Food
Specialists in Food and Food Service Charpak has the highest BRC AA approval for food packaging.
Charpak deliver bespoke packaging for ambient and chilled food in food-to-go, chilled desserts, bakery and celebration cakes, convenience and ready meals, chocolate and confectionery, cheese and dairy, fish and shellfish, premium alcohol and luxury gifting.
Whether you’re looking for premium product packaging or transit trays from A-B, our expert consultants will be happy to assist.
Desserts & Cakes
Charpak’s packaging is designed to show off your stunning products. Charpak deliver exceptional packaging for exceptional products.
For cheesecakes, chilled desserts, delicate individual petit fours, and single or twin-pack sharing and individual cakes, celebration cakes and cake bars look no further.
We can create moulds for your 3D cakes, manufacture standard clam packs or custom design your premium retail product packaging. Our imaginative packaging design ideas create outstanding products helping our clients regularly achieve national recognition winning industry awards.
Cheese & Dairy
Charpak design and manufacture thermoformed packaging for all year-round products, and seasonal ranges. Whether you’re looking for a range of grab and go options, snack packs, snacking for dairy; original design ideas for Christmas, Halloween, Easter or Summer our special edition custom collections can be manufactured for small and large scale production runs.
We offer food packaging for cheese and cracker food gifting, luxury gift packaging and unique and innovative cheese and chocolate advent calendars.
Based in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Charpak Ltd are independently owned with over 30 years heritage in designing and manufacturing innovative world-class thermoformed plastic packaging.
Charpaks' rigid plastic packaging products include own label packaging, new product development NPD, box inserts, clam packs, point of sale trays and transit trays. As well as a standard range, Charpak also provide a bespoke service.
Charpak plastic packaging products are adaptable to almost any shape, to maximise point of sale visibility. Our unique Charlok clip ensures pack security without the need for welding or further sealing.
Charpak boasts specialist teams which deal with every aspect of the process from the initial concept, through to the finished product, providing a confidential, highly skilled and very efficient service.
Charpak packaging products can be found in all major supermarkets and retail chains. Typical market sectors and applications that Charpak work within include, but are not limited to, cosmetics & toiletries, food & drink, electrical & DIY, manufacturing, medical, music & publishing, sports & leisure and toys & games. We actively work with clients in demanding markets.
At Charpak, we believe that sustainability is key to the future of packaging. With packaging reduction in mind, we source UK produced recycled and recyclable materials with full food grade approval.
We also believe that packaging sells a product if it is done right. At Charpak, we do it right - every time!
Medical
At Charpak we have an on-site validated and monitored class 7 (class 10,000) pharmaceutical clean room, purpose designed and built by pharmaceutical clean room specialists to manufacture thermo formed and vacuum formed plastic packaging using the most stringent cleanliness levels expected. In addition, we have extensive food grade production facilities.
Food & Beverage
Charpak was one of the first direct contact food grade packaging companies to achieve the BRC/IoP technical standard demanded by all major supermarkets and retail chains.
Cosmetics & Toiletries
From FMCG packaging to exclusive gift packaging our design and manufacture expertise produces ideal solutions for household brands.
Manufacturing
Many OEM processes such as within the micro electronics industry, require cost effective, accurate transit trays to transport, protect and locate products between production stages.Charpak provides a range of solutions in a range of materials including conductive and dissipative plastics.
Materials
Charpak design and manufacture plastic packaging products from a wide variety of plastic film including bio-compostable and bio-degradable materials.
APET / PE, PETG can be supplied as clear or with a medical blue tint.
RPET is produced using a high percentage of consumer waste together with an ABA layer of food grade material. Our homogenised rPET material is produced using super clean PCW with FDA/FSA approval.
Specialised Polymers available as a mono layer high clarity film with multi-layer materials available to enhance specific properties including gaseous barrier, reduced evaporation, taint avoidance and chemical resistance.
16/04/2024 -
Charpak Wins Prestigious Award Charpak is delighted to have won the prestigious SME innovation Award from the NEAA (North East Automotive Alliance) at their recent Annual Awards Event.
31/03/2022 -
Charpak part of MTC collaboration developing revolutionary vaccine vessel Charpak has played an integral role in the research and development of a new vaccine tray that could revolutionise safe storage and transportation of refrigerated pharma goods worldwide and even to some of the remotest villages on earth.
30/11/2017 -
Charpak invests in a cutting edge new milling machine CNC Milling MachineThe ultra-modern CNC machine enables even more complex tooling to be milled at high precision and at high speed, custom-made to all shapes and sizes as required by Charpak's clients.
29/11/2017 -
Award-winning designers join the Charpak team Award-winning product designer Max Cubitt has an impressive MSC in Integrated Product Design from the University of Brunel.
04/08/2017 -
Award-winning designers join the Charpak team Award-winning product designer Max Cubitt has an impressive MSC in Integrated Product Design from the University of Brunel.
03/08/2017 -
Charpak invests in a cutting edge new milling machine The ultra-modern CNC machine enables even more complex tooling to be milled at high precision and at high speed, custom-made to all shapes and sizes as required by Charpak's clients.
07/08/2013 -
Charpak ahead of new demands Charpak has grown significantly in the last ten years by seeking to keep ahead of market trends and by delivering customised solutions for the food, cosmetics and medical sectors.
21/03/2013 -
Charpak Aidpod helps Colalife save children's lives In association with Packaging Innovation Group, Charpak Ltd designed and developed the Aidpod for Colalife, an independent charity working in developing countries.
09/07/2012 -
The happiest baking day of your lives Charpak has come up with the ultimate solution to allow you to order the most sumptuous cake for your most special day.
20/01/2009 -
CharBrand introduces Thermoformed Drinks Carrier Paul Smith, Marketing Director of CharBrand said, "The unique tray can hold Half or Full Pints and is intended as an easy to use Drink Carrier at large events such as beer festivals, corporate sporting events and stadiums".
09/01/2008 -
Charpak minimises lead times with machinery investment Charpak are pleased to announce that with the recent addition of 2 more Illig and Kiefel Forming Lines, existing and potential clients can be reassured that our lead-times will be kept to a minimum.
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