Corrugated inserts to hold and protect a product within a mailer shipping box are usually a great packaging solution. In most cases, they reduce or eliminate the need for additional protective packaging products such as foam, paper or bubble packaging, and the labor required to use and apply those ancillary packaging materials. When is a [...]

Printed shrink film is not new (I sold my first printed shrink film more than 30 years ago), but it is making a very strong resurgence for several very good reasons: The increased focus on overall packaging reduction and the use of greener packaging materials The “concept to store shelf process” is faster, easier, and [...]

We help our customers communicate through their packaging, but few jobs we’ve completed are as personally satisfying as the work we recently did for www.SeaOtters.com. Spend a few minutes on their web site and you’ll understand why this organization is so concerned about the health and well being of this endangered species. This is an [...]

Like most industries, the corrugated business loves acronyms, and these are two of the most common. RSC Boxes RSC stands for “regular slotted carton” and is the typical box construction that results in four flaps on the bottom box opening and four flaps at the top opening. On a rectangular box, the smaller side panel [...]

When you first call Luna Sandals and are greeted by a recording of the friendly voice of the company owner and founder, introducing himself as Bare Foot Ted, you realize you are connecting with a unique company. Ted and many of his staff are accomplished “barefoot” runners, and it was that passion for his sport [...]

Our two new sizes are ideal for shipping products in situations where a low profile or more attractive presentation type box is needed. These boxes are relatively inexpensive and require minimal void fill and tape to keep them closed and secure. Best of all, they are Globe Guard® die-cut mailers constructed of our strong, 32B-flute, [...]

Whether you call them plastic envelopes, poly mailers or courier mailers, our newest product addition just became an ever better deal – we are offering a better mailer envelope at a price competitive to what you will find elsewhere on products of lesser quality. What makes our envelopes better?

Months ago, we wrote about the work we had done for a company that was shipping out green product samples to green-minded consumers. It was a neat application, and we enjoyed doing it. But since then, we have been approached by a number of companies also interested in shipping out a wide variety of products [...]

At the recent International Housewares Show, I had several conversations with a number of people who wanted to talk about the “bad” packaging they are getting from their foreign suppliers. Well over 90% of all house ware products we all buy and use are manufactured and packaged overseas, which typically results in substantial savings for [...]

The challenge to rack displaying undergarments, tee shirts, baby clothes, gloves, socks and other non-rigid items is that they don’t always hang well. In addition, quite frankly, soft goods are not always attractive when folded into compact, space saving sell units. Typically, you want the product kept clean but visible for color or pattern identification [...]