Even if you have never heard of glassine envelopes, chances are that you have seen them in one form or another in your local drugstore, grocery store, or gift shop. These envelopes are both useful and nice looking. They are environmentally friendly and have numerous benefits for the user. In addition, they are not very expensive at all when you need to buy it in bulk.
Here are some samples that you may look into (click on the images or the link).
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How are Glassine Envelopes Made?
Manufactures make glassine envelopes out of glassine paper. This paper is translucent and flat. Manufacturers use a process called calendaring to give the sheets their unique appearance. Calendaring is a process where manufacturers take a rough page and roll it repeatedly until it becomes smooth. Then they add a slightly shiny finish to this, and they have a new, translucent and beautiful sheet of paper.
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Though these paper-sheets would be useful to people in this form, simply because it looked nice, the process of calendaring also makes naturally resistant to air, grease and water damage. Because of this, it is not only useful in the gift packaging industry; it is also useful in the food service industry, the food packaging industry and the product packaging industry.
On top of all of this, these sheets are recyclable and you can even compost it. This makes it a good alternative to plastic shopping bags, and more merchants should consider using it.
Use of Glassine Envelopes
If you are not sure where you can use these envelopes, you can use them in the food service business when you are wrapping up greasy food and want to keep it separate from other foods in a package. You can use it to wrap coffee and tea, and other strong smelling foods. When it comes to foods, it works best when you double the envelopes.
If you are interested in using these envelopes to wrap products, it is great for wrapping jewelry, candles, soap, and personalized DVDs and CDs because of its elegant look and translucent qualities.
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Many retailers can sell you these bags in standard sizes. If you are a large grocery store or retail company and are thinking of switching to glassine bags instead of plastic shopping bags, you can order custom sizes to meet your needs.
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