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Hello! Welcome to Discount Mailing Bags! Discount Mailing Bags.co.uk is part of the Mailing Bag Division of Polybags Limited. Whether you need small or large quantities of mailing bags you are in the right place. At discount mailing bags.co.uk. we are dedicated to helping you choose the right mailing bags that exactly meet your most demanding packaging needs!

We have the lowest prices, every day, on all types and size mailers, mailing envelopes, polythene mailers, padded mailers, padded envelopes, bubble mailers, bubble envelopes, CD / Disk / Video mailers, mail order bags, polythene envelopes, mailing envelopes, mailing bags, and much more. Don't forget we also offer 'FREE UK DELIVERY' saving you more money.

Polythene envelopes provide an ideal mailing solution by delivering your product in good condition and reducing your postal costs.

We are able to furnish your mailing requirements with either clear envelopes to present your message or opaque for confidentiality of the contents.

Use polythene mailing envelopes for strength and durability.

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What are Mailing bags?

Mailing bags and postal bags are designed to protect your products and delivery of those products anywhere in the world.
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How mailing bags are made?

Mailing bags can be made out of bubble, foam, plastic, Tyvek, manilla, corrugated reinforced, and come in a variety of sizes and styles.
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Uses of Mailing bags

Mailing Bags can be used for many different marketing materials. Many different industries currently use these bags including
  • Event Planning
  • Financial Planner
  • Travel Consultants
  • Direct Sales Consultants
  • Real Estate Agents
Mailing Bags can also be used in different settings such as for:
  • Mailings
  • Trade Shows
  • Presentation Packets at Networking Events
  • Delivering Information to That Important Client
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Popular Mailing bags

  1. Self-Seal Poly Mailer or Tear proof Polyolefin mailers:-
    • Tough, tear-proof polyolefin envelopes.
    • Lightweight, saves on postage.
    • High strength seams allow over-stuffing.
    • Ink, stamps and labels adhere easily.
    • Water resistant.
    • Perforated tear-strip for easy opening.
    • Tamper resistant.

  2. Clear View Poly Mailers or Economy Light weight postal mailers:-
    • Instant exposure for your catalogs and promotional mailing pieces.
    • Clear poly front allows for easy viewing of contents.
    • White poly backing for labeling and postage.
    • With pre-printed address window

  3. Color Poly Mailers or Opauqe Mail order bags:-
    • Your product will be opened immediately with these high gloss mailers.
    • Eye-catching, waterproof envelopes make mail pieces and promotions stand out.
    • Long-side opening has peel-and-seal strip to make closure easy. Gold and blue mailers are opaque; silver material is translucent.

  4. Bubble-Lined Polyolefin Mailers or Superlight bubble mailers:-
    • Water-resistant and tear-proof mailer protects delicate products.
    • 3/16" bubble lining gently cushions and protects on the inside.
    • Extra smooth surface is perfect for handwriting or labeling.

  5. Self-Seal Jiffylite Bubble Mailers or Featherpost Jiffylite mailers:-
    • Lightest weight mailer available. Save enough postage to nearly pay for the bag.

  6. Self-Seal Tyvek® Envelopes:-
    • Resist tearing, puncturing and water damage with these self-seal mailers.
    • Recommended for important documents and sensitive materials.
    • Virtually indestructible - Tyvek® material is ten times stronger than paper.
    • Save postage - half the weight of paper.
    • 14 lb. spunbound olefin.

  7. Expandable Tyvek® Envelopes:-
    • Ship bulky catalogs, reports or paperwork.
    • Ship twice as much in one envelope.
    • Large opening for quick and easy packing.
    • Tough, 18 lb. tear-resistant olefin.

  8. Color Tyvek® Envelopes:-
    • Stand out from the clutter and create a powerful first impression.
    • Highly durable - Water resistant and tear proof, with peel and seal closure.
    • Additional colors quotes available. 5,000 piece minimum.

