U.S. Packaging & Wrapping Year In Review

This year was an exciting year for America and U.S. Packaging & Wrapping. The country continues to climb out of recession and many businesses are increasing sales. Increased sales and production for businesses means more demand for packaging products. We want to thank all of our customers from small start-up companies to large multi-billion dollar […]

Reduce Shrink Wrap Waste!

We are always advocates for reducing packaging waste. The reduction of packaging waste can reduce environmental impact as well as reduce packaging costs. We wrote an article last year about reducing stretch film waste. The focus on that article was increasing load efficiency. More efficient loads with more products require fewer pallets to be wrapped. […]

Protect Products From Electrostatic Discharge

Static discharge can be incredibly damaging to a variety of products across multiple industries. Electronics and flammable products are most commonly effected by electrostatic discharge. We are going to highlight some primary and secondary anti static packaging options for static sensitive products. The proper packaging material will help reduce product loss from static discharge. Common […]

Stretch Wrap Reference Guide

We recently posted a shrink wrap reference guide on our other packaging blog. The guide is a compilation of information and links about heat shrink wrapping products, machines, and applications. We publish a lot of content about heat shrink wrap and stretch wrap on our website and both of our blogs. Often times it can […]

New Packaging Supplies and Machines At U.S. Packaging & Wrapping

We are constantly trying to offer new packaging supplies and machinery available online. Our product development team is always seeking new products to offer for both food and industrial packaging to better serve our customers. Over the past couple of months, they have added a large number of supplies and machines. In this post we […]

Save Money Packaging For Ebay

We have several customers that sell a large percentage of their products on Ebay. Ebay can be a great way to sell products quickly and efficiently. Ebay offers different incentives to sellers for offering free shipping. Understanding this and using this if possible as a seller can help in many ways. We understand that some […]

Polyethylene Plastic Packaging Applications

Polyethylene is the most common plastic produced in the world. It comes in a wide variety of physical properties. Polyethylene can be hard and rigid or soft and pliable. In the packaging industry, soft and pliable films are often used to package and store a large variety of products and even waste. The low cost […]

Plastic Extrusion For Stretch Film

Stretch film is commonly produced by using one of two extrusion processes, cast extrusion, and blown extrusion. At U.S. Packaging & Wrapping we only supply cast extruded film. Cast stretch film is more affordable, but does have some disadvantages over blown stretch film. For a detailed post about the advantages and disadvantages of each type […]