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1. Graphic Design Our heat shrink Bripack S, Bripack SL and Isapack films are the most widespread solution for packaging in the market, due to their clarity, brightness, price and tamperproofing properties. They are generally used for primary packaging and promotional grouping, to pack books, brochures, forms, reams, magazines, notebooks and loose-leaf filler paper. The main advantage of using this film is that products are protected from humidity and friction, reaching the consumer in perfect state and condition. In addition, transparency enables the identification of the product’s contents, as if there were no wrapping covering it. They can be manually or automatically applied by means of our Mackpack packaging equipment line. Advantages:
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2. Toys and Gifts Our Bripack and Isapack heat shrink films are the ideal packaging solution, due to their clarity, brightness, price and tamperproofing properties. They are generally used for primary packaging of party favors, board games, round or irregularly-shaped toys, blister window replacement in boxes or single piece packages. Our Isasleeve shrink sleeves line is widely applied on beach bucket sets. Pens, glasses and lighters have been packaged with heat shrink sleeves, just to name a couple of examples that illustrate the assorted use this heat shrinkable system can be given, leaving to your imagination the wide number of products that Isasleeve can be applied on. Isamar recommends Isasleeve® N for this market. It can be manually or automatically applied by means of our Mackpack packaging equipment line. Advantages:
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3. Supermarkets Our Bripack and Isapack heat shrink films are the ideal packaging solution, due to their clarity, brightness, price and tamperproofing properties. They are generally used for the primary packaging of products that reach the consumer, such as promotional offers, bazaar, cosmetics, and such foods as fruits and vegetables, meat, sausages, or products with a high stock turnover. Our Bripack films are approved for food contact by FDA and SENASA. Isasleeve shrinkable sleeves are very useful when presenting your own brand product, or when making promotional offers of different products, since they avoid stock immobilization, giving the product a unique appearance. It is possible to apply a Flexographic 9 colors printing on the back of the sleeve in order to maintain the typical brightness and transparency of the substrate. Isaband safety bands give evidence of containers tampering (Tamper Evident) and are the most efficient solution to guarantee the consumer that the product on the shelf reaches his or her hands in perfect state and condition. The band can be pressed and printed in up to 9 colors. All these products can be simply applied with our Mackpack packaging machines and heat shrink tunnels. Advantages:
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4. Drugs and Cosmetics Our Bripack and Isapack heat shrink films are the ideal packaging solution, due to their clarity, brightness, price and tamperproofing properties. It is used to group medication boxes in packs for later distribution. It is often used to pack free sale products individually since the system guarantees the product reaches the patient in perfect state and condition. Its optical and antistatic properties prevent dust to settle on the film surface, maintaining the clean and neat image these products require. . |
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5. Tamper-evident bands Isaband tamper-evident bands give evidence that a container that has been tampered with. This technology is applied on medicine droppers and jars thus guaranteeing both patient and laboratories that the product will reach the consumer in perfect state and condition. Their back can be flexographically in up to 9 colors and are delivered cut for manual application or in rolls for automatic application. |
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Shrinkable sleeves
Isasleeve
shrinkable sleeves are also essential to the marketing of mass
use products. The high level of creativity and quality demanded
by the cosmetic packaging has led the most prestigious brands
in the market to adopt this labeling system, in order to follow
the non-conventional shapes offered by designers and be able to
stand out in a very demanding market. Isamar recommends Isasleeve®
N and XN and Isaband®. ‘Pump
dispenser’-type toothpaste They are also used to optimize free sale drugs requiring an important shelf presence. The high level of creativity and quality demanded by the cosmetic packaging has led the most prestigious brands in the market to adopt this labeling system, in order to follow the non-conventional shapes offered by designers and be able to stand out in a very demanding market. Isamar recommends Isasleeve® N and XN and Isaband®. |
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7. Beverages Our Isasleeve shrinkable sleeve is ideal to enhance and identify a specific drink on the shelf. It allows a 360° bottle decoration, from its peak to its base, adjusting to almost any kind of container, regardless of its irregular or non-conventional shape. This outstanding adjustment feature, accomplished thank to Isapack ST film exclusively developed by Isamar s.a., enables maximum communication with the consumer. Main
Isasleeve® applications are:
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8. Juice and isotonic beverages This kind of presentation has contributed to give the product a modern look and to communicate the energizing and sports trend that beverages - such as Gatorade® - convey. As regards juice, the contrast accomplished by high quality, colorful printing and transparency gives the packaging an appealing and functional look that attracts the consumer. For these markets Isamar applies Isasleeve® N and XN and Isaband®. |