  9. Metallic or Glamour Mailers:-
    • Dramatically increase your mailing piece response rate.
    • Metallized envelopes have self-seal closure with lip.
    • Durable, waterproof 280 Gauge.

  10. Tamper-Evident Security Mailing Envelopes:-
Polybags Limited, UK manufacture all above mentioned plastic bags at cheap prices.
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Choose the right size mailing bags for your need
A0, A1 technical drawings, posters
A1, A2 flip charts
A2, A3 drawings, diagrams, large tables
A4 letters, magazines, forms, catalogs, laser printer and copying machine output
A5 note pads
A6 postcards
B5, A5, B6, A6 books
C4, C5, C6 envelopes for A4 letters: unfolded (C4), folded once (C5), folded twice (C6)
B4, A3 newspapers, supported by most copying machines in addition to A4
B8, A8 playing cards
A7 document enclosed envelopes
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Want to place an order? Can you answer this!

Here are the questions we will ask for when you call to request a quote:
  1. Style of bag
  2. Size (Length x Width)
  3. Quantity
  4. Printing Requirements
  5. Type of closure (Heat seal, lip only, or lip/tape)
  6. Deadline for delivery
Please call Polybags Limited on 020 8575 8200 if you have any questions about what is the right material for your application.
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Points to consider buying Mailing bags

Looking on the internet and finding a right supplier of mailing bags can be daunting. What we can't help is to provide you with bags but we can list a points you should consider buying a quality mailing bags at low prices:
    • FREE TEST SAMPLES!
      Not sure if the product you’ve selected will work for you? Our knowledgeable customer service professionals will work with you to find the right solution. They’ll make recommendations, provide technical information, and send you a sample to test with your application absolutely free! Give them a call and solve your packaging problems today.

    • LOWEST PRICES!
      Compare prices in the industry & Save. For an example Polybags Limited, UK offers the lowest price on custom printed bags. They're committed to offering you low prices, so they'd love to know if you found a better price for any bags at another retailer.

    • 100% SATISFACTION GAURANTEE!
      Again consider buying from a supplier who offers 100% no quibbles guarantee such as Polybags Limited, UK.

    • VOLUME DISCOUNTS!
      Do you buy larger than listed quantities? Yes, then why pay more! Don’t hesitate to ask our expert sales professionals to quote on large volume orders. Call 020-8575-8200.

    • BAGS TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS!
      Not any supplier would have any size you need in stock so choose a supplier who can make the bags as per your need...

    • NO MINIMUM ORDER!
      Choose a supplier who can offer you a low quantity purchase.

    • FASTEST TURNAROUND TIME!
      If you looking for a custom mailing bags and quick turnaround choose a manufacturer not merchants.

    • FREE DELIVERY!
      Calculate total cost of mailing bags including delivery coz some retailer may sell cheap bags but charge an extra on delivery.

      Polybags Limited is UK's top supplier of mailing bags and courier bags which offers most of above service....
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Other useful information

For more detailed information on mailing bags or courier basg please visit www.packagingknowledge.com

Mailing & Courier bags' essay begins with introduction on mailing bags and how its made. It also covers types of mailing bags to suit your applications, lists major UK suppliers, highlights benefits of mailing bags, lists technical specifications to consider when buying a mailing/courier bags and provides hints when purchasing mailing/courier bags. These not all, this detailed essay also includes common application of mailing & courier bags. At last; lists advantages of Polybubble mailer to conventional paper mailers. And, check our funny news to laugh a loud.
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Make an IMPACT with your mail.

Get noticed. . .Be remembered. . . Always use Polybags Mailing bags

Do you want to get the consumers attention?

A new way to package your marketing materials... Guaranteed results to get your promotional package opened.

Polybags Mailing Bags gives your business a New Marketing Edge!!

