“Foil Trays, Film & Machinery”…….. High Street Butchers in Northern Ireland have added real value to their products which has proved to be hugely successful, with the D2 Food Systems turnkey solution for Foil Trays, Film and Tray Sealing Machinery. So far 12 new machines have been supplied in the last year each one a massive [...]

D2 Food Systems are delighted to announce the acquisition of a brand new Aluminium Foil Tray Manufacturing Facility. This new facility will link with the existing world class production unit and will enable D2 Food Systems to offer: New machinery showroom which will be able to demonstrate the state of the art, the D2 “Automated [...]

As a result of D2’s continued growth within the UK and European markets we are delighted to announce extended Customer Service hours. Our new 2011 Customer Service hours are; Monday – Thursday 8am-6pm Friday 8am-5pm Please call 01492 592333 to speak to our Specialist Aluminium Foil Container Customer Service Team to discuss: New/existing orders Logistics [...]

In line with our considerable investment programme D2 Food Systems have purchased and installed Two State Of The Art Fully Automated Aluminium Foil Container Press Lines within the Conwy production facility. This investment is thanks to the continued support and growth from our highly valued and loyal customer base. “These additional lines are key additions [...]

Christmas Opening – 2010 As the Christmas period is upon us once again, I would like to draw your attention to the following information: Our offices will close at 1300hrs on Friday 24th December, 2010. We will re-open for normal business at 0830hrs on Tuesday 4th January 2011 Delivery of Packaging and Spare Parts Please [...]

D2 are delighted to announce the further progression our in-depth range of smoothwall foil containers with 10 further new and unique profiles to be supplied from our state of the art Conwy factory this autumn. The range development is in conjunction with the procurement of new presses to help D2 accommodate the additional smoothwall foil [...]

   3D Presentation of a wide range of Convenience Foods, Fresh Ready to Roast Chicken, Pork, Beef, Lamb Joints and Turkey Crowns.   D2 has completed extensive trials in the development of a new style of packaging which consists of a pre-formed Aluminimum Smoothwall Tray & a heat sealed, high clarity APET dome lid. The [...]

The ongoing success of our D2 700 Rotary Tray Sealing Machine was further enhanced last week when a Belgium based ready meals manufacturer confirmed their order for a second machine. The reliability and economical running costs of the D2 700 Rotary Tray Sealing Machine, which has been proven by their existing machine’s performance, was key [...]

Working in partnership with blue chip dessert manufacturers, D2 have introduced a new range of five round wrinkle wall containers. Utilising D2’s design capabilities, drawings and initial trial samples were produced following which production quantities were made and checked before introducing regular supplies.   These containers are ideally suited for catering cheesecakes, crumbles and other catering [...]

D2 offers a range of hand slammers for the closing of foil lids on to wrinkle wall aluminium foil trays. Suitable for small catering operations and large scale industrial factories, the hand slammer will provide a cover over the foil that protects the food products from contamination. This type of tray lidding is commonly used [...]

If you’re a current user of the established D2 series plastic meat trays, there’s fantastic news ! This size of tray is now available from D2 in Smoothwall Aluminium ! The new D2 tray has the reference D293-75 and comes with a top out dimensions of 194 x 153 and 75mm deep, additionally the tray features a trivet [...]

D2 have been at the forefront of real world innovation in reducing not only the weight of our trays but also the amount of waste material produced during the manufacturing process. We truly understand that to achieve a greater environmental reduction we have to look at all aspects of the supply chain not just the [...]

It has recently been brought to our attention by several of our customers that they have been approached by a competitor to D2 and asked to supply D2 manufactured trays to them. I would therefore like to ask, if you are approached, that you decline their offer to purchase our trays from yourselves and not [...]

D2 are again at the forefront of environmental supply chain packaging reduction by supplying our Smooth Wall Foil Containers in Pallet Boxes rather than individual packing boxes. Only when a customer specifies the use of boxes will the D2 team use this system. The reduction in supply chain packaging is on-going and we’re always working [...]

The D2 800 Tray Sealing machine is a compact inline fully automatic system for the sealing of pre-formed trays with film, board or crimped lids. Able to run with MAP (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) or standard heat seal with single and multi cavity tooling.  The tooling used by the 800 utilises a cast fused elements offering excellent [...]

At D2 Food Systems  we have developed a range of internally lacquered smooth wall foil containers that provide a total barrier to highly acidic products.  Normally a product PH range of between 4.5-6.0 is recommended for use in plain un-coated Smooth wall Foil Container, however we have to also consider the product composition, storage conditions [...]

Through our continuous development of light weight and down-gauged trays, coupled with the fact that used aluminium is endlessly recyclable, aluminium trays are a sustainable as well as convenient packaging option. The focus in the UK for many years is the recycling of Aluminium Cans (Coke Cans for example), however D2 are continuously marketing the [...]