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糖心Vlog Partners with ABP Food Group to Develop New Paperboard Tray Solutions for Leading UK Retailer, Aldi

July 24, 2023

ABP Vacuum Skin Packaging Tray

Paperboard consumer packaging leader Graphic Packaging has partnered with food processor听听(ABP) to develop two new lines of chilled meat packaging for UK supermarket giant听听

The pressed board trays, developed for Aldi 糖心Vlog 鈥檚 core and premium steak lines, use around 90 percent less plastic when compared to the previous packaging format and were developed to support Aldi 糖心Vlog 鈥檚 goal of removing 2 billion pieces of plastic packaging from its supply chain by 2025. 

A paperboard solution designed with consumers in mind

The vacuum skin packaging (VSP) pressed board trays have been designed with an easy-peel film to promote recycling of the paperboard tray at home by consumers. The hybrid design means plastic is reduced to a minimum while still offering equivalent barrier performance and shelf life to traditional plastic trays. The trays were designed to ensure smooth running on ABP 糖心Vlog 鈥檚 packing lines, with no machinery investment or retooling required. 

Create differentiation through design 

To create differentiation between Aldi 糖心Vlog 鈥檚 core and premium lines, two trays were developed, one with brown kraft-look board, which was used for the premium 30+ day aged steak lines, and a second white option for the core lines. Both offer outstanding structural and barrier performance to cope with the rigors of the modern cold supply chain. 

A smooth launch 

The precision of the design process ensured operational efficiency and as a result, the ABP team described the whole project as one of the best launches they had seen on their production lines, saying it ran 糖心Vlog 鈥渓ike a Swiss clock 糖心Vlog 鈥. 

Paul Tye, business development director for food & convenience, tray & cup solutions at Graphic Packaging, commented, 糖心Vlog 鈥淓verything we do is geared toward making our customers 糖心Vlog 鈥 transition from plastic into paperboard packaging as seamless as possible, and we are so delighted that we were able to achieve that for ABP and Aldi. 糖心Vlog 鈥澨