  • High Visibility, Customer Effect, Invites Creativity, Durable
  • Weatherproof, Mailing labels hold fast, USPS Approved
  • Factory Direct Pricing, Many sizes

Call Polybags Limited at 020-8575-8200 for prices and to receive a sample in the mail.

Marketing in a Bag
How do you reach the consumer? This is an age-old question that is constantly more difficult in a world where every park bench has an advertisement on it. According to local entrepreneur Cheryl Kinney, taking a product that historically served the electronics and semiconductor markets, and using it as a mailing envelope is making a large impact in the world of mass marketing. The product, called Mailingl bags has proven highly effective and is making an impact.

The Mailing bag is a slick, transparent, static- shielding pouch that is normally used for computer chips and other electronic components. "Because the bag looks high tech and sophisticated, I have turned it into a marketing agent," says Kinney. Bags are used as envelopes for direct mail marketing as well as attention grabbers for presentation packets at trade shows and networking events. They can be ordered with or without a zip- lock closure and can also be heat sealed as a more automated process when doing a large mailing. A business logo or return address can be permanently hot stamped on the bag at the factory. Many sizes are available but three have proven to be exceptionally popular with area businesses. The "Impact" mailer is 4½ x 9½ inches, the same as a #10 business envelope. "It's great for mailing a tri-fold, 8½ x 11 inch brochure," says Kinney. "The brochure can be seen through the bag to pique the recipient's interest." A 6 x 10 inch size will accommodate a large postcard and the 12 x 10 inch "Master Mailer" is a good fit for a catalog or small newspaper.

"With the implementation of the national Do-Not-Call Registry, marketers must shift their efforts away from cold calling by telephone and come up with new, creative ways to approach their prospects," says Kinney. "A mailing that arrives in an Mailing bag stands out from the rest of the mail and will get opened -- usually first -- and that's the goal: Get noticed, be remembered, always use Mailing bags."

On a national scale, Verizon and Jaguar have used the bags for mass mailing product introductions. Locally, Mailing bags are being used for mailings by financial institutions, real estate firms, travel consultants, and other businesses of all sizes. Lynn Allen of Atlantic Investment Group in Stevensville has received unsolicited, positive feedback from many of her clients and prospects that have received her materials in the pouch. "My newsletter became a signature piece of mail instead of a throw-away," she says. "Because it was visible through the bag, clients commented that it was very professional and eye-catching. I found it to be extremely cost effective, as well."

For more information about Mailing bags, visit www.polybags.co.uk or call Sales at Polybags 020-8575-8200.
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Know how post is now priced by Size as well as Weight!

Size & Weight formats for mail - A Royal mail Guide

LETTER, LARGE LETTER OR PACKET?
Each format has its own size, thickness and weight criteria. The guide below will help you work out which format your item will fall into.

LETTER
Greetings cards, personal letters, postcards and bills are just a few examples of items that are likely to fall into the Letter format.
  • Length: 240mm max
  • Width: 165mm max
  • Thickness: 5mm max
  • Weight: 100g max
LARGE LETTER
A4 documents, CDs and DVDs in their cases, certificates, some large greeting cards with badges and most magazines will fall into the Large Letter format.
  • Length: 353mm max
  • Width: 250mm max
  • Thickness: 25mm max
  • Weight: 750g max
Useful tip
You might consider folding your A4 document in half to fit into a C5 envelope. This would bring it down to the Letter format, as long as it is still less than 5mm thick.

PACKET
Gifts, clothes, shoes, posters, video tapes, large books and other large items and documents are all examples of items that are likely to fall into the Packet format.
  • Length: over 353mm OR
  • Width: over 250mm OR
  • Thickness: over 25mm OR
  • Weight: over 750g
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Guide to Print & Artwork for Mailing bags

CUSTOMER GUIDE TO ARTWORK ON POLYBAGS

ARTWORK SHOULD BE CREATED IN THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS

Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, PageMaker

Quark

Artpro

Macromedia Freehand

Please be aware that in some cases, latest software release versions may not yet be supported. We will let you know if there is an issue with the release version used.

