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Go Green with Recycled Shrink Film to Protect Holiday Baskets

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Packaging Supplies understands the importance of environmentally friendly products and their benefits not only to the environment, but to their clients as well. Products such as recycled shrink film, protect the environment and cut costs for clients.

UW-Stout’s University Dining Services just began to understand the benefits of using environmentally friendly products this year and went green, according to a Packaging Digest article. The university is now using non-petroleum-based packaging products for its food and beverages. The material will save the university 2,755 gallons of gasoline and 27,146 pounds of greenhouse gases.

While the university has to pass on the expenses of its new compostable packaging to its clients, other companies have found ways to offer great deals on “green” products.

Buy eco friendly recycled shrink film from wholesaler PackagingSupplies.com.

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Baskets and Packages Look Better With Shrink Film

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

You’ve been asked to put together an arts and crafts basket for your child’s school as a giveaway.  But the basket looks a little blah and too “homemade.” Shrink film to the rescue!

Contrary to what many people think, shrink film can be purchased for use in the home and is ideal for wrapping a basket or other “gift” items.  Although it does take a certain knack to get used to the process, it’s relatively easy to work with once you get the hang of it!

Although there are shrink film kits on the market, many shrink film rolls and sheets require zero “specialty devices” to cause them to contract.  In fact, numerous types of shrink film can be “shrunk” using nothing more exotic than a hand-held blow dryer.

So the next time you want to put together a basket that elicits “wows,” pick up some shrink film.  It’ll be the proverbial icing on the cake!

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Stretch Film Industry Pricing Announcement

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Stretch FilmDuring the last week of February 2009, all of the top manufacturers of stretch film announced an upcoming industry-wide pricing increase for stretch film and related poly products such as poly bags, bubble wrap, etc.  The increase amounts ranged from 8% to as high as 10%.

The reason for these industry-wide increases can always be linked to the pricing and availability of the raw materials involved in manufacturing stretch film (sometimes referred to as shrink wrap).  Specifically the pricing of the petroleum resin that’s used in linear low density polyethylen film (LLDPE) controls the overall pricing. Because this petroleum resin is also used in gasoline, one can usually expect stretch film to go up and down whenever consumer gasoline prices fluctuate.

Resin availability is sometimes the largest factor in dictating a price increase.  Longer lead times producing stretch film due to resin shortages can and will result in a price increase. That was the reason given in February 2009.  In advance of the slowdown this time, resin manufacturers have shut down plants and moved to implement significant maintenance projects.  Resin manufacturers stated they would be reinforcing this planned March 2009 increase with another increase due in April.

However, a shocking last minute decision was made on March 23rd to not have a stretch film increase in March due to the slowdown of the economy.  All stretch film manufacturers agreed to hold pricing. As far as what will happen in April, we will keep everyone posted here in our blog.

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Wrap CDs and DVDs Quickly with Shrink Wrap Film Sealer Parts

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Do you need to package or repackage small   cases, like CD and DVD packages? Not sure what’s the best way to do it? Don’t worry, PackagingSupplies.com has the shrink film sealer parts you need to quickly and securely seal things like movies, music and software packages.

We recommend a shrink wrap film system that comes with shrink film sealer parts like a sealer, a roller, a heat gun and a roll of shrink film. Small, efficient shrink film sealer parts kits like these are used by video game stores, video rental shops and other retailers who deal with lots of DVDs and CDs. These shrink film sealer parts kits are ideal for all volumes of shrink film packaging jobs. And the shrink film sealer parts kits create a great-looking, cleanly-wrapped final product.

The shrink film sealer parts kits available at PackagingSupplies.com are also among the easiest to use. Not only is replacing rolls of shrink film a breeze, but so is sealing different sizes of shrink film. It just takes three quick passes through the shrink film sealer parts kit and you’ve got a safe, secure and crisply-packaged product.

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