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How Stretch Wrappers Can Save Your Business Money!

Increasing the efficiency of your business processes while still providing an outstanding quality product is the golden grail of the business world. The successful company will produce a better product, faster and at a lower cost than the competition. But how do we realistically achieve this goal? The answer for many businesses today is technology. Market leaders know that keeping abreast of technology and using it appropriately provides efficiencies that save money.

How does a new stretch wrapper help you achieve this goal you ask? The usefulness of the stretch wrapper will differ from business to business depending on many factors such as the size of the packaging operation, application, floor space, throughput requirements and load type (ex: heavy, light, fragile, etc).

Small to medium capacity packaging operations

A smaller operation with as little as 15 to 20 loads a day will find that a semi-automatic stretch wrapper can be far more cost effective than hand wrapping. These businesses can expect the following benefits upon automating their stretch wrapping solutions;

1. Lower labour and associated costs (health benefits, insurance, sick days etc) and increased productivity over hand wrapping.
2. Lower packaging material costs.
   1. A stretch wrapper, using up-to-date quality pre-stretch film, will significantly reduce the amount of stretch film used compared to wasteful hand wrapping. This will result in substantial savings when calculated over the span of a year.
   2. A stretch wrapper reduces film wastage, even with hard to wrap irregular-shaped loads prone to punctures, because it will always use exactly the amount of stretch film needed while wrapping to a standard tension.
3. Lower cost due to shipping damages. Delivers consistent load containment thereby reducing shipping damage while increasing safety.

Large packaging operations

Larger packaging operations using faster fully automatic stretch wrapping equipment will share the same benefits as the above mentioned smaller operations but to a much greater degree. Additionally fully automatic packaging equipment will greatly enhance the packaging line throughput, resulting in supplementary associated cost savings.

The faster your equipment is the less equipment you require and consequently less real estate required. If one machine can replace the roles of three, you can continue in your present location for a much longer time even in the face of continued production expansion. This will allay or postpone the need for costly investment in new facilities, resulting in considerable savings.

An additional benefit of higher throughput is the ability to meet the demanding time requirements involved with just in time (JIT) inventories. Increasingly many of today’s businesses rely on next day delivery. This trend will only continue to grow in the future.

In the end, the decision to invest in a stretch wrap system comes down to the initial costs, return on investment, competitive advantage value and what a stretch wrap system can do for your immediate and long term savings. Selecting the right stretch wrap system is not the same for every business or application. Consulting a knowledgeable packaging equipment professional such as Star Packaging Equipment is the best way to discover what system is just right for your operation requirements, unique application and goals. Businesses ready to learn more now, can contact Star Packaging Equipment, via their website at: www.starpkg.ca

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