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Freeze Pads for temperature control packaging

freeze padsFreeze Pads

Freeze Pads are the most flexible refrigerant packaging product (often known as gel pads) used within the food industry and has been at the forefront of refrigerated packaging solutions since 1991. Today it is used by many artisan food producers and the fish industry for which it was originally invented.

New retail packs now available for home use:

Freeze pads have many benefits over the more traditional freezer pad:
• By placing sheets under, around or on top of your products, the freezer pads evenly control the temperature of all the food in the box.
• Freeze pads don’t melt so there is no risk of soggy packaging or damage to other items.
• It can be wrapped around food helping to protect it whilst on the move.
• Even when defrosted, Freeze pads maintain an inherent coldness within the gel making it ideal for use at picnics, BBQs and outdoor catering events.

Increasingly, Freeze pads refrigerant packaging is used by caterers when transporting food to indoor and outdoor events.

For extra temperature control, simply wrap the food and Freeze pad in bubble wrap.

Not only can Freeze pads be used to keep the food cool during transit, but even when the cells defrost, the inherent coldness remains within the gel. By placing a buffet platter on top of a sheet of Freeze pads, the food will remain fresher for longer.

Trade benefits include:
• It is easily stored. A box of Freeze pads is the equivalent of a pallet of water filled packaging.
• You control costs by using exactly what you need in sheet form or from the perforated roll.

 

For more information or to order your Freeze Pads, call the sales team on: 023 9259 7792 or email us at mail to: sales@aandapackaging.co.uk

 

 

ISO 9001:2008 A&A Packaging Now Certified

 A&A Packaging is always moving forward and now with ISO 9001:2008 Certification

ISO 9001:2008

What is ISO 9001:2008?

ISO 9001:2008 Certification will give your organisation the quality systems that will provide the foundation to better customer satisfaction, staff motivation and continual improvement.

Meeting the requirements of this standard will provide quality management systems that will be of real benefit to your organisation to help manage your business effectively and put in place best practice methodology.

ISO 9001:2008 certification is suitable for all sizes and types of organisations and is well established around the world as an invaluable Quality Management System standard. It is suitable for organisations in all industry sectors and will help your organisation to improve management processes to compete locally and/or globally.

The process encompasses the entire organisation and requires senior management buy-in, it is not just a function of the Quality Department. To achieve ISO 9001:2008 certification your organisation needs to demonstrate that it can meet the regulatory requirements and apply the system effectively to be of real benefit to your customers.

Scope
As an ISO 9001:2008 certified organisation we will have implemented Quality Management System requirements for all areas of the business, including:

•Facilities
•People
•Training
•Services
•Equipment

EU Circular Economy proposals “Packaging singled out”

EU Circular Economy proposals

EU Circular Economy proposals, Dick Searle, chief executive, has criticised the EU, insisting packaging is unfairly singled out for special attention.

He said the focus remains on environmental issues and frequently underestimates or ignores the economic impact of these measures.
He said there is not enough understanding and realism of the impact of EU Circular Economy proposals on EU wealth creation and competitiveness.
He also said there is recognition of wide disparities between EU Member States on the measure of recycling – both in terms of calculation and classification.
Regarding litter and costs of collection, he said he could not find any explicit reference to general litter or the suggestion (as in the previous proposal) that producers should be responsible for litter costs or the costs of collecting used packaging.
The EU stated that targets should be: Clear environmental, economic and social benefits would be derived from further increasing the targets laid down in Directive 94/62/EC for preparation for re-use and recycling of packaging waste.
“I suspect that not everyone would support this statement. In any event, very clearly there has been no attempt to set targets based on achieving the best balance between environmental and economic outcomes but rather “plucking figures out of the air”. In my view, it is likely that a general target achievement of 85% would only be possible at a very substantial environmental cost and a massive economic cost.”

YouGov poll shows preference for Christmas gifts packaged in cardboard

A YouGov poll reveals that more people prefer their festive gifts through the post packaged in cardboard than any other format.

YouGov poll

For a lot of recipients, the real thrill of receiving Christmas presents is the unwrapping rather than the contents, it found.
This boost for the corrugated packaging industry is from a nationwide online YouGov poll survey of 2,052 people, commissioned by the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI).
The survey asked: “Which one, if any, of the following packaging materials would you prefer to receive Christmas gifts through the post in this season?” Of those responding 47% said cardboard, 10% opted for polystyrene, 9% paper and just 4% preferred plastic.
Corrugated also came out strongly with a second question among those researched concerning sending Christmas gifts through the post. According to the YouGov findings 41% thought cardboard would offer the best presentation without compromising protection of the contents, against 16% for polystyrene, 9% for paper and 7% plastic.
Significant support for cardboard packaging came from a cross-section of society in the YouGov findings. The east and south of England scored the highest approval rating regionally with 55% and 54% respectively favouring receiving their festive treats in cardboard against other packaging materials.
Interestingly, of those surveyed with children in the household, a massive 48%, almost half those responding, said they preferred receiving gifts through the post in cardboard – probably a reflection of the popular belief among parents that their toddlers really do have more fun playing with the cardboard boxes at Christmas rather than the actual toys that are inside them!
CPI’s director of packaging affairs, Andy Barnetson, believes that the result of the Christmas survey is testament to the material’s enduring appeal to consumers for transforming a shop-bought commodity into a personal gift, as well as being the easiest packaging to recycle after opening.
He said: “It is clear from this latest survey that cardboard is overwhelmingly the most popular packaging whether sending or receiving Christmas gifts – there’s nothing like a gift-wrapped cardboard box to set the pulses racing on Christmas morning, especially among children. It also backs up earlier polls showing that cardboard packaging improves customer satisfaction with their products.
“Then when it comes to cleaning up, households can have their recyclable material taken away by local councils’ kerbside collections or, alternatively, take it to civic amenity sites and recycling facilities at supermarkets.”
Corrugated’s renowned environmental and protective qualities are boosting its appeal, making it a vital logistics partner in the 21st Century supply chain.