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Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the questions we hear most often — from custom bag specs to material choices to how we keep our promises on price, time, and spec.
Capabilities & Custom Work
Yes — custom is what we do. We’ve manufactured 50,000+ bag sizes over the years, from transporting tropical fish to protecting new automobile engines. Tell us your application and we’ll engineer to your spec.
Nearly any color and a wide range of thicknesses. We extrude in-house 24/7, so we can match a tight color spec, run pigment-free clear, or step thickness up or down as your application needs. For PMS color requests, mention the target swatch when you submit your quote.
Yes. We run automatic wicketing, gusseting, and die cutting in-house alongside extrusion. That lets us handle one-stop production — printed, gusseted, header-sealed, and ready to use — without subcontracting any of the work out.
Use our Build-a-Bag tool on the home page to spec your base material, style, and seal type, then click Request for Quote. If you’d rather talk it through, call us at (201) 529-1474 or use the contact form. We’ll engineer a custom solution and quote it back to you.
Materials & Sustainability
HDPE (high-density polyethylene) is stiffer, stronger, and resists tearing — good for grocery bags, shipping mailers, and heavy-duty industrial liners. LDPE (low-density) is more flexible and clearer, which makes it the go-to for produce bags, garment bags, and form-fitting product packaging. Many applications use a custom blend — we’ll recommend the right one for your use case.
HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, MDPE, ULDPE, PP, and Linear Tear Film / EZ Tear. We extrude our own raw material in-house from both virgin and reprocessed polyethylene around the clock, with the conversion machinery to match.
Cast film and blown film are two common methods used to manufacture plastic film. In cast film production, melted resin is pushed through a flat die and cooled quickly on a chilled roller. This process usually creates film with excellent clarity, gloss, and consistent thickness.
In blown film production, melted resin is pushed through a circular die and inflated into a vertical bubble. As the bubble cools, the film is stretched in multiple directions, which can improve toughness, tear resistance, and puncture resistance.
Blown film is often the better choice when strength and durability are the top priorities. Because the film is stretched both upward and outward during production, it can provide strong performance in applications that require toughness, puncture resistance, or the ability to hold heavier loads.
Blown film is commonly used for industrial liners, retail bags, trash bags, agricultural films, and other heavy-duty packaging applications. Cast film is often preferred when clarity, gloss, smooth unwind, and consistent thickness are more important.
Different resins affect how a film performs during extrusion, cooling, sealing, and end use. Resin selection can influence clarity, gloss, stiffness, puncture resistance, tear strength, sealability, and moisture barrier performance.
LLDPE and ULDPE are often used as sealant layers in co-extruded films because they can seal at lower temperatures. HDPE is often used when improved moisture resistance is needed in polyethylene film, while PP can provide a strong combination of clarity and moisture barrier performance.
Yes. We offer post-industrial recycled (PIR), post-consumer recycled (PCR), and bio-based polyethylene blends. The right choice depends on your application’s strength and clarity requirements — see our Sustainability page for more on each option, or ask about it when you submit your quote.
Service & Trust
Over half a century. We started on a kitchen table and grew into a solid, mid-sized manufacturer — and three generations of customers have stayed with us because we keep our word on price, on time, and on spec.
Yes. The price we quote is the price you pay. No surprise change orders, no creeping fees — that consistency is one of the reasons our customers stay with us across generations.
That’s the deal we make. With 24/7 in-house extrusion and conversion, we control the schedule end-to-end — so when we commit to a delivery date, we hit it.
Have a packaging challenge?
Tell us about your application and we’ll engineer a custom solution.