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9. Beer, mineral water and sodas ISAMAR is present both in line products as well as in promotions of commemorative collectable bottles. The Isasleeve® system can be used for companies to segment their products by using different images, since with only one change in printing, a completely different product is accomplished, which will be easily identified by the corresponding target group. Isamar recommends Isasleeve® N and XN. |
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10. Diary products and Yogurt The diary market has widely adopted heat shrink labels due to the excellent results shown by the full body label on the shelf. This system highlights products over those using others, adding the technical feature of using no adhesive, avoiding unsticking and wrinkles in cold, humid environments. Isamar recommends Isasleeve® N and XN. |
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11. Wines, sparkling wines and liquors Alcoholic drinks are undergoing a packaging and presentation revolution. Many wine producers are challenging the old labeling system to accomplish differentiation and modern style. As a result, several packaging systems coexist on the same shelf , the heat shrink sleeve being one of them. Isamar recommends Isasleeve® N and XN for this application. Isaband tamper-evident bands give evidence that a container that has been tampered with. It is mainly used on mineral water, juice, spirits bottles, etc. The tamper evident band guarantees that the product has not been tampered with, at the time it is identified on the shelf. These Products may be applied manually or automatically by means of our labeling machines Makpack ® and their heat shrink obtained through our heat tunnels specially adapted to each container, which ensure any project’s success. Isasleeve and Isaband advantages:
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12. Foods Its main applications are: fruits and vegetables, jams and honey, bakery products, poultry, candies and goodies, ice cream, yogurt and cheese in polystyrene containers. Isamar shrink films are ideal to applied on all kinds of foods, since they are non-toxic and have been duly authorized to be used in contact with foods. The options used in the marketplace range form the use as primary packing to its use for product safety, promotion and grouping purposes. One of the novel applications we offer is the primary packaging of fruits and vegetables in packs of 4 to 6 units thus avoiding the use of trays and minimizing costs. In the case of citrus, specially lemons, the individual packaging using shrink film is the standard practice for export-quality products since they can be kept in good state and condition for twice as long without the need of additional packaging. Another possible use is for pizzas, trays containing all kinds of fresh products and for boxes and frozen products. Bripack® A, S, AF, P and SL are applied of these products. |
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13. Jams, Honey, Spices and Dressings Isasleeve is widely used on glass jars. One of its advantages over other similar products is that, apart from enhancing the product on the shelf, it also gives the possibility of adding a tamper-evident band joined to a tear-off tag, all in one single piece, minimizing process costs and enhancing safety and tamperproofing for the customer. For these markets we recommend Isasleeve® N and Isaband®. |
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14. Bakery products It is used to provide protection by means of punctured bags for the proper gaseous interchange with the with the product’s atmosphere in order to keep it crunchy. It is used very often to wrap bread and some legumes that need to be in contact with the air. These films can be offered printed and they are called Bripack® B and P. |
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15. Poultry This segment was successfully developed, and now it is possible to find egg containers in the shelves, with different formats of a capacity up to two and a half dozens, wrapped in polyolefin, whether crystal or printed as well as trayed chicken parts and whole chicken wrapped in film printed in up to 8 colors. For this application Bripack® S and A are used. |
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16. Candies and Goodies Isamar produces single wounds for the packaging of candies using the ‘Twist’ system based on non-toxic PVC designed to be in contact with foods. This film is broadly used in the goodies industry and it is possible to add a metal sheet and printing. Isamar calls it Isapack® W |
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17. Packed ice cream, yogurt and cheese This
application was achieved through the use of high shrinkage films,
deformation techniques and hot-melts specially developed for this
market. The containers used for ice-cream, jams, yogurt, cheese
and other products using this kind of economical containers, have
achieved a superior presentation quality by means of the use of
a full body shrink label. Very often it is possible to even add
a tamper-evident band by means of a tear-off tag in order to convey
higher safety in the same process with a minimal additional cost. |
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18. Boxes outer wrapping Our
heat-shrink films Isafan® are the ideal solution for packaging
by means of automatic equipment for the application of folded
outer wrapping, conveying transparency, brightness and an excellent
tension of the applied product, making it very flat and neat.
