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What do Bubble Mailers Have Over Mayflies?

Answer: Longer lifespan…but not by much!  The adult Mayfly, found in the lower half of the United States, lives only one or two nights, while the average life of a mailer, once it has been filled and labeled, only lasts about 3-5 days. Given the fact that you want to make sure your products arrive

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Sustainability

Poly or Paper?

Seems like a simple question.  It is a packaging decision that comes up a lot and not just at the grocery store.  Neither is natural, yet both come from nature.  One comes from processing of wood or pulp fiber and one comes from processing of oil or gas derivatives. Which is better for the environment? 

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Packaging 101

Automating your Business

Many employees, and to a certain degree, business owners fear the word “automation”.  Whether it be because of the uncertainty of being replaced by a cyborg like in the movie “I, Robot” starring Will Smith or having a machine wreak havoc like our friend Arnold in “Terminator”.  Most people do not realize that in order

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E-Commerce

Sell More Product with Packaging

Want to make your packaging sell more of your product?  Try printing on your shipping mailers.  Printing can be as simple as your return address all the way to full color photographs.   Color printing will make your company name stand out and your customers will be excited to open the mailer and get their hands

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Sustainability

For the Love of Mothers

Once you have a baby, you start receiving package after package on your doorstep (mostly purchased by you online). Today I came home and discovered yet another very large box stuffed with plastic air-filled pillows, wrapped around an item that fits into the palm of my hand, that wouldn’t break if I tossed it across

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Sustainability

Plastic, an Energy Source

Did you know that plastic packaging is also a stored energy source? If you are using plastic mailers, with or without bubble, chances are they were made with polyethylene resin.  If so, then you are really sending out small stored energy sources with each shipment. Polyethylene can be recycled over and over again, and when

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E-Commerce

Random thoughts that run thru a packaging guys’ head and that of his family

Scenario: The doorbell rings; the UPS man has dropped yet another package on our doorstep. Thoughts: My wife: SWEET, my new jeans are here! My kids: Whoa, that box is huge; what can I make out of it? Me: Sales lead! This is an easy one…jeans don’t need a box. A poly mailer is lighter

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