Print Plate production is performed on a Macintosh Operating Platform and so files must be Mac compatible.


FILE FORMATS ACCEPTABLE

As well as from the above applications, eps, jpeg, tif and pdf file formats are acceptable.

All photographic images must be saved as CMYK.

If file format is a problem we will be able to recreate from a hard copy but there will be a cost involved and potential matching issues if the design is intricate.

Resolution required for bitmap based file formats must be at least 300 dpi at the actual artwork dimension size, otherwise quality will not be acceptable when printed.


FONT CONSIDERATIONS

To avoid problems of compatibility with fonts, all designs including type must include the associated font file. Please note there are 2 parts to a font file – the bitmap for viewing and the postscript for printing – and both must be included.

Where possible it is preferred that type matter is supplied as ‘outline paths’. (Please remember to save a version of the artwork in live fonts as well, as outline paths can not be amended subsequently).


ARTWORK DATA TRANSFER

For files less than 20MB in size please feel free to email to us at artwork@polybags.co.uk . For larger sized files, an ISDN data transfer can also be accepted on request.

We also accept files on Floppy disk, CD-ROM, DVD-R and Zip Disk (100 and 250MB formats). Please ensure if there are multiple files on the disk that the required file is stipulated clearly.

Please always send a hard copy of the artwork by post as well as the digital format.


COST ESTIMATIONS FOR ARTWORK AND PLATES

There are a large number of variables to consider when taking customer designed artwork and preparing it for print, therefore we always reserve the right to amend artwork estimates on sight of the artwork. However we will never amend prices once go-ahead for the order has been given.

We also appreciate that an estimate of artwork/plate costs is required upfront and have prepared a guide to costings below. There are 3 costs to consider – the Repro Artwork costs, the costs of the Printing Plates themselves plus any Proof.


REPRO ARTWORK CHARGES

Line Colour work with Spot Colours

Depending on the complexity of the artwork and if it is all ready set for print, cost will vary from £15- £30

Process Colour work

A basic cost of £30 will be charged with any additional costs from £60-£120 for image retouching

If you provide an Incorrect File Format or if a digital file is unavailable or unusable This will result in additional time charged at £30 per hour. If an image is not in the correct format and can not be converted /scanned it will need to be recreated. In such an event we will quote beforehand and only go-ahead with the Repro Artwork with your agreement.


PLATE CHARGES – PLEASE ESTIMATE BASED ON £0.20 PER SQUARE INCH OF PLATE

For all line work print, please work on the basis of one plate per colour although there are occasions where more plates will be required, particularly if there is a short print repeat length of less than 12”. If the print is on both sides this will require an additional set of plates regardless of whether the design is identical as the print process is performed on both sides simultaneously.

If a photographic image is required please work on the basis of 4 plates plus an extra plate for any bold type colour required.


PROOFING CHARGES

PDF standard proof - Free of Charge

Cromalin Proof (Advised for all Process print work)

£100 per copy for tone work (£50 for line work) – Add £25 to provide proof on actual film substrate being used.


EXAMPLE (PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE COSTINGS ARE ESTIMATES ONLY)

2 Colour 2 Side print on a bag 15x18” with the print area 10” wide by 8” deep

Loose Registration Line Work with digital file supplied in correct format.

  • Artwork = £15
  • Plates – Plate Cost = 80 sq inches* x £0.20 = £16.00 per plate x 4 plates = £64.00
  • PDF Proof – Free of Charge
  • TOTAL ARTWORK/PLATE COST = £79

* When calculating the plate area, use the maximum print width and length as the basis of the calculation.


