Linpac Packaging has won a contract to supply its new Vacuum Skin Pack (VSP) solutions to one of Saudi Arabia’s largest chicken producers.
Extending the UK-based multi-material packaging manufacturer’s reach into Middle Eastern markets, the new contract for Linpac Packaging follows the major chicken producer’s investment in two Mondini VSP packaging lines.
There is the prospect that the company will also extend its production to a further four lines.
Linpac reports that the customer expects volume to “grow significantly” over the next three years, as Saudi Arabia’s 45kg per year average poultry consumption is the second highest in the world, behind that of Qatar.
The market is also moving rapidly from frozen (largely imported) birds to fresh, locally produced poultry, according to Linpac.
Linpac will deliver its new range of rigid Vacuum Skin Pack solutions, which ensure “significantly improved” product protection and extended shelf-life of meat by as much as three days, bringing improved inventory and order management, as well as production efficiency.
Adam Barnett, Linpac Packaging vice president of sales, says: “The preformed tray also gives a higher quality look and feel to packs and this, combined with the extended shelf life provided by this design, means our customers are getting the very best from their packaging.”
The technology Linpac Packaging has developed means that its range of trays can deliver multiple packaging material formats on one tray sealing platform.
The same machine can skin pack a normal tray for sliced and cooked meats; protruding skin packs for steaks, chops and chicken breasts; and super protruding for joints and whole chickens.
