Retortable aluminium trays & lids

Retortable aluminium containers and lids of every size and shape from one of Europe’s leading manufacturers

National Resources can supply and extensive range of tailor-made retortable aluminium containers with lids for the human and pet food industries in various materials, dimensions and thicknesses, lacquered and/or printed from one of Europe’s leading manufacturers, Aluflexpack.

Containers

Due to aluminium’s lightness and flexibility it is able to be designed and formed into the most demanding shapes, and it is easily recyclable..

Lids

High-quality lids and lidding foil for various end markets such as Coffee, Confectionery, Dairy and other Human food, as well as the Pet food market, in a wide range of dimensions, shapes or other special features.

Our lids are designed in a wide range of dimensions, shapes or other special features (embossing, separation dots, printing possibilities) which are carefully developed in cooperation with our customers, following their needs, as well as the needs and the lifestyle of end consumers.

Features and Benefits

Aluminium is a material of choice in flexible packaging, extremely resistant and with excellent barrier properties that protect the product from external influences like air, light, pollutants, microorganisms and spoilage; it is convenient material for sterilisation at the same time.

Tailor-made packaging

Aluflexpack believe in growth through sustainability-driven innovation, working continuously on upgrading their products and modernising their production, while engaging experts in manufacturing top-quality flexible packaging. Tailor-made customer solutions, both technical and logistical, are the focus of their daily work.

Dimension range

Specific product types require different packaging sizes. Their range includes containers from 30 ml to 300 ml in volume, ensuring that the customer is able to fulfil all market demands.

Printing

High quality degree enabled by specialized and sophisticated machines, able to convert the most demanding designs and graphical solutions into elegant and attractive printing with breath taking preciseness, eye-catching to your potential customers.

Separation lacquers

We can offer separation lacquers (separation points, text, pictures) as another option for simpler machine run ability and better brand appearance through a clean design.

Embossing

In order to ensure perfect machines runability and better attractiveness of the brand appearance, Aluflexpack offer different embossing possibilities –partially embossed or fully embossed foils and lids.

Thickness range

Aluflexpack convert aluminium ranging from 6,3 µm to 300 µm, paper from 20 to 200 g and plastics from 5 to 200 µm.

Retortable

The aluminium containers are made to withstand the demands of the retort process (heat, pressure, etc.).

Deep drawing

Aluflexpack offer containers in a wide range of shapes and volumes in various aluminium thicknesses.

Materials

Container structure can be customised depending on product and customer wishes, i.e. lacquered aluminium or aluminium PP laminate, to ensure the best possible product protection.

Lacquering

They have a wide range of lacquers (colourless or coloured, matte, opaque, haptic, protective, HSL, etc.), combined with a wide range of shapes, makes products stand out on the shelves.

Shapes

Aluflexpack offer a wide range of shapes suitable for easier usage and handling or customised to fulfil special product features and customer requirements. Simultaneously, the nature of the brand and product are highlighted in the most memorable way.

Sealing

Containers can be sealed (hot sealing and cold sealing) to different substrates by using suitable materials.

Sustainable product strategies to drive circularity

Aluflexpack research, develop, test and employ new packaging solutions that simultaneously guarantee uncompromised quality and shelf life of products as well as sustainable solutions that contribute to climate change mitigation and the circular economy.

Mono-materials: development of materials with a lower environmental footprint
Resource management: decrease in material thickness, less use of varnishes and inks
Single-portion packaging
Optimal shelf life
Flexible lead times: optimisation of printing orders and deliveries
Smaller order quantities (digital printing)