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Designing the Perfect Packaging for Pet Food

March 1, 2023
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Packaging has come to hold a lot more value than merely showcasing your brand name and identity. It reflects your brand’s personality and can either drive customers in or out. That holds true for all types of products, even packaging …

All we do is win

September 3, 2020
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G7 Certification We obtained the GRACoL G7 Certification, making us a G7 Master Printer. This means that we deliver maximum color quality to meet our customers specific needs. G7 is an internationally recognized color system designed to calibrate proofing and printing …

PPC Flex – Our products matter (video)

May 18, 2020
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COVID-19 Questions and Answers with: Kevin Keneally CEO of PPC Flexible Packaging

April 14, 2020
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PPC is still operational during this time, why is that? – PPC has been designated as an essential critical infrastructure company and workforce by the department of homeland security. We are a critical part of stocking store shelves and keeping …

The Whole Package: Flexible Packaging… It’s More Sustainable Than You Might Think!

September 18, 2019
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The Whole Package: Flexible Packaging… It’s More Sustainable Than You Might Think! It’s not hard to see why. It seems like every day there’s a new study about the dangerous consequences of climate change, and the images of plastic waste …

We love our pets!

August 1, 2019
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We love our pets! We love our pets, and we’re clearly not the only ones! Pet ownership is on the rise in the US with 68% of households owning pets. So it’s not surprising that the number of options for …

Preparing Artwork for Flexographic Printing

May 16, 2019
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Creating Effective Artwork Beyond its primary utilitarian purposes of protection, transportation, and sale-marking, packaging serves its product as a vehicle for expression; whether to instill confidence, ethos, or even to simply invoke happiness, packaging art is, in essence, like any …

Pink Poly Bags vs Shield Bags

May 16, 2019
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Part 1 Static electricity on the surface of a bag can cause the bag to be unsuitable for electronics packaging. Antistats and metallized PET are used to modify the bags in a way to either dissipate a static charge and …

Yellowing of Clear Plastic Film

May 16, 2019
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Causes & Prevention Being organically based, polymers are subject to degradation and breakdown through natural oxidation. Degradation may be initiated or accelerated by numerous factors including ultra-violet light, visible light, ozone, pollutants, manufacturing additives, oxygen, heat, or by carton storage …

Carbon/Gel Spot Technical Information

May 16, 2019
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Tiny spots commonly seen in packaging films are either gel or carbon spots. Gels and carbon spots are inherent in the film extrusion process. These are bits of unmelted resin in the case of gels or charred bits in the …

Our Lot Traceability Policy

May 16, 2019
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Lot Traceability As a custom products converter, the specified film and quantity is ordered specifically for each printed, laminated or otherwise, converted job. No raw materials nor finished goods are generally stored or warehoused without specific request and agreement from …

The Blown Film Process

May 16, 2019
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The resin is available in 1000-2000# boxes called Gaylords brought in by truck or more typically, purchased in railroad cars. The higher volume reduces cost. Resin may be stored in the rail car and drawn directly from it into the …

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