Stretch Wrap Versus Shrink Wrap Fairmont WV

The following article offers a comparison of plastic wrap and shrink wrap. It talks about what the products are made out of and what their primary uses are.

National Companies

Imperial Dax Company Inc
(973) 227-6105
120 New Dutch Ln
Fairfield, NJ
Mail Boxes Etc
(323) 848-8300
8033 W Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood, CA
Wabash Valley Packaging Corp
(812) 466-3113
4050 E Steelton Ave
Terre Haute, IN
Ups Store the
(402) 397-0100
7914 W Dodge Rd
Omaha, NE
Ups Store the
(717) 898-9303
590 Centerville Rd
Lancaster, PA
Whitlock Packaging Corp
(918) 478-7300
1701 S Lee St
Fort Gibson, OK
Mail Boxes Etc
(269) 983-5754
717 Saint Joseph Dr
Saint Joseph, MI
Pack-N-Ship
(812) 232-2582
515 W Honey Creek Dr
Terre Haute, IN
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp
(630) 260-6500
400 E North Ave
Carol Stream, IL
Center Packaging
(631) 789-1826
690 Albany Ave Unit B
Amityville, NY

Well if you need one or the other, you should care and just about every industrial, commercial or distribution company uses these products. The last thing you need is to order a product that won’t work for your application, especially in these time sensitive days. These are two very different products used for very different applications.

Let’s clear up the confusion. Shrink wrap film is made from polyolefin plastic, while stretch wrap is made from polyethylene plastic. Shrink wrap is generally used to protect a single product, such as the plastic over toys at the toy store or CD's when you first buy them. Shrink wrap gets its tight seal through a heating process. The product is wrapped and heated with a hairdryer-like tool or put through a heat tunnel. Shrink wrap can also be used for bundling products together, such as bottles of soda. In some cases, shrink wrap is used for palletizing although it is far less common that stretch wrap for this application.

Stretch wrap is generally used to hold boxes on a pallet for transport. Stretch wrap is pulled around the load and stretched. The plastic has a memory and wants to return to its original size. This "elastic band effect" holds the load tight.

Generally stretch wrap comes in 12”, 15” and 18” sizes for hand wrapping and 20”-60” sizes for machine applications. Shrink wrap is available in most even number sizes between 4-20” and is generally “center-folded”, that is the film is folded over itself to form two layers. The product is inserted between the two layers and sealed on the remaining three sides, then shrunk by heat.

For more information on these products you can take a look at “Stretch Wrap 101” on our website www.allstarsupply.com.

About the Author:

Tom Zotter is President of Allstar Supply, Inc., one of the nation’s leading suppliers of both stretch wrap and shrink wrap films.

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