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An innovative and environmentally friendly packaging solution which has captured more than 70% of the US community meals market and is used to provide more than 5,000 community meals every day in the UK is now being marketed as an ideal tray for speciality, low-to-medium run ready meals producers.The system comes from Oliver Products and comprises a flexible selection of multi-compartment, environmentally friendly paper pulp trays which stay cool to the touch but bring freshly sealed, hot food straight to the table. The trays can be frozen to minus 40°C and heated to 205°C in conventional or microwave ovens.Oliver trays, known in the UK under the Olipak brand, come in a choice of fill depths, colours and compartment configurations. The sealing film for lidding adheres FIRMLY to all of the compartment top surfaces, preventing different elements of the meal mixing together before the lid is removed by the consumer. The lidding film can be provided ready-printed with company logo and/or freezing/re-heat instructions.Oliver has been serving the USA food sector for more than seventy years and research across the US reveals that the new Olipak system is by far the preferred choice of professional ready meal providers and their clients.