They are used as secondary packaging for tea, hair dyes, cosmetic
products, soap, video cassettes, compact discs, goodies and many
other products that are packed in boxes which are wrapped with
a folded plastic film heat sealed on the sides to convey safety
and a good appearance. Advantages:
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19. Batteries Isamar produces a wide range of PVS films. Within this range there is a special product which is the film designed to wrap AA and AAA batteries for toys and other appliances in general which we usually find in the marketplace. This film has a longitudinal shrink which enables it to be automatically adhered and applied on batteries which is later shrunk to cover the sides of the batteries. We call this film Isapack® BT |
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20. Promotions, Combo packs and new products
Combo Packs: Product grouping for
promotional or stock turnover purposes is a usual practice within
the current marketing system since it requires a high impact on
the consumers who make purchases based on what they see on the
shelf. Through the shrink ban system a perfect communication of
the offer and a neat product presentation is achieved, offering
the consumer a clear visual option without hurting the promoted
products’ image. For this system Isamar offers two options
which cover all the products’ requirements: the first option
is a conventional band which can be printed in up to eight colors
and the second option is EIGHT-shaped composed of two bands stuck
together which hold each product separately for cases requiring
special care or shapes that do not allow the use of a conventional
band. The EIGHT-shaped option can also be printed. |
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21. Sprays Heat shrink labels are an advantage in comparison with the lithographic system for containers since they can be offered without the need of a container stock, which dramatically improves the costs and flexibility of the final product. This system was designed bearing in mind the new trend to manufacture containers with different shapes or embossing which, in the case of lithography or silkscreen printing, are nearly impossible to reproduce. Isamar recommends Isasleeve® N. |
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22. Chemicals Sprays: Heat shrink labels are an advantage in comparison with the lithographic system for containers since they can be offered without the need of a container stock, which dramatically improves the costs and flexibility of the final product. This system was designed bearing in mind the new trend to manufacture containers with different shapes or embossing which, in the case of lithography or silkscreen printing, are nearly impossible to reproduce. Isamar recommends Isasleeve® N. |
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23. Cleaning, Bazaar products and Candles : Many of these products are currently using the shrink sleeve system. Some examples of their application are the case of detergents, cleaners, waxes and additives in general. A mass application within this market is decorative and religious candles which are presented in ready-to-use glass containers and the decoration provided by Isasleeve plus the internal lighting, conveys a pleasant always-fashionable effect. Isamar recommends Isasleeve® N and XN. |
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24. Thermoshaped polystyrene or polypropylene containers This
application has been achieved as a result of the use of films,
technologies and hot-melts specially developed for this market.
In the case of the containers used for ice cream, jams, yogurt,
cheese and other products using this kind of economical containers,
have achieved a superior presentation quality by means of the
use of a full body shrink label. We can proudly speak of the excellent
business results this change brought about to those who adopted
this system, as well as their satisfaction and the results they
obtained due to the making of this decision. |
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25. Software and Music : Software providers all over the world apply a polyolefin film for quality assurance and tamperproofing of these expensive products in the last stage of their components’ packaging process, since it allows them to clearly read the technical data included in the boxes without the need to violate the cover that assures the components’ integrity. For this application Isapack® S and Bripack® S are used. |
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26. Contractors and Machine Operators These people are specialized in off-line production for companies requiring promotions or product conditioning outside their plants due to lack of physical space or of the necessary equipment for this process or due to a company policy. This king of service in very common all over the world and is called Outsourcing. In general all services companies use all our product line, whether bands for the integration or grouping of products or PVC and polyolefin films. Isamar recommends Isapack® S and Bripack® A, S and SL. |
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27. Wine capsules The heat shrink wine capsules market covers nearly 80% of the wine marketed all over the world. There is a huge amount of converters who use this kind of films for the manufacture of printed or pigmented capsules and very few wine producers all over the world. Isamar provides the market with these films in different single wound presentations, whether crystal or pigmented and in different thickness options under the name of Isapack® C. |
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28. Manufacture We may say that the greater atomization and use of these films can be found within this industry. In general, all manufactured products need to be protected and tamperproofed and the ideal, most widely used material is the shrink film which application can be easily automated for the whole range of manufactured products. Some of these products are pieces made of injected or blown plastic, toys, bazaar, tools, spare parts, boxes in general, tapes, CDs, electronic devices, home appliances, decorative items, pictures, signs, and home accessories like lamps, fittings and an endless list of different products and markets. For this application Isapack® S and Bripack® B, S and SL are used. |
