Mailing & Courier bags

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Mailing & Courier bags are designed for protecting products and delivery of those products. Plastic mailing bags are lightweight, saves money on postage and water resistant.

Mailing bags are mainly made from paper or plastic. Nowadays, most plastic mailing bags are made of Polyolefin's and they are either mono or co-extruded.

• Economy lightweight postal mailers: Economy range for simple but effective protection - plain and coloured mailers plus the Maillite range with a pre-printed address window. The cheapest way to send literature to your customers and staff and much lighter than paper envelopes.
• Blue opaque mail-order goods bags: A range of good value strong bags ideal for 'mail order' sales. Ideal for garments and a myriad of online or catalogue products. The bags are an attractive opaque metallic blue and are strong without being too thick and so expensive. A best seller line for eBay and PayPal customers selling their products on-line.
• Heavy duty postal mailers: Thicker opaque mailers in a strong co-extruded material where you need to be sure that the mailer can withstand some rough handling in transit.
• Large heavy duty courier sacks: Massively popular range of large and very large courier sacks with double seals. It is tough quality !
• Metallic high impact silver mailers: 'Premium Quality' metallic silver mailing envelopes - ideal for high impact mailings.
• Security mailers: Extra thick (360 gauge) white opaque mailers with a Tamper Evident Sealing Strip. The welds have a side skirt as well to give extra security to the package - for that top secret document!
• Tamper evident mailers: Range of tamper evident bags available in clear as well as opaque for when bag contents need to be identified.
• Superlight bubble mailers: The lightest protective envelope on the market today ! The stock range comes in white and silver sizes - waterproof too!
• Featherpost 'jiffy style' padded mailers: The standard paper padded envelope with a self seal strip for closure. This range is bubble lined rather than pulp filled so whilst being padded to protect contents they are also very light.
• Document enclosed envelopes: Adhesive backed pouches to give your despatch a professional look - adhere directly onto boxes or pallets with an extremely strong tack adhesive.
• Paper feel plastic envelopes: A plastic envelopes with the feel of paper (but much stronger and waterproof of course).

• Polybags - manufacturers of polythene bags and plastic bags
  Buy online. FREE delivery for UK. We stock bubble bags, film, sacks, sheeting, LFT - all sizes & styles of packaging. Clear, coloured, printed and made ...
  www.polybags.co.uk


• Polythenemailers
  Mailing bags come in a wide variety of styles, shapes and sizes and can be made from a wide variety of materials that include paper, ...
  www.polythenemailers.com


• Mailinbags
  For mailing bags, polythene mailers and courier bags.
  www.mailingbags.co.uk


• Couriersacks
  Courier sacks and postal bags designed for protection and delivery of your products anywhere in the world.
  www.couriersacks.co.uk

1. Mailing bags protect your product
2. Mailing bags look professional
3. Mailing bags are attractive - can be custom printed in large quantities
4. Mailing bags are available in many sizes types, styles, and with different types of cushioning
5. Mailing bags are useful for fragile items
6. Mailing bags are reusable
7. Mailing bags are customer friendly

Options for Mailing & Courier bags

1. Clear or Coloured
2. Plain or Printed
3. Mailing envelopes with write on panels
4. Mailing envelopes with self seal - peel off strip for a permanent seal

Available Thickness:

80 Gauge(20microns) to 1000 Gauge(250microns)

Common materials used for Mailing bags:

• Plastics - Low density polythene, High density polythene, Nylon, Vinyl and Metallocene
• Paper
• Recycled plastic or paper mailing bags
• Biodegradable mailing bags

Tolerances:

Normally, Plastic Mailing bags/courier bags in Great Britain should follow widely accepted industrial standards according to British Standard – see BS7344, 1990

• Width: Plus or minus 3mm (0.125”) or 2% whichever is greater
• Length: Plus or minus 6mm (0.25”) or 2% whichever is greater
• Gauge: Plus or minus 10%

Mailing products such as:

• Mail order: catalogues/e-com fulfillment/pharmacies (prescription drugs)
• Premium/Incentive fulfillment/Advertising/Direct marketing
• Office products catalogues & wholesalers
• Government - local, state, federal and lotteries
• Prospectuses
• Banking/Financial
• Mail room applications
• Parts
• Uniforms
• Printed materials
• Diagnostic specimens
• Evidence containment
• Courier envelopes
• Art & Photography
• Audio / Visual / Computer Media
• Book Distribution
• Clothing & Jewelry
• Cosmetics / Toiletries
• Electronics / Computer Parts
• Industrial & Electrical Parts
• Medical / Pharmaceutical / Dental
• Office Supplies
• Printed Material
• Samples, Promotional Items

Saving ££ on postage cost

Packaging fragile items

Multitude of industry applications

1. Choose the correct style and size for your specific needs.
2. Decide whether you want a lip on the bag or even a lip and tape closure.
3. Check to see if there other styles or types of mailing bags that might solve your shipping needs.
4. Make sure your bag is big enough to hold your product so that the seams do not split.
5. Make sure that your bag is strong enough so that it can handle the weight or your product. Remember that if your bag rips, your product could be damaged.

