If you want your
DVD and CD cases to be neat & have a
high end appeal, look at overwrapping
not shrinkwrapping!
If you're distributing DVDs, or Music
CD's you will have no doubt considered
how best to package your discs. Choosing
an effective packaging solution for your
work has a number of benefits including
protecting the product from accidental
damage, ensuring that that product is
intact and has not been tampered with
and providing a professional appearance
for your finished work which you can
then charge a premium for.
Shrink Wrap V Overwrap
There are two solutions for wrapping DVD
and CD cases: Shrink
wrapping and Overwrapping.
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Neat professional finish
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Rough messy edges
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Inexpensive polypropylene
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Expensive polyethylene film
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No wastage, film cut exactly
to size
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Excess wastage of film
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Shrink wrap uses polyethylene film which
is fitted around the DVD case loosely,
crimp-sealed around the edges with the
excess cut off. The polyethylene film
then shrunk 20% in a heat tunnel to fit
the package.
In contrast, with overwrapping there is
no excess film and the tuck and fold of
the film is neat to the package. Heat is
used for spot welding of the seams.
Overwrapping uses polypropylene film
which is less expensive pound for pound
than polyethylene of the same gauge.
Because polypropylene film is crisper,
you can fold it like paper and achieve
that high-end parcel wrapped look.
Overwrap is an
excellent choice for packages that will
end up on a retail shelf like DVDs.
While shrink wrapping cases leaves rough
edges and looks unprofessional - even
home-made, overwrapping provides a
classic gift wrap appearance for that
“store-bought” look. It is the
professionally finished look of an
overwrapped DVD which customers find
more attractive than the shrink wrapped
alternative and for which they are
willing to pay a premium.
Over Wrapping Solutions.
There are many manual, semi-automatic
and full automatic overwrapping machines
available on the market, some are labor
intensive and if your requirement for
wrapping disc cases exceeds a few
hundred pieces, it is neither practical
nor efficient to wrap them individually.
There are also specialized machines that
apply neat, cellophane wrappings to
large quantities of DVDs for mass
broadcasting and production companies.
Fortunately, Solstice has all the
solutions for overwrapping cases to a
professional standard, to meet all
budgets.
Overwrapping has a large amount of
relevance in today's market. Whether it
is selected for enhanced security or
product appeal, overwrapping offers
tremendous benefits to the packaging of
DVDs and CD's.
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line of packaging systems
