All right, all right, all right! After months of deliberation, you have decided that contract packaging is the right solution for your company's supply chain needs! You have narrowed your search for a co-packer down to two or three vendors, and you are ready to enter into a contract packaging agreement. After sending off an RFQ to your prospective vendors, you were hoping a few simple meetings would be all that was required to initiate the process. Unfortunately, each of your prospective vendors has requested product samples from you and will not move the process forward until you have completed this task. This was, for all intents and purposes, an unexpected request. You want to know why this needs to be done to move forward with your contract packaging dreams. We understand your frustration. But, we also know that a client must send the chosen contract packaging vendor product samples to move the contract packaging process forward. After several decades in the contract packaging industry, Industrial Packaging often gets the question "why do we need to send you product samples to start contract packaging"? This article will explain why you will be required to send in product samples before you can begin a contract packaging agreement with your chosen co-packer. After reading this article, you will better understand why this is a required element to starting the contract packaging process.

Are you thinking of purchasing a contract packaging plan to outsource your company's supply chain and packaging line? Wait, before you do, you will want to read this article! Why is that? Well, for one thing, very few contract packaging companies are willing to identify why you should not use contract packaging. But, there are specific reasons for certain companies not to use a co-packer. In an effort to be transparent, open, and honest, we feel that it is imperative to be clear about those companies that are and are not, in fact, a good fit for partnering with a contract packaging company. With several decades in both contract and in-house packaging, Industrial Packaging knows which companies are unsuitable for contract packaging programs. In this article, we are going to review the top 5 types of customers who are not a good fit for contract packaging. With the information in this article, you will be able to decide if contract packaging is right for your business or not.

Perhaps you have been packaging your products with non-printed strapping for some time now. You are happy with the material's ability to contain your products correctly. But, you are looking for another way to brand your product's primary or secondary packaging as the containers do not have labeling. Or, maybe you are new to strapping material altogether and are looking for a way to contain your products and brand them without implementing labeling and the required machinery for that application. Then again, you could be looking for additional protective packaging to ensure that your products are not tampered with and then re-strapped. Regardless of your reasons for looking into printed strapping, you are curious to determine if printed strapping materials are the right solution for your unique packaging applications. You have been searching for information about this specialized packaging material. And, you want to learn about the benefits it has to offer your packaging line. As a multi-generational packaging company, Industrial Packaging has been consulting thousands of businesses just like yours on the proper strapping solution for their products. And, we can do the same for you. This article will walk you through the top three benefits of printed strapping material. With the information in this article, you will be able to decide if printed strapping is the appropriate packaging solution for your products.

Maybe you have been using traditional shrink films on your packaging line for a while now, but you have a new product that requires a film with better heat resistance. Or, perhaps you are a start-up looking to package a product that requires high heat resistance and is looking for the proper material to package these items. Regardless of your current situation, you have seen "heat sealable films" when searching online for the right solution. And, you want to know what these materials are. In addition, you are curious if heat sealable films are the right packaging solution for your products, but you don't fully understand these materials yet. Industrial Packaging has been consulting on the proper shrink films for countless companies for generations. And, we know everything you need to know to decide if heat sealable films are the correct packaging solution for your products. This article will explain what heat sealable films are, which products they are appropriate for, and the typical packaging applications for these types of flexible films. With the information in this article, you will be able to figure out if these films are suitable for your products.

After doing your due diligence and researching various ways to best market your products in a retail setting, you have decided that you want to buy a point of purchase display. Or, maybe, you want to buy multiple POP displays so that you can show several different types of products to potential customers in various retail settings. Either way, you know that POP displays are right for you. Now, you want to buy a point of purchase display. However, there is one problem. You don't know how much a point of purchase display costs. Unfortunately, you have not been able to find this information at all. Here at Industrial Packaging, we’re a multi-generational packaging company that has been selling POP displays for several decades. In this article, we will walk you through the elements of pricing a point of purchase display for your business. With the information here, you will get a close approximation of the cost for your POP display.

So, you have a great company, a great team of employees, and a fantastic collection of products. You get your products to market in a timely fashion and, thanks to their eye-catching packaging, sell a good amount of product regularly. You are currently happy with your sales, but you have noticed that some of your competitors are selling more products than you. So, you became curious. You realize that selling products in retail settings is highly competitive. And you want to get an edge to achieve better results. So, while you are doing well, you want to do better. You want whatever magic trick your competitors have up their sleeve that is allowing them to outsell you. One of those tricks is POP (or point-of-purchase) displays. You’ve probably seen these in your local grocery store, but you have a lot of questions. What is a POP display? Where are they used? How are they used? The answer to these questions can unlock how you can sell more products than your competitors. Now, Industrial Packaging is the ace up your sleeve. How so? After six decades in the packaging industry, we know everything there is to know about point-of-purchase displays. And, we are going to educate you about these displays, their applications, and other related uses. With the information in this article, you will be able to decide if point-of-purchase displays are right for your retail marketing and sales requirements.