Casings

Company represented:

Atlantis-Pak

PCF Atlantis-Pak, LLC is the biggest plastic casings manufacturer worldwide that focuses on the manufacturing of plastic casings, shrink bags, and films for meat and dairy products; and on the manufacturing of labels.

When one buys packaging solutions of Atlantis-Pak, they not only benefit from the advantages of the plastic packaging but also contribute to environment protection.

iPeel and AMIPAK have consistently been the casing of choice for the majority of our customers.

iPeel

iPeel is the world’s first easy-peeling permeable frankfurter casing made on the basis of plastics.

iPeel can be used for production of frankfurters and subsequent removal of the casing by means of automatic peelers; and production of frankfurters and subsequent storage and sale of the products in the casing (festoon).

  • High permeability. iPeel is permeable to smoke and water vapour which enables you to perform stages of dry-heat cooking and smoking. The products acquire the traditional sensory characteristics typical of products in cellulose, collagen and natural casings. The dense coagulated protein crust with a glossy surface of the product under the casing provides for a greater stability of the process of removal of the casing off the finished product without damage to the crust.
  • Wider assortment of products. The iPeel casing is supplied straight or ring-shaped, which extends the range of products by diversification of their appearance. The ring-shaped version of the iPeel casing makes it possible to supply products in the shape of half rings, without the use of expensive natural or collagen casings, and to remove the casing by peelers.
  • Optimal vapour and oxygen transmission rates. Compared with collagen and cellulose casings at the standard storage temperatures (+2…+6°C) for the finished products, iPeel offers the optimal water vapour and oxygen transmission rates. This provides for:
    • Reduction of the oxidation processes in the finished products;
    • Better preservation of the smoked flavor (and spices) in the finished product until removal of the casing by means of a peeler, as well as throughout the shelf life of the product stored in the casing (festoon);
    • Reduced weight losses in the process of storage (it is recommended to store the products in a gas environment, inside the vacuum packaging);
    • Retardation of the process of syneresis (liquid separation) in the finished product inside the vacuum packaging.
  • Hygienic characteristics. Polymers used in manufacturing of iPeel casing have been especially selected to be inert to bacteria and fungi growth. This greatly improves hygienic characteristics of both the casing and meat-processed products.
  • High temperature sustainability and mechanical strength. Polymers used in production of iPeel casing greatly widen temperature range of casing’s usage versus collagen and cellulose analogues. iPeel casing allows you to stuff sausages on different types of fillers while keeping production speed high. iPeel casing can be overfilled 6-8% compared to the casing’s nominal caliber. Caliber uniformity plays a significant role in stable stuffing on modern high-speed automated filling systems and fillers equipped with a holding device.

AMIPAK

The AMIPAK casing is designed for production of all types of frankfurters, wieners, hot dogs, and mini sausages.

  • The high mechanical strength of the AMIPAK casing makes it possible to mould chubs not only by manual tying, but also by using various types of equipment to achieve a high rate of production and overfilling relative to the nominal caliber. The caliber consistency in the AMIPAK casings provides for stable filling on frankfurter lines and stuffer linkers.
  • High barrier properties. The oxygen and water vapour transmission rate of the AMIPAK casing is much lower than that of collagen and cellulose casings, which provides for the following advantages:
  • The high heat resistance of the polymers used to make the AMIPAK casings significantly extends the utilization temperature range of the casing in comparison with collagen and cellulose casings. The casing is stable at high temperatures.
  • Microbiological resistance. The polymers used for production of the AMIPAK casings are impervious to bacteria and mould fungi. This improves the hygienic characteristics of both the casing itself, and the finished products.
  • Minimum losses during the thermal processing (0 – 1.5%) and storage of frankfurters and wieners.
  • Excellent selling appearance of the finished products (no wrinkles) throughout the shelf life.