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Linpac ramps up Rfresh tray production after 3m site spendJill Park, 22 April 2009Be the first to comment on this article Production has started on Linpac’s two new rPET sheet extrusion lines at its Featherstone facility, following a 3m investment to double capacity at the site. The facility will now be able to manufacture 400 million Rfresh trays a year, which meet FDA food contact safety standards, on its four production lines. Linpac uses 100% post-consumer waste (PCR) flake on all four lines, the first two of which were installed in early 2008. “Several other suppliers of recycled plastic content for the food industry rely on the flake manufacturers to filter out any chemicals that shouldn’t be present in the recyclate,” said Linpac Packaging’s director of innovation Alan Davey. “Our plant removes all chemicals in-house, in addition to the recycling company’s processes, meaning buyers can have complete faith in our range of products.” Demand for the Rfresh range is 15% more than expected, according to Linpac’s vice president and general manager of the protein sector Pierre Thumerel. “It isn’t just a case of buyer switching from APET to rPET; we are seeing overall growth in the sales of our protein trays with the rfresh range proving extremely popular.” Rfresh uses a minimum of 50% post-consumer recyclate and is capable of preserving fresh meat, fish and poultry for up to 10 days in a chiller. Speak Your Mind |
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