Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Product Packaging Options To Consider

By Lenna Stockwell


There are a lot of reasons you can have for using custom thermoform packaging as the best solution for your product packaging. For just about any type of product that is sold, a thermoforming company can get the design process started and begin production of your packaging. Here are just a few reasons why thermoform packaging might be a great solution for you.

Thermoforming is the science of heating specific types of plastic to a certain temperature and then molding them into a specific shape. It might be to produce blister packaging for a product or perhaps a clamshell package or any size or style of package you need. A thermoforming company, such as Indepak, can produce virtually any type of thermoform mold to fit your needs.

Opting to have your packaging materials created using plastic thermoforming and you can get so many advantages. Plastic is a lightweight material and it can protect your products, being the strong material that it is. Your bottom-line returns are what you are after and when you have products for shipment with reduced weights, you will reduce the shipping costs.

Another advantage is that with thermoform packaging, you can have the exact fit for your products, thus you can also have the streamlined packs and with less waste. Plastic is clear and with this, prospective customers can see what they are buying. If the product you are selling is a toy, the blister pack will not only protect this product but also customers can look at this, thus, children as well as the parents can get induced to buy.

Thermoform packaging is a good idea and another reason why this is good is its sustainability. All thermoform plastics can be recycled and this can be done again and again, thus you don't have to worry about plastics not being environmentally friendly because these can be recycled. You can have plastic packaging with recycled contents because your thermoforming company can give you many options. You can also have the bio-degradable plastic packaging or other plastic bio-based materials.

Two choices that are most easily recycled are polyethylene terephthalate and high-density polyethylene. These are identified with resin codes of 1 and 2, respectively. Most cities in the United States that have curbside recycling programs will accept any plastic with these two codes. The first, polyethylene terephthalate or PETE or PET is the most commonly accepted plastic for recycling. However, all thermoformed plastics can be recycled and more and more cities are widening their programs to accept a larger selection of plastics.




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