Display Tins, Gift Tins, Food Tins

Plastic Products

Packaging Products & Tooling

Brief: As the world demands for packaging continues to grow, and the industry becomes increasingly competitive, product differentiation and innovation wins clients.

Innovations in critical factors such as production recognition, display options, protection and product preservation can increase costs, at a time manufacturers are attempting to keep production costs down to stay competitive.

Tooling: Expensive moulds are part of the business.

At Source and Sell we share that cost with you and also provide wood & copper moulds to enable concept selling with samples, prior to mass production. In manufacturing, we only use precision machined Epoxy or Aluminium cast moulds.

Metal Packaging

Display Tins, Gift Tins, Food Tins & Tin Plate for Advertising.

Formability, durability & printability are the outstanding qualities of tin Plate. Tin offers a great advantage in a Consumer driven market offering countless container shapes, presentation and storage ideas available to you.

Why Use Tin?

4 -7 Colour Offset printing with silver or gold lacquers stand out and grab attention.

Tin packaging adds value, security and strength to your product. Branding looks impressive on tin plate, and it's proven consumers retain quality reusable containers.

The strength of steel protects against leakage and breakage in handling and transportation.

Tinplate is the most dependable packaging material to keep food products in prime condition and retain a long shelf life.

The steel base makes Tinplate the most tolerant of all packaging, resisting insects, germs, and bacteria & securely protecting light sensitive products.

Tin Facts

A Shape or structure made from tin will be either welded seamed or folded seamed.

Sizes available are from 50mm to 500mm

Tin plate Thickness from .17 mm to .28 mm

Print

You can choose from 0 Colour printing to 8 Colour Offset printing, with embossing of company logo's and objects.

Coatings

After printing, you can choose between lacquers, varnishes or high gloss finishes.

Films

Every time you print on Tin plate you require a film.

Proofs and Inspection

Chromatin Proofs, Paper Proofs and actual Tin proofs are supplied to you prior to Mass production so you are assured of what the end result will be.

Packing

Every tin box or can is packed in a Poly Bag for added protection.

Plastic Packaging

Including: Injected Moulding, Vacuum Forming, Blister & Clam Shells packaging.

Plastic offers countless options for product display, protection and preservation. Custom designs are a specialty with materials such as PET, PVC, APET, PS, PP available.

What ever your requirements, Source and Sell can offer packaging that stacks, top seals, hangsells, freezes, cooks or bakes.

Packaging Process Facts:

The process of injection moulding is when small beads of plastic are heated to a point and portioned between two moulds that compress together with minimum 2 tonne of pressure to form the shape. Water cooling is common in this method.

The process of thermo forming is when plastic film is heated until soft enough to be fed into the forming machine. This technique uses heat, vacuum and pressure to form the desired shape. Advances in machinery have enabled deep draw cavities to be formed holding a constant material thickness.

All FDA approvals are checked and supplied to all customers according to quality standards.

Common Uses for Plastic Materials and their relevant Recycle Symbol.

Symbol	Advantages	Uses
PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) Amorphous PET (APET) Crystalline PET (CPET) A plastic resin and a form of polyester, Combining two monomers called modified ethylene glycol and purified terephthalic acid)	Strength, Thermostability, Transparency. Low temperatures dimensional stability at high temperatures. APET �40°C and +70°C. CPET +40°C and +220°C.	APET is extremely tough. Good impact strength. Extremely effective barrier against oxygen, water, carbon dioxide. CPET - Extremely good barrier against oxygen, water, carbon dioxide and nitrogen. More
HDPE (High-density Polyethylene)	Soft, Light, Flexible	Milk Bottles Washing Up Liquids More
PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride)	Soft, Light, Flexible	Food Trays Cling Film Bottles for Squash, Mineral Water, Shampoo More
LDPE (Low-density Polyethylene)	Very Light and Strong	Carrier Bags Bin Liners More
PP (Polypropolene) Co-PP / Ho-PP	Ho-PP +2°C and +121°C is more transparent & rigid. Co-PP, which has a milky appearance. +40°C and +121°C	Margarine Tubs Microwaveable Meal Trays Buckets Extremely good Barrier against Water Vapours. More
PS (Polystyrene)	Softer Impact Resistance Fat Resistant +40°C and +121°C	Yoghurt Cups Fish Trays Hamburger Protective Packaging More
OTHER	Any other Plastics	Melamine More

PET

Polyethylene terephthalate: Common Use: Fizzy drink bottles and oven-ready meal trays.

PET stands for polyethylene terephthalate, a plastic resin and a form of polyester. Polyethylene terephthalate is a polymer that is formed by

combining two monomers called modified ethylene glycol and purified terephthalic acid. PET is a popular package for food and non-food products. Manufacturers use PET plastic to package products because of its strength, thermo-stability and transparency. Customers choose PET because it is inexpensive, lightweight, resealable, shatter-resistant and recyclable .

There are two main types of PET: Amorphous PET (APET) and Crystalline PET (CPET), the main difference being that CPET is partially crystallised, while APET is amorphous.

The partially crystalline structure of CPET makes it dimensionally stable at high temperatures.

Due to this partially crystalline structure, CPET is opaque, while APET´s amorphous structure provides glass quality clarity. Nearly all CPET products have an APET top layer as standard. This provides CPET products excellent sealing properties and a superb glossy finish.

Due to the highly accurate control of the material's crystallinity, CPET is suitable for use between �40°C and +220°C.

APET is suitable for use between -40°C and +70°C. APET is an extremely tough material with good impact strength. APET is an extremely effective barrier against oxygen, water, carbon dioxide and nitrogen.

This meets the consumer's need for impact strength at low temperatures and dimensional stability at high temperatures.

CPET provides an extremely good barrier against oxygen, water, carbon dioxide and nitrogen.

HDPE

High-density polyethylene: Common Use: Bottles for milk and washing-up liquids.

PVC

Polyvinyl chloride: Common Use: Food trays, cling film, bottles for squash, mineral water and shampoo.

LDPE

Low density polyethylene: Common Use : Carrier bags and bin liners.

PP

Polypropylene: Common Use: Margarine tubs, microwave able meal trays.

Ho-PP (homopolymer) is made from propylene.

Co-PP (copolymer) is made from propylene and a small amount of ethylene. Ho-PP (homopolymer) consists solely of PP sequences in the polymer chain. Co-PP mainly consists of PP sequences, with PE sequences distributed in different ways in the polymer chain.

These structures result in different properties - Ho-PP is more transparent than Co-PP, which has a milky appearance.

Ho-PP is also more rigid than Co-PP, which is softer and more impact resistant. Ho-PP is suitable for use between +2°C and +121°C whereas PP-Co is suitable for use between �40°C and +121°C .

Both types of PP are extremely good barriers against water vapour.

PS

Polystyrene: Common Use: Yoghurt pots, foam meat or fish trays, hamburger boxes and egg cartons, vending cups, plastic cutlery, protective packaging for electronic goods and toys.

PS is made from styrene.

This makes it softer (providing improved impact resistance) and also more fat-resistant. PS is suitable for use between -40°C and +85°C.

OTHER

Any other plastics that do not fall into any of the above categories. - An example is melamine, which is often used in plastic plates and cups.

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