• economy lightweight postal mailers
• metallic high impact silver mailers
• mailtuff heavy duty postal mailers
• extra strong mailers
• security mailers
• tamper Evident mailers
• blue opaque mail-order goods bags
• large heavy-duty courier sacks
• superlight bubble mailers (White & Silver)
• featherpost 'jiffy style' padded mailers
• document enclosed envelopes
• paper feel plastic envelope

• Water resistant
• Tough and Tear-Resistant Bags
• Self-Sealing
• Cleaner in appearance
• Lightweight to Save on Shipping/Postage
• Tamper Evident
• Strong Seams to Allow for Overstuffing

Mailer Envelope helps prevent product damage

Made of plastic film, Easy Open Poly Mailer features one-pull tear strip that simplifies opening. It is printable and can be customized with retailers and carriers' brands. Mailer is also available with double adhesive sealer strips for reuse for return shipping. It comes in multiple sizes and with bubble-wrap cushioned sides for shipping items that need added protection.
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Advanced Design Simplifies Opening to Prevent Product Damage

CHICAGO (November 8, 2004) - 3M (NYSE: MMM), the industry leader in packaging tapes and equipment, announced today the availability of the 3M Easy Open Poly Mailer at the 2004 Pack Expo Conference. The patented design of the 3M easy open poly mailer provides a unique one-pull tear strip that simplifies opening poly mailer shipping envelopes.

The 3M easy open poly mailer is made of strong plastic film and features a user-friendly internal tear tape with a die-cut pull tab. 3M poly mailers are printable and can be customized with retailers and carriers' own brands. 3M easy open poly mailers are also available with double adhesive sealer strips for reuse for return shipping. The tear strip of the easy open poly mailer is more durable and resistant to premature opening in the transportation environment than poly mailers with perforated tear strips. The 3M easy open poly mailer is available in multiple sizes and with bubble-wrap cushioned sides for shipping items that need added protection.

"Consumers who have difficulty opening poly mailer packages may accidentally damage the contents when using scissors or a knife to open them," said David Wagner, marketing manager, 3M Industrial Tapes and Adhesives Division. "The convenient tear strip opening feature of the 3M easy open poly mailer can help prevent content damage, reduce product return costs for retailers or carriers and enhance the company's image."

Customers including Canada Post, Canada's postal service are using the 3M easy open poly mailer shipping envelopes. The 3M easy open poly mailer is available through 3M and suppliers such as Belle-Pak Packaging, Inc., Markham, Canada.
For information on the full line of 3M Poly-mailer products stop by the 3M booth (N-3643).

Homophobic Postal Workers Hijacking Gay Magazines

I live in Oakland, CA in the San Francisco Bay Area. A few weeks ago, I realized that I was missing issues from my OUT and The Advocate subscriptions since December. When I called the publishers' customer service line, they told me the issues had been returned by the Post Office as "Undeliverable". I haven't moved, nothing has changed about my mailbox. These subscriptions had been coming for several years to this same address without any problems. My other magazine subscriptions (WIRED, MacWorld, Premiere, Entertainment Weekly) have all been delivered without problems. There was no logical explanation for why the missing magazines would have been "undeliverable". It was a strange coincidence that both missing magazines were gay news magazines, both are delivered in opaque plastic mailers. I've reported the matter to the local PO Station which sorts mail for delivery for my route and had the publishers take the hold off my subscription. We'll see if the issues show up. I was wondering if anyone else has had delivery problems with their subscriptions to OUT, The Advocate or other gay news magazines. I'd also like to get help tracking which issues have been sent out and received. If other Advocate and OUT subscribers could post here the date they receive issues and which issues they received, it would help me keep tabs on delivery issues. Also if any staff from LPI reads this, I would be interested in bringing this to your attention and finding out how prevalent a problem this is. I've posted to another gay forum and so far one other person responded that they had a similar issue. The PO was at first reluctant to take action until the person had his lawyer contact the Post Office and the PO assigned a new mail carrier to the route. It's a Federal crime to tamper with the mail and mail delivery, I would hope that PO employees would also be subject to the same laws.

Plain Discrete Packaging! - Lovers' cave

Heavy Duty Mailer
Click to enlarge Actual photograph of our Heavy duty packages.
Heavy duty packages. Ideal for none breakable items such as condoms & garments, all items are wrapped in bubble rap for extra protection. Your package can not be identified by trying to feel what’s hidden inside.
Tear proof: Manufactured from a 3 layer polythene based co-extruded film. 100% waterproof!