FLEXIBLE WRAPPING AND OPTIMUM PROTECTION

NEW STOROPACK AIRplus® WRAP FILM IS A SPACE-SAVING SUBSTITUTE FOR TRADITIONAL BUBBLE WRAP

Metzingen, May 2017. The protective packaging specialist Storopack has addeda space-saving substitute for traditional bubble wrap to its portfolio, with AIRplus® Wrap film. Thanks to its innovative format, AIRplus® Wrap film lends itselfespecially well to wrapping delicate products: its flexible, wave-like structureallows items to be wrapped tightly. As a result, fragile and delicate products ofvarying sizes are now even better protected from shocks, scratches and damage.Another advantage is its on-demand production, with the packer creatingthe air pillows according to their needs directly at the packing station. This givesit the edge over ready-inflated bubble wrap which is delivered on large rolls,takes up a lot of storage space and has to be continuously transported to thepacking station.

AIRplus® Wrap film can be produced on the compact Storopack machine systemsAIRplus® Mini and AIRplus® GTI, and is available in two formats: 400 ×175 millimetres (wrap film 19d) and 710 × 175 millimetres (wrap film 36d). Thewrap is particularly suited to fragile products and items which are not prepackaged.It only takes a few manual moves to cover an item in the wrap.

Low process and storage costs
‘The aim in developing AIRplus® Wrap film was to wrap items even more tightly,for greater product protection. We have achieved this thanks to its special wavelikestructure. The film is also a clever alternative for wholesalers and producerswho still rely on large rolls of ready-inflated bubble wrap,’ says Michael Spicker, AIR product manager at Storopack. ‘This is because process and storage costscan be reduced by only producing air pillows according to requirements directlyat the packing station.’ AIRplus® Wrap film joins the existing portfolio of AIRplus® products, including Void for large air pillows used to fill voids, Cushion withsmaller air pillows for blocking and bracing and for cushioning, and Bubble withround air chambers for wrapping items: all of these wraps can be produced directlyat the packing station and can therefore be easily incorporated into anypacking process.