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Stretch wrap in colors Colored stretch wrap comes in a variety of colors to provide easy identification, product coding and dating, and in some cases, tamper-proof evidence. This wrap comes in both hand wrap and machine wrap grades depending on your application. Wrap color options: blue green yellow red black orange custom colors also available Color stretch wrap benefits Color film is known to decrease tampering in products as it's easier to tell if something is broken into. C olor coding your loads and pallets with this film will also prevent unwanted reloading and cross docking of freight.  More benefits: Quiet and Smooth Release Available in colored   hand stretch film   and   colored machine stretch film Inventory Dating Quick and Easy Load Identification Tamper Evident Stretch Film Packaging Improved Organization If you liked this post, GREAT!  Check out our most recent articles.

Wrapping pallets correctly with stretch wrap Pallet wrap, stretch film, stretch wrap , however you'd like to call it, is commonly used to protect pallets and other loads during storage and transportation. Securing your items to a pallet is one of the most important techniques to master if you're using hand wrap. If you're not doing it correctly, you're costing your business money in transport damage. In this case, we'll be talking about hand stretch wrap and the manual wrapping process that happens during packaging. Here's a quick step by step process to correctly wrap your pallets. 1.  Pick the right size pallet : We'll start outside of the wrap first, where the pallet size is very important. If you choose a pallet that doesn't completely cover the base area of your products, you're already off to a bad start.  2.  Wrap the film tightly around the products : In order for the stretchwrap to do its job right, the film needs to be wrapped tight

What is plastic sheeting used for? Plastic sheeting , is commonly referred to as poly sheeting, plastic on a roll, polyethylene film, visqueen, and plastic sheets. The sheeting on a rolls have a variety of commercial and industrial applications. Poly sheeting is waterproof, rot proof, and is resistant to numerous chemicals. Many industries use the poly sheeting such as; agriculture, construction, electronics, automotive, lumber and more. These sheets are ideal for water proofing products and loads during storage and transport. The sheeting rolls come in : 1 mil ,  1.5 mil ,  2 mil ,  3 mil ,  4 mil ,  6 mil ,  8 mil ,  10 mil   Plastic sheeting applications   Poly sheeting for construction Large plastic sheeting is ideal for residential and commercial house wrapping. This has one of the highest levels of water and weather resistant materials in the market. Erosion control covers Lead & asbestos abatement Remediation liners & covers Agriculture film This film i

What is pre stretch wrap? Pre stretch wrap is stretched as close to its ultimate breaking point before its wound onto rolls. This way of pre stretching requires much less energy than standard stretchwrap. There's major savings to be had with pre stretch, in some cases almost half of that of traditional stretch wrap. Pre-stretched wrap is just one of the numerous types of stretch wrap film available at The Packaging Group . Pre stretch wrap benefits There's several benefits to using pre stretchwrap . One of the major benefits is that it eliminates neckdown. Neckdown is when the stretchwrap has a tendency to narrow over time, as it's wrapped around a load. When this narrowing of the film happens, it increases the amount of times a pallet or load needs to be wrapped. With pre stretch wrap, neck down is eliminated.  There's of course more than one benefit to using pallet wrap that is pre-stretched:   Easy to handle Lower material costs Increased load tension L