Woven Poly Shopping Bags and The reason Why They Are Awesome

As we may know, Woven poly shopping bags (also called woven pp bags) are generally large sacks made out of woven polypropylene or PP. They can be printed directly using Flexo Printing technology, or laminated with an additional and slightly different type of polypropylene film that allows for the utilization of Rotogravure Printing which yields ultra-bright colors and vivid full-color images.

Because it is woven plastic shopping bag, it is known to be much stronger and sturdier than a paper shopping bag and far less expensive than a laminated shopping bag.

The main types/uses of woven poly Shopping bags

There are three main types/uses of woven poly bags that one is likely to encounter:

1. Product Packaging  – These are side gusseted shopping bags used for dry bulk foods such as rice, beans, grains, seeds, pet foods, etc. to be sold on retail shelves.

2. Tote Style – often sold by grocery stores as a reusable grocery Shopping bag.

3. Massive Bulk Shopping Bags – used for wholesale business-to-business selling and not for retail.

How Are woven poly Shopping Bags Made?

These shopping bags are made from little pellets of polypropylene that are then extruded into a thread.

Polypropylene Pellets Used to Make Woven Poly Shopping Bags

Woven Poly Shopping Bags are then weaved into a large roll (like plastic wrap) using an industrial loom.

You can see the woven texture that the loom has created.

Woven Poly Shopping Bag Texture

If the woven poly shopping bag is to be printed on, this roll is then laminated with an outer film. Next, the roll is put on a bag converting machine and made into individual bags ready for printing (if they have been laminated first, of course).

It is easy to see that with a process like this, large volumes are essential for low-cost per-unit bags.

Why Are Woven Poly Shopping Bags So Awesome?

There are simply 4 Reasons:

• Aesthetically pleasing and able to display gorgeous graphics and vivid full-color images of shopping bags

• Extremely durable and strong. These shopping bags simply do not tear (at least not without serious, serious abuse!).

• Ultra economical (and of course, the more you buy, the cheaper shopping bag prices gets)

• Most Shopping bags Are Recyclable  (except for “Paper Laminated Woven Poly Shopping Bags”)

There is no doubt as to why this packaging technology is so ideal for its uses. And there are new technologies shopping bags on the horizon that are going to make these types of bags even more desirable. How about a “heat seal” enclosure instead of the usual “sewn seal”? For people in the know, this is an exciting development.

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