Keep on wrapping – Overwrapping, that is
April 28, 2010
In keeping with our product re-wraps for Wal-Mart, we were asked to do the same for Sam’s Club products.
re-wrapping products for Sam's Club
It was an interesting exercise and we went at it with our usual enthusiams. That enthusiasm allowed us to get lost in Connecticut. While there are two Sam’s Clubs in Massachusetts, there are none in western Massachusetts.
We came home with lots of candidates, of which three flow wrapped products are shown here. The films savings on the flow wrapped items range from 12.25% to 26%.
overwrap pkg looks better than shrink
It is harder to do the film savings calculations in shrink wrapped items
because the film is shrunk, so that we do not know the original dimensions. We do know that there is waste cut off for recycling ordiscard and that the heat tunnel uses 60 amp service vs. our whole machine using 30 amp service. But we cannot be as specific on the film savings vs shrink wrap. We do know that they are a lot prettier.
Our newly wrapped versions are on their way to Sam’s Club this week.
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Kate Putnam is the primary author of the Package Machinery blog and maintains the company's Twitter feed: @wrapsustainably, in which she shares her perspectives on trends in packaging – especially those involving sustainability.
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