CONSIDERATIONS FOR GOOD QUALITY PRINT RESULTS

Please bear in mind the following considerations. They can help to improve the appearance of the final product:
  • Avoid tight register between colours and if possible leave at least 5mm. A bold white keyline around an image can help with register, otherwise you may experience a slight colour variation where the two colours touch (known as trapping).
  • Avoid designs that need to ‘bleed’ to the edge of the film. Whilst this can be done it incurs considerable extra cost. It is preferable to keep at least a 5mm border between the edge of the print area and the edge of the film.
  • Avoid print areas that extend over gussets as this can affect the ink transfer as the film will not be flat.
  • Try to keep type styles quite bold and avoid small or fine type. Bear in mind the final use of the printed bag. If it is a carrier bag to be viewed from distance rather than close up, bolder styles may be more effective.
  • Whilst tone work can be an effective print style with a graduated colour screen, avoid reducing down to zero because when printing there will be a visible point at which there is no longer any print (approximately when the colour % falls below 5%)
  • Avoid Light Print on a Dark Film background e.g. White print on an opaque Red film. This is because inks are translucent and so affected by the base colour. In the above example we would recommend printing a red design on a white film or reversing out the colour so that you have almost 100% ink coverage of red on a white bag to give a white design on a red background.

LEAD TIME ISSUES

You can see from the above document that depending on the complexity of the design there can be significant time from sending the initial design idea, to printing plate production. If lead times are critical (and also to avoid unnecessary costs in artwork) it is important to be clear about the design required, to send the artwork in the correct format and to review and approve the proof as quickly as possible.

We will always look to prioritise urgent jobs but obviously they can not be scheduled until the plates are ready.


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Discount Mailing Bags.co.uk Resources

American Plastic Council
The American Plastics Council (APC) is a major trade association for the United States plastics industry working to ensure that plastics are recognized as a preferred material by actively demonstrating they are a responsible choice in a more environmentally conscious world. To accomplish our mission we demonstrate the benefits of plastic products like plastic bags and packaging supplies and the contributions of the plastics industry to the society it serves. We also demonstrate that plastics are an efficient use of natural resources and that plastics and the industry are part of the solution to the public's environmental performance expectations. Our members are among the nation's largest manufacturers of plastics. APC also includes seven business units and an affiliated trade association, each comprised of APC members and customers whose purpose is to address technical and public policy issues specific to their products. Our business units include; Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (API), Polycarbonate Business Unit, Polystyrene Packaging Council (PSPC), Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA), Foamed Polystyrene Alliance (FPSA), Polyolefins Fire Performance Council, and Expandable Polystyrene Resin Suppliers Council (ERSC). The Vinyl Institute (VI) is our affiliated trade association.

Film and Bag Federation
The Film and Bag Federation (FBF) is a business unit of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI) that actively promotes the growth of the plastic film and plastic bag industry. The SPI is the only trade association that represents all segments of our industry and the FBF is the only group that speaks for the plastic film and plastic bag industry on both national -- and regional -- levels. FBF membership includes companies that are in the plastic bags segment of the industry as well as those in the film sector. There is important synergy between the two groups as issues and concerns that affect one affect the other.

Flexible Packaging Association
As the leading trade organization for flexible packaging converters and suppliers, the Flexible Packaging Association is helping its members meet the business challenges of the 21st century. Browse this site to learn more about the packaging supplies industry as well as our organization and members.

Food Service and Packaging Institute
Serving the single-use food service packaging industry for over 65 years, the Food Service& Packaging Institute is the material-neutral trade association for manufacturers, suppliers, packaging supplies and distributors of single-use food service packaging products, as well as others associated with the industry.

Institute of Packaging Professionals
The Institute of Packaging Professionals strives to be a central unifying force in packaging matters in North America, and to be a leading and authoritative packaging association for the benefit of its members, the packaging community, like packaging supplies companies, and society. The Institute of Packaging Professionals is dedicated to the proposition that packaging is a positive, environmentally responsible and economically efficient force, operating in a modern economic society for the benefit and improved well-being of its people. The Institute of Packaging Professionals is committed to global leadership in packaging, which can be achieved only through the continuing education and growth of its members and other packaging professionals. The Institute of Packaging Professionals is operated with rigorous quality standards, reinforced by continuous improvement and growth in the organization, its activities and operations. The Institute of Packaging Professionals is working with a dedicated team of volunteer leaders and employed staff, which collaborate efficiently and effectively for the betterment of packaging, the packaging community, Institute of Packaging Professionals and all of us as individuals; Institute of Packaging Professionals is maintaining timely and efficient communications among themselves and all other interested parties.

