When it comes to the seafood industry, the quality of packaging should always be of the highest possible standards. These standards should be weighed against how well the packaging protects and preserves its contents, meets the needs of product suppliers, packers, retailers, consumers and anyone else in the supply chain, as well as the innovation and promotional advantages supplied. One company meeting and exceeding these standards is Nampak Flexible, Africa’s leading flexible packaging supplier.
Nampak Flexible supplies a number of leading brands in the seafood industry, including Sea Harvest and Pescanova to mention but a few. The company’s products and services are backed by continuous investment in leading equipment the likes of state-of-the-art flexographic and gravure printing machines that provide the highest quality finishes, translating into stronger branding for seafood products.
Additionally, Nampak Flexible have a full contingent of laminating equipment to compliment their own printing capabilities and finishes on customers’ packaging – a major plus in the retail environment. Nampak Flexible is also the only packaging company in South Africa to sport no fewer than three Totani pouch-making machines. Totani is recognised world wide as the leader in pouch conversion equipment, making Nampak Flexible the leaders in pouch conversion for the markets and customers they serve.
Leading seafood brand Pescanova has also benefitted from Nampak Flexible’s award-winning range in the form of the Pescanova frozen fish pouches - an FTASA (Flexographic Technical Association of South Africa, [Status]) award winner. The laminated pouches for packing IQF fish portions are Flexographically printed in eight colours and are supplied to the customer in pre-made pouch form. The laminate provides excellent puncture resistance and the ability to withstand the sub zero temperatures of freezers in the cold supply chain.
Other leading products by Nampak Flexible include zippered pouches for seafood mixes, supplied for IQF fish portions, as well as a range of seafood mixes, including prawns, crabsticks and mussels. The pre-made pouch format of this packaging type makes it convenient for packers and equally convenient for consumers, as it is zippered for resealability. Again, the laminate provides excellent puncture resistance and the ability to withstand the sub zero temperatures typically encountered by frozen seafood products.
Nampak Flexible also supplies plain and printed flat silver and gold backed vacuum pouches for the fresh fish industry. These pouches are constructed in two parts, with the front transparent PET/PE (flexible front film, [Status]), and the back either silver or gold PET/PE (flexible backing, [Status]) and can be zippered so as to be resealable. In addition to the high standards for food safety and protection, the silver and gold backing provides excellent presentation for the vacuum pouch, resulting in packaging that works harder to promote its contents.
With two of its plants located near major harbours in Ndabeni, Western Cape and Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal respectively, Nampak Flexible is perfectly positioned in close proximity to seafood customers. Both the Nampak Flexible Pinetown and N’dabeni plants are also BRC accredited, an important endorsement for a packaging supplier to any export seafood brands. The BRC accreditation’s role in the export markets is a crucial one where, according to Robin Moore, Nampak Flexible Managing Director, the accreditation is vital for potential and existing customers who export to the United Kingdom and Europe where BRC accreditation is the entry ticket to supplying all the major supermarket chains.
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