Faerch Plast Reels in Additional Business from Seafish UK

The leading manufacturer of high quality plastics packaging already provides Seafish UK with a large number of containers in various sizes and materials per year for its array of seafood and fish products.

19 Nov 2009 --- Continuing its ten year relationship with Seafish UK, Faerch Plast Ltd is supplying the company with dual ovenable rectangular black CPET (Crystalline Polyethylene) trays for its new frozen ready meal line – three fish roast - for retailer Lidl. The leading manufacturer of high quality plastics packaging already provides Seafish UK with a large number of containers in various sizes and materials per year for its array of seafood and fish products.

Holding over 60 per cent of the UK ready meal market, Faerch Plast produces a vast selection of trays and containers in various materials, styles and sizes; and this along with its exceptionally high standards of service has secured a decade of business from the fish and seafood producer.

“When launching our new three fish roast, we naturally approached Faerch Plast,” explains Paul Rimmington, Head of Purchasing & Stock Control at Seafish UK. “In the ten years we have worked with the company, they have always been reliable in terms of product, supply and overall service. What is more, they offer the most extensive range of containers to suit virtually any application. Being able to purchase off-the-shelf trays at the right size means there is no need to buy new tooling for each job.”

Andy Cawood, Faerch’s Account & Design Manager, adds: “At Faerch Plast, we are committed to developing long term relationships with our customers by delivering the highest standards of service at all times and adapting to clients changing needs. We are very proud to have worked with Seafish for the last ten years and hope we may continue to do so for many years to come.”

Lightweight yet robust the CPET trays are ideally suited for packaging Seafish’s newest product line due to their high temperature stability (-40?C up to 220?C) and ability to be taken directly from the freezer and heated in either a conventional oven or microwave. 

The packs are manufactured at Faerch Plast’s state of the art thermoforming facility in Denmark before being delivered to Seafish for filling and sealing using lidding film. The sleek black trays compliment the smart and sophisticated design of the product’s outer packaging.

Based in Hull, Seafish UK has over 80 years experience supplying innovative fish and seafood products to retailers and caters in the UK and Europe. The brand new three fish roast, which consists of layers of smoked haddock, cod and salmon in a creamy cheddar cheese and spring onion sauce, is a deluxe frozen ready meal developed for Lidl for the Christmas season.

Since it was established in 1989, Faerch Plast Ltd (formerly Harrison Europac) has built an unrivalled reputation for high quality plastics packaging products, supplying major blue chip customers in the ready meal, fresh meat, cold foods and snacks, and ambient food sectors with a wide range of containers and trays produced from PS, CPET, APET, PP, PLA, MAPET and AMPET.