Plastics.com
Plastics.com, Inc., serves the needs of the professionals representing all segments of the global plastics industry by providing content and services designed to engage, inform and educate its members. This industry leading community engages plastics professionals, i.e. plastic bags executives, in the ultimate peer-to-peer experience, providing actionable information, tools and services to help members get their jobs done. Plastics.com has the unique combination of in-house, world class web development and plastics domain expertise, as well as the most valuable internet location within the industry; www.plastics.com. The core management team has worked together on plastics internet projects since 1994 and is building an ambitious site that will embrace all materials, all processes and all plastics professionals worldwide. "Plastics.com provides trusted advice, content and services for busy plastics professionals through its community-oriented web site ," said Greg Koski, CEO of plastics.com. "This audience is of extremely high value to our industry partners by virtue of their job functions, influence, and need for highly credible, real-time information. Having achieved this momentum, we are now beginning phase two which is a staged roll out of procurement services and other marketplace revenue channels. This effort began third quarter 2000 and projects through the end of 2002." Plastics.com, Inc., was founded in 2000 and is headquartered just outside of Boston, Mass. It is privately-held and incorporated in Massachusetts and Delaware.

Society of the Plastic Industry
Founded in 1937, the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. is the trade association representing one of the largest manufacturing industries (Plastic Bags) in the United States. SPI's 1,500 members represent the entire plastics industry supply chain, including processors, machinery, plastic bags and equipment manufacturers and raw material suppliers. The U.S. plastics industry employs more than 1.5 million workers and provides more than $330 billion in annual shipments. The mission of the Society of the Plastics Industry is to be a world class trade association representing the entire plastics industry in a way that promotes the development of the plastics industry and enhances the public's understanding of its contributions while meeting the needs of society and providing value to its members.

Packaging Schools

Michigan State University School of Packaging
The Michigan State University School of Packaging is a great information resource for anyone thinking of entering the packaging supplies industry. The School of Packaging supports the industry of packaging and packaging supplies by educating students who are interested in employment in the industry, by conducting research to solve packaging problems and develop new technology which can be used by the industry, and by providing adult education programs and other services to the industry.

Rochester Institute of Technology
The Rochester Institute of Technology interdisciplinary packaging science program, leading to the bachelor of science degree, provides educational opportunities for men and women seeking careers in the multifaceted packaging industry (i.e. packaging supplies). Graduates are prepared for initial employment in such areas as package engineering, development, sales, purchasing, structural design, production, research, plastic bags and packaging supplies companies and marketing.

San Jose State University
Packaging (and the related packaging supplies) is an exciting, dynamic profession that uniquely involves business, technology, design, and environment. Packaging professionals like packaging supplies and plastic bags executives bring to market innovative, cost-effective packaging that allows their companies to attract new customers and increase their business. They are developing revolutionary new food and drug packages that will extend the life of perishable products so they can safely be shipped all over the world.

Careers in Packaging
Packaging is the nation's third largest industry, and it is growing. Packaging graduates are in such a demand that, typically, each graduate has three job offers on graduation. Since SJSU is one of only ten packaging programs in the US, our graduates are among the most sought after and highly paid of college graduates.


Packaging graduates are hired to:

  • Design and develop new products and packages
  • Engineer and manage automated production and distribution systems
  • Manage the purchasing, control and disposal of packaging, packaging supplies and other materials
  • Market and sell package materials, packaging supplies and equipment.

