02nd November 2009
Archive boxes are ideal storage boxes for paper work that you need or want to keep. You may be moving home and need to transport your papers to your new house without them getting creased or you may need to store business records for 7 years for the tax m...
22nd October 2009
Though the purpose of a box may be purely functional, boxes can also be decorative. Lots of boxes are used for promotional packaging both commercially and privately. Traditionally gift boxes used for promotional and seasonal gifts are made from card mater...
20th October 2009
A wire is a single cylindrical string of metal. Wires are used for lots of different jobs from wire ties, too carrying electricity and telecommunications signals. Wire is commonly formed by drawing the metal through a hole in a die or draw plate and stand...
16th October 2009
Tyvek is a brand of flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers. Tyvek is the name is a registered trademark of DuPont. The material is very strong and is difficult to tear but can easily be cut with scissors or any other sharp object. Water vapor can pass...
15th October 2009
Refuse sacks are a disposable bag used to contain rubbish. Such bags are useful to line the insides of waste containers to prevent the insides of the receptacle from becoming coated in waste material. Refuse sacks are also known as bin bags, garbage bags,...
15th October 2009
Bottle boxes need to give extra protection than a normal cardboard box due to the wine bottles being made of glass. Most wine is sold in glass bottles and are sealed using corks. An increasing number of wine producers have been using other closures such a...
13th October 2009
Triangular boxes are manufactured from high quality rigid flute corrugated cardboard. Corrugated cardboard consists of two paper components, the medium and the linerboard. The medium is a fluted corrugated sheet which is sandwiched between two sheets of l...
05th October 2009
Layflat tubing is a long continuous tube of polythene sleeving that comes on a roll. It is often the most economical, quickest and easiest way to package products that are the same size in width but different lengths. Just put your product inside the tubi...
05th October 2009
Polythene Bags are manufactured from a thermoplastic commodity used heavily in consumer products especially the plastic shopping bag. Over 60 million tons of the polythene is manufactured worldwide each year.
Polyethylene is a polymer consisting of long ...
07th September 2009
Pallet wrap is a very stretchable sheet of plastic that is supplied on a roll. The elastic recovery keeps items that it is wrapped around together and is often used in packaging to wrap cardboard boxes together on a pallet. This effectively palletises a l...
07th September 2009
There are lots of different types of packaging tape available and knowing which to choose if you’ve just started a business that ships products can be confusing. There is custom tape, vinyl tape, coloured tape, cloth tape, double sided tape, masking tap...
07th September 2009
Coloured tissue paper is a lightweight paper that can be made from both virgin and recycled paper pulp.
Tissue paper is used to make a huge range of products with a wide range of different properties. Some of the key properties are strength, absorbency, ...
07th September 2009
Stock boxes are often used as cheap boxes for low volume packing or for one off shipments. The key to choosing the right cardboard box for your needs is to look at what you are going to use it for. And if you have any long boxes left over children love to...
25th August 2009
When in retail you want to make the most profit out of your sales but just how can you do this? One major way of adding extra value to the retail products you are selling is it’s packaging. Retail packaging not only protects your product as it gets ship...
25th August 2009
What a mess! Stuff everywhere and not enough room to put everything. Does this sound like you? It's the little items that are the hardest, easily broke and hard to keep like items together.
Really useful boxes are great for tidying up and giving everyt...
