The Flexible Packaging Blog

Reviews, trends, and tips covering all things flexible packaging to protect your products and your bottom line.

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Equipment | Packaging Materials | Environment | Investment | Packaging Design | Packaging Psychology

By: Nathan Dube
August 8th, 2019

You may be familiar with shrink film, but are you familiar with printed shrink film? While shrink film is a great material to package your products with, adding print directly to your packaging film takes things to the next level! What are the differences between printed and non-printed shrink film? What are the pros, cons and applications that printed shrink film can best be used for? Is it a good fit for your packaging line and your products? Let's figure this out together.

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Packaging Materials | Investment | Packaging Design | Shipping Protection | Warehousing

By: Nathan Dube
July 18th, 2019

When choosing a material to package your products for shipping, there are many options. While corrugated boxes remain a popular choice, those in the know are forgoing this antiquated method for the less costly options of shrink and/or stretch films. With a significantly lower carbon footprint, these films also result in less of an environmental impact. So what does shrink and stretch film have to offer that corrugated boxes do not? What benefits do stretch and shrink wrap have to offer in regards to sustainability? I invite you to discover the answers to these questions and more, in the article below...

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Packaging Materials | Environment | The Business of Packaging | Packaging Design | Food Packaging | Packaging Psychology

By: Nathan Dube
July 11th, 2019

Luxury packaging is a specialized market within the packaging industry. While it is only a small part compared to the industry as a whole, its environmental impact is heavy. The luxury packaging market has proven to be a highly profitable niche market within the world of packaging, however, at what cost to our planet earth? What exactly is luxury packaging, and who is the target demographic for it?

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Packaging Materials | The Business of Packaging | Packaging Design | Air Pillows | Shipping Protection | Packaging Psychology

By: Nathan Dube
June 13th, 2019

In the age of Amazon, we are seeing more packages being delivered than ever before. With a few clicks of the mouse or a few taps on your phone you can get pretty much anything you want delivered to your door. However, an unfortunate byproduct of these modern times and innovations is package theft. There is an ever growing epidemic of packages being stolen from people's doorsteps as packages are often left unattended. How can we stop this trend? Read on to learn how one engineer from NASA took justice into his own hands...

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Packaging Materials | The Business of Packaging | Packaging Design | Food Packaging

By: Nathan Dube
May 23rd, 2019

You are looking to find a better way to package your perishable foods. Perhaps you have been packaging food for decades, or you are a brand new food packaging start-up. Either way, you want to find a way to increase the shelf life of your foods, prevent discoloring, preserve freshness and flavor, and ensure an aesthetically pleasing shelf appeal. This is why of course, you have begun researching modified atmosphere packaging. From what little you know about the topic so far, you think it might be an improvement over your current packaging process. But, it would help if you got a better understanding of what modified atmosphere packaging actually is. And luckily for you, we are here to help. Industrial packaging has been working with fortune 500 and smaller food manufacturing companies for several decades now. During that time, we have learned everything there is to know about modified atmosphere packaging. In this article, we will explain precisely what modified atmosphere packaging is. And, we will help you to figure out if it is the right food packaging solution for your products.

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Packaging Materials | The Business of Packaging | Packaging Design | Shipping Protection | Packaging Psychology

By: Nathan Dube
May 2nd, 2019

Carded packaging is a type of packaging which includes three subcategories. Skin, blister, and clamshell packaging supplies are widely used across the world, but what are differences between these three items? From fishing supplies to hardware, from pharmaceuticals to arts and crafts, the applications for these packaging types are virtually endless, but each of them has their own subtle differences and uses. While all in the same class of packaging supplies, clamshell, skin, and blister packaging are each a unique product in and of themselves. Below we will dive into a broad description of each type of carded packaging, discuss their uses and benefits as well as potential downfalls and environmental impacts.