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Archive for July, 2010

Bubble Wrap Enthusiasts: There’s An App For That!

Previously on this blog we offered reader the five best ways to pop bubble wrap (To view that blog post CLICK HERE). We wrote it because we’re aware that when you’re shipping something in boxes and packaging, it doesn’t matter what’s inside… it’s all about the bubble wrap!
A development of the Sealed Air Corporation in [...]

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Packaging Supplies: Foam Peanuts

Come on. Are there any packaging and shipping supplies more fun than those little foam peanuts?
Ok, yes, maybe bubble wrap. But besides that? I can’t think of anything. They’re like fuzzy pieces of fake-snow!
The truth is, for something so small, simple, and inexpensive, they’re really quite the effective bit of packaging supply technology. Approximately the [...]

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What Is Shrink Film?

Shrink film (more commonly known as shrink-wrap) is a thin film plastic product. Typically, shrink film is wrapped around a product, and then shrinks over it after being applied with heat (Hence the name). The heating is applied either with a hand-held heat gun, or sometimes a heat tunnel designed for this exact purpose. Once [...]

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