legal one. UK food businesses have a duty to ensure that any container, film, or lid touching their product is safe, suitable, and properly documented. Yet “compliant […]
If you produce artisan gelato, premium ice cream, or frozen desserts for wholesale or retail, the quality inside the tub only carries your brand as far as the packaging protects it. Investing in the right tamper-evident ice cream containers is not simply a compliance exercise – it directly affects food safety, distribution efficiency, and what […]
Food-Specific Containers: Understanding Which Packaging Is Best Suited to Your Industry Walk into any supermarket chilled aisle and you will notice that no two products sit in the same style container. Hummus comes in a wide, shallow pot. Smoked salmon lies flat under a tight film seal. Clotted cream fills a squat white tub with […]
Navigating Global Polymer Volatility in Your Supply Chain In the commercial packaging sector, supply chain stability is just as critical as the quality of the containers and films you run on your lines. At SystemPak, we pride ourselves on straightforward, transparent communication with our clients, especially when global market shifts impact local production costs. If […]
The #3003 Profile Cut Manual Heat Sealing Machine: Professional Top-Seal Packaging for Small Producers Getting a professional, tamper-evident seal on your packaging should not require a massive capital investment. The #3003 187 x 137 Profile Cut Manual Heat Sealing Machine is our dedicated entry-level tray sealing solution. Priced at £987.95 (Excl. VAT), this compact and […]
Packing dairy and chilled foods means balancing two massive pressures: maintaining absolute hygiene and security, while meeting strict targets for plastic reduction. If a tamper seal fails, or a label peels off in the chiller, you are looking at rejected pallets and damaged brand reputation. At SystemPak, we don’t deal in “eco-fluff.” We design and […]
At SystemPak, we don’t just supply packaging; we provide the technical specifications to ensure your production line runs without interruption. Whether you are operating high-speed automated machinery or manual heat sealers, the reliability of your industrial film rolls is the difference between a seamless shift and costly downtime. Industrial Film Rolls: The SystemPak Standard Two […]
SystemPAK Easter Opening Times 2026: Delivery & Order Information for the Bank Holiday Period As Easter approaches, we would like to make our customers aware of SystemPAK’s opening hours and order despatch schedule over the Easter bank holiday period, so you can plan your packaging orders with confidence and avoid any disruption to production or deliveries. […]
