What are Farnell pouches?
Farnell Packaging offers stand-up and lay-flat pouches in a wide range of sizes, materials, and formats. Built on a polyethylene base, our pouches can be combined with a variety of other materials to meet your specific requirements for sustainability, shelf life, cost, and structure.
Whether you’re replacing rigid packaging, scaling up retail distribution, or building a brand identity on shelf, Farnell pouches are engineered to perform, and to stand out. Our award-winning high-definition printing delivers crisp images and vibrant colours that bring your brand to life. Farnell pouches are developed as part of our Full Picture Packaging approach, which ensures every solution balances sustainability with performance, brand impact, and production efficiency.
Consumers love the convenience and security of flexible pouches, while brands love the premium look and feel. Farnell Packaging will work with you to match you with the pouch that is best-suited to your brand and your products.
All pouches are based on polyethylene and can be combined with a variety of other materials that affect sustainability, shelf-life, cost, structure, and other details. Our printing process produces crisp images and vibrant colors that will help your product stand out on store shelves.
Key benefits
Sustainability options to meet your goals
Farnell pouches are available in a range of sustainable structures, including recycle-ready monomaterial formats, options with post-consumer recycled (PCR) resin, sugar cane-based resin, and compostable resins. All PE sustainable pouches are recycle-ready, making it easier to meet retailer requirements and internal sustainability targets.
Premium print quality
Our printing process uses award-winning high-definition 175 line-screen technology to produce crisp imagery and vibrant colours. Available with full-bleed printing, matte or gloss finishes, and both inside reverse and surface-printed options, Farnell pouches help your brand make an impression at shelf.
Flexible formats and closures
Available as stand-up or lay-flat pouches, Farnell packaging can be configured with zippers, resealable closures, and tamper-evident options. Pouches are compatible with both automatic and hand-filled applications, and can be customized to accommodate a wide range of product types and production environments.
Product-specific barrier performance
Each pouch can be engineered with the barrier properties your product requires, whether that’s moisture control, oxygen protection, or extended shelf life. Specialized formats such as cook-in-bag films are also available for food applications that require high-heat performance.
Can replace rigid packaging
Flexible pouches are a proven alternative to rigid containers, often reducing material use, shipping weight, and storage footprint — without sacrificing product protection or shelf presence.
Applications
Farnell pouches are designed for fresh produce, frozen food, seafood, and bakery applications. For seafood producers with specific requirements around puncture resistance and transparency, Farnell’s Glacier™ film is engineered for premium seafood packaging. For produce and consumer goods requiring clarity and recyclability, see Claropac™.
Frequently asked questions
Farnell offers both stand-up pouches and lay-flat pouches in a wide range of sizes and material configurations. All pouches are built on a polyethylene base and can be customized with different barrier layers, closures, and finishes to suit your product and production requirements.
Yes, all PE sustainable pouches from Farnell are recycle-ready. We also offer options using post-consumer recycled (PCR) resin, sugar cane-based resins, and biodegradable materials, depending on your sustainability goals and retailer requirements.
In many cases, yes. Flexible pouches can replace rigid containers such as cans, jars, and trays — reducing material use, shipping weight, and storage footprint. Farnell will work with you to assess whether a pouch format is the right fit for your product and production line.
Farnell uses award-winning high-definition 175 line-screen printing for crisp images and vibrant colours. Options include full-bleed printing, matte and gloss finishes, and both inside reverse and surface-printed configurations. Our team can work with you to develop a look that fits your brand.
Farnell pouches can be configured with zippers, resealable closures, and tamper-evident options. These are available on both stand-up and lay-flat formats, and for both automatic and hand-filled production lines.
Yes. Farnell offers customized cook-in-bag films for food applications requiring high-heat performance. We also engineer product-specific barrier properties for applications that require moisture control, oxygen protection, or extended shelf life.
In addition to pouches, Farnell offers a range of proprietary packaging films. These include Glacier™ for premium seafood, Claropac™ for produce and consumer goods, ReFlex PCR™ which incorporates post-consumer recycled plastic, and TerraFlex™, a fully compostable packaging film.
- All PE sustainable pouches are recycle-ready.
- Available as either lay-flat or stand-up pouches
- Highly customizable based on your requirements and your customers’ needs
- Laminated inside print and surface printed options available.
