Produce Packaging Solutions

At Crawford Packaging, we are committed to delivering top-notch, complete packaging solutions for your produce. With world-class partners and extensive expertise in the fresh produce market, we ensure top performance, extended shelf life, and sustainability. Our Packaging Specialists will work with you to develop customized options tailored to your needs. 

Packaging automation technology has opened the doors to high-speed packaging opportunities, allowing growers and packers to improve their operational effectiveness and greatly reduce time to market.

With a broad range of high-performance consumables, we provide growers with solutions to improve produce shelf life, protect against physical damage, and reduce waste.

We provide growers with new and innovative packaging products to reduce their carbon footprint, while also keeping their sustainable commitments to the end consumer.

Our factory-trained service technicians are fully qualified to maintain, service, and source parts for all major brands of packaging equipment solutions.

Produce Packaging Automation

Produce packaging automation has become a key aspect for efficient and timely produce packaging. New automation technology has opened high-speed packaging possibilities, allowing growers and packers to achieve increased operational efficiencies and greatly reduce the time to market.

Top seal packaging machines utilize heat and other methods to apply film lids to trays of varying depths, sizes, and substrates.

Flow wrap packaging machines use applied heat to seal the bottoms and ends of a roll of film creating a horizontal bag.

Linerless label applicators utilize weigh scales for variable-weight products to then apply labels without liners.

Shrink wrapping machines use temperature-sensitive films to tightly cover your product when heat is applied.

Strapping machines use bands of flat steel or plastic to secure loads on a pallet of product to prepare for transport.

Stretch wrapping uses stretchable plastic film to secure loads on a pallet of product to prepare for transport.

Produce Packaging Consumables and Innovations

We provide growers with packaging that not only looks good but improves product shelf life. Proper produce packaging provides protection from physical damage, light, air, and temperature changes that can cause spoilage. Technologies within the packaging are also available including biaxially oriented polypropylene film (BOPP) film packaging, modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), eco-friendly materials, and more.

Consumables

GrowPack lidding films can
include tamper-evident technologies and are capable of printing in custom formats to represent your brand. Our top seal films are also offered in resealable format.

Flow wrap films are often
made from custom manufactured BOPP films, which are one of the most popular plastic films today.

Stand out from your competitors with beautifully designed and cost effective custom produce bags. Our Custom Produce Bags are available in a variety of formats and materials.

GrowPack Cucumber Shrink Film is made from high quality resins that provide a stronger, clearer shrink film that looks great and runs smoothly.

Innovations

These unique trays use up to 50% less plastic than conventional trays allowing for reduced waste, product breathability, and they are 100% recyclable.

The right produce tray offers an upscale presentation to compliment your produce. We provide produce trays that are usable in flow wrapping machines and tray sealing machines.

Linerless labels allow growers to reduce waste and minimize their carbon footprint by eliminating the need for a release liner, all while creating opportunity for increased branding.

What is GrowPack?

GrowPack is our private brand that represents the new standard of quality in Fresh Produce Packaging. Working with industry-leading sources worldwide,
we search for the highest quality products for our clients. We offer the most innovative products designed to increase productivity and product protection, ensuring your products get to market in the best shape possible.


These products look better, last longer, taste better and outlive unpackaged products on retailer shelves by a large margin.

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