Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a polymer made out of ethylene and paraxylene. Their derivatives (ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid) are made to react at high temperature and high pressure to obtain amorphous PET.
The resin is then crystallised and polymerised to increase its molecular weight and its viscosity. The resulting virgin resin is a raw material used to make packaging, among other things.
To understand the impact of their products on global warming, Sharp Interpack and Holfeld Plastics commissioned Pira International and Ciba Expert Services to conduct a carbon footprint of their recycled tray alternatives. Among the findings were:
The Courtauld Commitment is a voluntary agreement between the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and major UK grocery organisations that supports less packaging. Signatories to Courtauld have committed to designing out packaging waste growth by 2008, to deliver absolute reductions in packaging waste by 2010, and to reduce the amount of food U.K. householders throw away by 155,000 tonnes by 2010, against a 2008 baseline.
Yes. Holfeld currently offer a range of 42 stock colours, but can colour match if the project requires it, so we effectively offer an unlimited choice of colour, which means that you can add maximum impact to your product packaging.
Yes. To maximise our service capability, we operate a fully fledged product development facility in the U.K.
Holfeld Plastics currently services a range of blue-chip customers in Ireland, the U.K., mainland Europe, the U.S., Asia and Africa.
Yes. Mindful of the importance of new product innovation on the part of our customers, we provide a bespoke service to our customers for all their new or one-off packaging requirements. And with our in-house tool-making and pattern-making capacity, we are able to offer exceptional turnaround times:
- Provision of working sample within 3 days
- Production of prototype in just 7 days
- Prototype signoff to tooling in just 6 weeks
- Just 1 week from tooling sign-off to the production stage
