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Stacking Farm Produce Trays
Farm produce trays are used for many different British grown fruits and vegetables. They are designed to help support the fruit so that it is not crushed under its own weight. Sometimes the fruit or vegetables are separated out into punnets and placed into the stacking farm produce trays, and sometimes the fruit is loosely packed into them. For this reason, stacking farm produce trays need to have a good stacking strength.
Corrugated cardboard is the best material for this job. There are several different construction methods for these trays, which can be seen in the FEFCO drawings below. We can help select the best design style based on the dimensions you need and the fruit or vegetable you need to package. We recommend the addition of cardboard lugs and slots so that when stacked, the trays have a little added security to stop them toppling during transit.
Our Materials
Single Wall and Double Wall Flutes
Corrugated cardboard is a sustainable and recyclable material which is both lightweight and extremely strong. Depending on the thickness of the corrugations and finish of the liner board, corrugated card can be elegant, strong, and long lasting.
This cardboard can be used for boxes and displays but also furniture, exhibitions, games and art.
E flute is mainly used for inner containers, presentation boxes and smaller countertop displays.
Double wall cardboard such as EE or EB is used where box strength is important, or for free standing displays and dump bins.
Single wall cardboard such as B or C flute is generally reserved for economical outer boxes and cartons. BC flute is used for more demanding applications.
All the benefits of corrugated cardboard but with the added convenience of rigidity in sheet form. This material is ideal for use in cardboard furniture, exhibition and semi-permanent displays. It can also be used as packing material for fragile items.
Display board is a solid board without corrugations and is generally used for high-end displays, and in places where curves are desired such as elliptical towers or round displays.
It is often used as a cladding material, where the strength and rigidity of a display will come from the cardboard components inside. Display board offers excellent print finish and a long-lasting high quality surface.
Ideal for use where cardboard is not suitable, UV-stable Correx can be used outdoors, in wet weather conditions, can be washed clean, and can be printed as usual. Commonly used for displays in garden centres and DIY stores.
Extremely light weight and very rigid, foam board is ideal for hanging display boards. It has a very smooth surface for high print quality.
Foamex is a solid plastic sheet material which has excellent longevity. Frequently this material is used for outdoor signage and has a good appearance once printed. Occasionally, Foamex is used for indoor displays where complex and detailed cut-outs reduce the strength of cardboard i.e. standees.
Predominantly, transparent polypropylene sheeting is used for producing mop trays, which are waterproof trays to fit around the base of a cardboard display.
Once fitted, the floor can be mopped as usual without the need to move the display to a dry area.