Information, News & Resources

Modern Plastics
Modern Plastics provides readers (plastic bags and packaging supplies executives) with vital information:

  • Exclusive industry news necessary for business executives to succeed in this dynamic global market.
  • In-depth and timely reporting on all aspects of the plastics industry from processing to resins to equipment to services, e-business, and applications.
  • Special reports on key product categories and growing markets worldwide.
  • Directories focusing on specific industry segments.

PackExpo.com
Packexpo.com is a web site devoted to the packaging (packaging supplies) industry. It is for suppliers and buyers of packaging machinery, plastic bags materials, components and services. It is for the seasoned CEO and the person sitting down to his or her first day on the job. It is for anyone who works in this challenging and innovative business. It is a place that is going to help all of us to be smarter, to do our jobs better, and to communicate more effectively. The information you need at your fingertips, to meet the demands your day places in front of you, is right here, available from the convenience of your own computer.

Packaging Network
The Packaging Network is an online publication for the packaging industry (packaging supplies and plastic bags): daily news updates, new product information, feature articles, buyers guide, bookstore, career center.

Packaging Strategies Magazine
Since 1983, Packaging Strategies has delivered to the world's packaging leaders (packaging supplies executives), the kind of inside, informed news and analysis that cannot be found anywhere else in the world of packaging. We cover the tough issues, the ones other publications and conferences are afraid to touch. But, without this hard-to-get knowledge, you're missing the whole story -- you're not operating with all the facts.

Our valued Packaging Strategies customers are the most influential people in packaging and they depend on us for something that goes beyond information... they expect us to tell them what it all means. We move our customers to the next level in packaging information with three service centers:

Plastic Encounter Trade Shows
Plastics Encounter Trade Shows are regional marketplaces where professionals conduct the business of the global plastics industry (plastic bags and packaging supplies) through exhibits and conferences that provide unprecedented networking opportunities.

Plastics Encounter has two shows scheduled in major industry markets in 2004 -- Plastics Encounter Southeast is set for March 23-25 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C., and Plastics Encounter Midwest will be held June 22-24 at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio. These will be the only trade shows in the U.S. during 2004 devoted strictly to the plastics industry.

Both shows will include first-class conference and seminar programs plus unique networking opportunities for plastic bags and packaging supplies companies.

The Southeast and Midwest regions were picked for shows in 2004 because both areas have important concentrations of processing plants. North Carolina itself ranks eighth in the country in plastics supplies shipments and the Midwest has higher industry employment and shipments than any other region.

The shows in 2004 will build on the successful Plastics Encounter Indianapolis event in 2002. There are no Plastics Encounter shows scheduled for 2003 to allow exhibitors to focus on the National Plastics Exposition.

Plastics News continues its highly regarded Executive Forum series in 2003 with a program Jan. 26-29 designed for top-level officials from plastics processing companies, their customers and suppliers. Learn and network in a spectacular setting - the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort, nestled behind a pristine desert mountain preserve. Click here for initial program details and speaker information.

The 7th annual PN Processor of the Year Award, sponsored by Ernst & Young, also will be presented at a Jan. 27 reception at the Forum.

Plastics News
PlasticsNews.com is the online complement to Plastics News, a Crain Communications publication. Plastics New.com, founded in 1989, is a weekly business newspaper (covering issues like plastic bags and packaging supplies) serving more than 60,000 readers in a variety of managerial positions. The newspaper is based in Akron, Ohio and is staffed by more than 40 people in a variety of editorial, sales and administrative roles. To learn more about the people behind Plastics News visit our Contact us page.

Since founding Plastics News in 1989, we have been devoting our best efforts to reporting the news of the plastics industry like plastic bags completely, promptly and accurately.

We believe that the plastics industry in North America is served best with a timely, independent news service covering all segments of the industry including packaging supplies. We expanded this service in 1996 when we launched PlasticsNews.com as the global plastics industry's premier online site for breaking news and market data.

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