Stay Safe with Food-Grade Bags for Food Packaging

Food-grade bags for food packaging

Numerous stories have appeared in the media over recent years concerning the safety of various types of food packaging. The increased public awareness these have generated should be of great concern to food manufacturers, as it serves nobody to produce and distribute consumables to the highest hygiene standards if the buying public no longer has confidence in its packaging.

Naturally, it’s the chemicals in some forms of plastic packaging that are causing the greatest concern, but the ready availability of food-safe materials means that you shouldn’t have to compromise between long-term customer wellbeing and short-term hygiene.

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Supply Chain Optimisation Using Specialised Pallet Covers

Pallet Covers: protecting your products

 
Supply chain optimisation is complex but there is one simple way to see improvements. For almost any business involved in product manufacture, protecting your goods during transportation is a vital consideration.

When smaller items or goods are being shipped in bulk, one of the most effective ways of offering protection is through specially-designed pallet covers.

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Protect Your Furniture in Transit With Our Furniture Covers

The process of transporting and storing furniture is a crucial element of any furniture producer and supplier’s business. The furniture you deliver to your customers should arrive in excellent condition, with no signs of a dusty warehouse, bad handling or instability during the drive to its final destination.

Although you may keep your storage units and lorries free from dirt and dust it’s easy for furniture to become damaged if not properly protected. Damaged or dirty goods result in a loss of profits, customer retention and trust, and it damages your brand image too.

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Product Feature: Shrink And Non Shrink Pallet Covers

Supply chains involve lengthy transportation and storage processes, making goods protection vital. Without proper protection, products can become compromised along the supply chain journey, leading to damaged or unsellable goods, loss of brand faith and potentially costly returns.

Pallet covers are the industry go-to for securing products during this process. Let’s look at the two main kinds available in this product spotlight: shrink and non shrink pallet covers.

Product spotlight: Shrink Pallet Covers

As the name suggests, shrink pallet covers contract when heated to completely seal and protect a pallet. This offers comprehensive protection to covered products, preventing water, dust and other contaminants from affecting the sealed goods.

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Product Feature: Our Range of Pallet Covers

When it comes to pallet covers, there’s certainly a lot you need to consider. Thankfully Marpak have you covered no matter what industry you’re in, with pallet covers that have been meticulously designed to meet the most rigorous of industry demands.

Whether you’re transporting goods or storing them, you can rest assured that we’ve created pallet covers that will get your goods from ‘a’ to ‘b’ safely and securely. Here are just a few of the reasons why you’ll be as impressed with our pallet covers as we are.

Heat Shrink Covers That Won’t Destabilise Your Load

It goes without saying that heat shrink pallet covers must ensure quality, but one way you can tell your heat shrink pallet cover isn’t up to the test is when it destabilises your goods. Pallets need to be transported across numerous surfaces at speed, with every moment lost equalling lost revenue. The last thing you need is a pallet cover that renders loads unstable.

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What Is Marpak Green?

As our company continues to grow we are searching for new, sustainable and environmentally friendly product options. One new product we are delighted to include in our range of film production is Marpak Green.

But what is Marpak Green? and why is it much better for the environment?

Marpak Green – A Brief Definition

This is a renewable sourced alternative to the traditional polythene products and it has received many awards worldwide for its eco-friendly features.

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The Difference Between Shrink And Non-Shrink Packaging

The Difference Between Shrink And Non-Shrink Packaging

Everything in our collection is manufactured to BRC packaging standards, ensuring only the premium materials get through rigorous checks. But what is the difference between shrink and non-shrink packaging solutions? Which one should you order to ensure that your goods are packaged safely and securely?

Shrink Covers

Shrink Wrap is a clear plastic film that isn’t able to stretch. Shrink covers are usually perfect for professionally packaging items, ensuring that they are protected from tampering and other damage. Usually, shrink wrap is used to wrap individual items, but it can also be used to keep multiple things together. Heat can be applied to shrink wrap in order for it to fit the item perfectly, keeping everything securely contained. This heat can be applied via heat gun or via a larger heat tunnel.

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