The popularity of online shopping is a booming business. Mail Order fulfillment services are used to mail or ship items ranging from apparel clothing, prescription drugs, vitamins, and books. Mail order and e-commerce fulfillment packaging houses need to send products out as quickly and efficiently as possible. In order to speed up the delivery process, […]
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Construction Packaging Supplier
Flexible packaging supplies and equipment are needed to securely wrap construction products and supplies. Stretch wrap binds stone, bricks and shingles to skids. Plastic films, wraps and sheeting (also known as visqueen) are used on construction sites. They are used to prevent dust contamination, construction enclosure, ground erosion control and vapor barriers for concrete & […]
Bags on an Autobag Roll
Have you ever wondered how many bags are on an Autobag roll or how many rolls are in a box? Well it all depends. Autobags are pre-made plastic bags on rolls designed to improve a company’s packaging efficiency. These bags are ideal for low to high volume packaging operations. The plastic bags come in stock […]
ShurSEAL Packaging Tape
Have you ever been frustrated opening up a box sealed with packaging tape? Most of the time it requires a box cutter or knife to cut the tape in order to open up the box. Using a sharp edge object can result in damaging the content inside the box or risk the possibility of cutting […]
Autobag – Pack Expo 2015
Check out the products Pack Expo will be exhibiting at Pack Expo 2015. Autobag 850S Mail Order Fulfillment System The widest, newest and most technologically-advanced system for mail order fulfillment bagging. This uniquely designed wide bagging system provides enhanced packaging productivity for mail order fulfillment applications. Capable of running bags up to 22″ […]
Advantages of On Demand Bubble Wrap
Bubble wrap is used by shipping departments,mail order fulfillment depts. and 3rd party logistics to wrap a protect items during shipping. Bubble wrap comes in large rolls which takes up lots of storage space and difficult to move around. On demand bubble wrap can be made when needed which reduces storage space. On demand wrap […]
Advantages of Air Pillow Packaging
Void fill 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. The time spent each day loading stored peanuts, and cleaning up the mess at each packaging station creates quite a […]
Why Recycle Stretch Wrap?
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 […]
Void Fill Air Pillow Packaging Advantages
Void fill 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 […]
Deciding on a Case Erector
Case erectors are used to either automatically or semi-automatically erect corrugated boxes. Case erectors can save time & money, improve throughput, provide consistently formed boxes and reduce labor cost. If you are using over 500 boxes a day or dedicating a full labor shift to manually erect boxes, then you will probably benefit from a case […]
Horizontal Flow Wrappers
Horizontal flow wrappers are used to automatically wrap and seal food products such as baked goods, candy, and also electronic and hardware items. Flow wrapping equipment will form the shape from the roll of packaging film, fill it with the product, seal and discharge the finished package at speeds up to 120 packages per minute. […]
UV Protective Bags
UV protective bags protect light-sensitive items such as medications, electronics and films from ultraviolet rays and other contaminants. Our Autobag UV protective bags on a roll uses AMBR translucent material that provides 90% UV (a) and UV (b) resistance while allowing the product to be seen though the bag. Our AMBR bags are durable, have […]
Flexible Packaging Equipment
Flexible packaging equipment is used to increase the packaging efficiency of flexible packaging materials such as poly bags/pouches, stretch wrap, shrink wrap, bubble wrap and void fill supplies. Flexible packaging supplies are plastic based films, which are used to package, protect and ship products for an array of industries. Flexible packaging supplies provide several […]
Understanding Plastic Food Films
Understanding the different types of food packaging films and their applications can be confusing. With names like Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE), Cast Polypropylene (CPP), Metallized Oriented Polypropylene (MET-OPP) or Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), one might think you need to be a chemistry major. Read our “Understanding Food Films” to better understand the types of food films […]
Fresh Produce Packaging Films
Recently vegetable – fresh produce shrink wrapping has become popular among retailers. Flexible packaging films like shrink wraps are used to individually package fresh produce such as fruits and vegetables. Initially one may think it’s a waste of packaging material. Individually wrapping fresh produce items provides a number of benefits including prolonged shelf life, and […]