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29. Special films for sleeves Isamar has one of the few plants in the world that produces film for shrink labels which are used in the manufacture of labels and it also markets transformers and converters for this same application. These high-shrinkage, high-quality films are presented in different levels of shrinkage and thickness which adapt to all known applications. The brand name given by Isamar is Isapack® E for regular-shrinkage films and Isapack® XE for high-shrinkage film. |
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30. Glass jars in general In these markets, like the jams, honey, spices and dressings markets, an important part of the shrink labeling system’s success lays in achieving greater safety by placing a label plus a tamper-evident band joined together by means of a tear-off tag, as a sole unit, minimizing process costs and enhancing safety and tamperproofing for the customer. For these markets we recommend Isasleeve® N and Isaband®. |
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31. Beauty and Pharmaceutical products The high level of creativity and quality demanded by the cosmetic packaging has led the most prestigious brands in the market to adopt this labeling system, in order to follow the non-conventional shapes offered by designers and be able to stand out in a very demanding market. Isamar recommends Isasleeve® N and XN and Isaband®. |
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32. Gifts Pens, glasses and lighters have been packaged with heat shrink sleeves, just to name a couple of examples that illustrate the assorted use this heat shrinkable system can be given, leaving to your imagination the wide number of products that Isasleeve can be applied on. For this market Isamar recommends Isasleeve® N |
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33. Tamper-evident bands One of the most widely used systems to ensure product tamperproofing and integrity is the shrink tamper-evident band, since if it was violated, it will be very noticeable for the consumer who will be protected against product counterfeiting or violation.Safety tamper-evident bands are widely accepted for all kinds of containers, glass jars, bottles, plastic jars, and boxes requiring an element to reflect product violation or opening. The market sectors with the higher demand for this heat shrink bands are pharmaceutical and cosmetic laboratories and food containers. In the case of foods, we may highlight the following market segments: mayonnaise and dressings, pickles, honey and pollen, ice-cream containers, yogurt, alcoholic beverages and soft drinks, etc. Isamar recommends Isaband®. |
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34. Single wound for Blisters The application of these single wounds for blisters termoshaping is very widespread in several technical and mass markets. This film can be applied in several markets as well as medical laboratories, manufactured products, spare parts, stationery and toys, bazaar and party favors among others. This crystal film which be supplied in crystal or pigmented single wounds is called Isapack® BL. |
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35. Film for Flower wrapping This application has been developed to supply a specific market –the grouping and presentation of flower bouquets. This film is manufactures with a PVC or polypropylene base and is marketed in crystal color or printed, in 500-hundres-sheet reams ready to be used in florist’s shops. Isamar calls them Flofilm CR and Flofilm IM. |
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36. Safety film Bripack
SAFE®, is a product developed and registered by ISAMAR and
meant to ensure safety and to hinder pharmacological product and
containers’ counterfeiting and/or forgery. This development
includes a safety code to achieve the full traceability of a lot,
which is built in the film itself. Other
markets that require Bripack SAFE® technology Bills and Securities: Mint Houses in different countries as well as the transportation of funds and bearer bonds are a market for this film since the tamperproofing and integrity guarantee for each component is essential. Expensive and Branded products: At a global level, there in a huge parallel industry of counterfeiting not only of medication but also of printer cartridges, cigarettes, perfumes, branded clothing, chemicals and many other high added value products which encourage counterfeiting. More information on Bripack SAFE®. |
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37. Folding systems This application is used very often in tea boxes, cosmetics, tobacco and all other kinds of boxes which require protection and presentation or aroma and content preservation. In general, this application is used in automated lines which automatically fold and heat-seal the material and Isamar developed films that run correctly in these equipment. The recommendation as to the use of these films is focused on Isafan® and Bripack® B. |
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38. Flow Pack and Vertical Packaging Systems These
are the most important ones since they are focused on economical
containers for foods as well as beauty and household products.
The packaging system requires heat sealable materials with low
friction rations to run smoothly through the machine. In general
this products are applied in their crystal or printed versions
for the packaging of burgers, cookies, snacks, pasta, grain, goodies,
soap, toilet deodorants, etc. |
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39. Makpack® Machines It is Isamar’s Special Application Equipment Division. Throughout all the years devoted to de development of the markets we supply, Isamar has designed automated equipment form the input provider’s standpoint, bearing in mind the application problems and competitive economy, adapting the equipment and material to the plant design and the customer’s specific needs.The equipment lines offered by Makpack® range from simple equipment to state-of-the art sully automated equipment. Makpack® assembles their own plant designs and works on the parts and components engineering by means of specific sub contractors for each part. One of the most competitive special product in terms of quality and prices are the special shrink tunnels adapted to the products’ diverse shapes which require the use of Isasleeve® and Bripack® technology. In this area, very few companies equal the results obtained by the exclusive designs of Isamar s.a. Makpack®. |
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