1st-Packaging

Acetate Box Sleeves from 1st Packaging; endless variants of unglued Die cut profiles and sleeves to suit your needs. From fold-up Pillow Pack styles to the unique designed wrap-around and insert styles fitted around your product for maximum shelf presence. Our bespoke Clear Plastic Packaging is developed for today’s fast moving markets. We aim to advise you of the most cost effective and visually appealing material, may it be PET,PVC or Polypropylene; Recycled RPET printed or plain. PET and RPET material has excellent clarity. It is recyclable and suitable for direct food contact. PVC is a clear material and suitable for direct food contact. We can offer a soft crease on larger quantities. Polypropylene (PP) is the newest edition to the transparent packaging materials. The material has a softer feel than PVC and PET, and is available in a range of standard surfaces such as gloss, matt and embossed

With our extensive industry experience in the manufacture of clear PET cartons and boxes, we have created many durable and eye-catching solutions. The use of recycled clear plastic PET (RPET) allows us to create designs with extraordinary visual appeal that stand out in a retail or other display environment. Improvements in recent years of the quality of recycled PET means that we now use recycled material for all of our cartons and windows, these finished products are also fully recyclable. RPET conforms to the EC directive on packaging and packaging waste which states that all packaging must be recoverable. Our experienced design team is on hand at every stage to support and advise on the best packaging solutions. We aim to produce innovative packaging solutions in and environmentally friendly material, on time and on budget. Samples are available on request.

Shelf impact clear plastic cartons can give you excellent visibility whilst still offering good protection. Our transparent boxes produce packs that present and promote your products to their full potential in the cosmetics, giftware, food & drink, confectionary and promotional packaging markets. Our packaging material is all PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate). Because of the recyclability of PET and the relative abundance of post-consumer waste in the form of bottles, PET is the number one choice. We use only recycled PET (RPET) to produce our clear plastic packaging. The packaging has a minimum of 60% post-consumer waste and it is also fully recyclable after use. In addition, 100% of our factory waste is recycled. Widely used within the retail packaging marketplace our cartons can be supplied in many forms. As customer products come in a variety of shapes and sizes it is sometimes necessary to restrict their movement within the pack for safe transportation. Plinths and inserts are then used. These can be made in the same clear plastic to match the outer RPET carton or the addition of cardboard printed inserts which, can visually help to promote the products and secure its position. In some designs it may be possible to make the RPET insert as an integral part of the carton. The clear plastic cartons and inserts are supplied flat ready to be made up by the packing team.

The environment needs to be considered more than ever, and with this in mind, RPET is the best choice for producing plastic packaging cartons. Significant advances have been made over the past few years to improve both the quality and availability of recycled PET. Plastic used for packaging such as plastic bottles is processed for reuse back into consumer packaging applications without compromising manufacturing efficiencies or product performance. The RPET that 1ST Packaging uses in the manufacture of its clear cartons has a minimum of 70% post-consumer waste and has excellent clarity. It can be printed to a high quality and also foil blocked. RPET has a lower carbon footprint than virgin material and can itself be recycled.

We offer a wide range of Clear Plastic Packaging and our Plastic Packaging Boxes send a powerful point of sale message to the consumer. They can be supplied plain or printed and can have Die Cut Plastic or Vacuum formed inserts. Cartons can be made for direct and indirect food contact; we have a huge variety of design options to suit your needs. Standard tuck in end cartons give simplicity of packing for your product. D-lock (butterfly locking) for securely locking the carton, making the carton tamper-proof. Crash lock base is ideal for larger quantities where speed of packing is essential. The base is fully erected when the carton is still folded. Pillow pack is a cost-effective, unusual, shape once packed. It can easily be adapted to include a euro hanger. We can also produce Polypropylene Boxes.