There are plenty of advantages to using the trusty air pillow for the best void fill solution.

Void fill packaging uses material such as peanuts, paper or bubble on demand to fill spaces in packages. This eliminates the voids within a package and prevents the packaged item from moving around and possibly causing damage.

The time spent each day loading stored peanuts, and cleaning up the mess at each packaging station creates quite a bit of work. Additionally clients complain about the mess associated with the both paper and peanut packing material. Air pillow packaging is reusable, clean and is a great alternative to those other types of void fill packaging.

There are additional benefits, including: pillows require an average of 83% less effort to pull and separate than competitive brands, which keeps your operation at top speed and reduces changeover time. The durable and puncture-resistant pillows inflate on-demand, which saves valuable warehouse space.
They are are clean, dust-free and lightweight, as well as printable for customized branding. These recyclable pillows can be used again and again thanks to the EarthAware recycled materials the pillows are made of.

Read our Void Fill Packaging presentations to learn more about this type of packaging. Or click on our Contact Us form to fill out an inquiry, and a member of our customer service team will get back to you shortly.

Stretch wrap also called stretch film is a highly stretchable plastic film. It’s commonly made of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE). Because of it elasticity, it keeps skidded packages tightly bound or protects wrapped items from moisture and debris. Warehouses and distribution centers are filled skids and pallets wound in stretch wrap. Once the stretch wrapped item reaches its destination, it is removed where it is either discarded as trash or recycled.

If stretch wrap is thrown in the garbage, it means you are paying to throw away someone else’s trash. There’s also the guilt of knowing it’s going to a landfill where the it may take years to decompose. Stretch wrap is easily recyclable.

Once the wrap is removed it can be compacted in a baler so it can be easily stored until enough bales are ready for shipment. The bales could then be sold to a plastic recycling management company. These companies will either resell the bales or recycle the wrap into plastic pellets. The recycling management company will sell the plastic pellets to injection molders, blow molders and extruders.

Recycling stretch wrap can have hefty economic benefits, prevents it from entering landfills, saves energy and makes the world greener for future generations. Companies like the feeling of environmental responsibility especially if it doesn’t cost them anything. Flexible packaging products like stretch film should be recycled. It’s the right thing to do for business and environment.

To learn more, Automated Packaging System has a guide for how to best recycle stretch wrap. Please fill out our contact us form and a member of our customer service team will get back to you with your inquiry.

Void fill air pillow packaging uses material such as peanuts, paper or air pillows to fill spaces in packages. This eliminates the voids within a package and prevents the packaged item from moving around and possibly causing damage.

Void fill paper packaging creates dust & although reusable, most of the time it gets thrown out. Peanut packaging is messy and time consuming. As a result, the time spent each day loading stored peanuts, and cleaning up the mess at each packaging station creates quite a bit of work. Additionally, clients complain about the mess associated with the peanut packaging material.

Pyramid Packaging is a distributor of AirPouch Express 3 Void Fill packaging equipment. The AirPouch Express 3 Tabletop Void-fill System provides on-demand, easy-to-use AirPouch EZ-Tear air pillows for high packing productivity, and reduced shipping costs. Operating at speeds over 50 feet per minute in semi-or fully-automatic modes, the AirPouch Express 3 creates continuous strips of void fill air pillow which are ideal for all protective packaging applications. Simply plug the unit in, load the air pillow material, and start packaging.

The AirPouch EZ-Tear pillows are puncture-resistant air significantly improve protection while reducing packing and shipping costs.  Its perforated technology makes it extremely easy for packers to grab a strip of air pillows and quickly tear off as many as they need. The pillows are specially designed perforations allow more air into each pillow. They are available in 8, 10, and 12 inch widths. For more information, click here or call Pyramid Packaging at 847-272-3400.