How Do Flexible Pouches Compare to Cans? The Advantages are Numerous!

Aluminum and steel are the two most common cans used for food and beverages. Both are recyclable, despite being thinly lined with a polyester or acrylic barrier between the food or beverage and the metal can. Although canning dates to the early 1800s, aluminum was introduced into can-making in 1957, according to Industrial Physics. Aluminum cans have been recycled so much that nearly 75% of all the aluminum ever produced is still in use today.

However, cans have decided drawbacks when compared with using flexible pouches for food and beverages. Since the original stand-up pouch was invented in 1963, flexible pouches have become a mainstay of modern food and beverage packaging, according to Industrial Packaging.

New Custom Mylar Pouches Add Myriad Options for Eye-Catching Product Packaging

As many creative clients are already aware, shiny printed mylar pouches make for eye-catching product packaging. Mylar pouches capture consumer attention on store shelves and e-commerce websites. Mylar isn’t just for balloons anymore, Dorothy!

Recently, SunDance enhanced our state-of-the-art printing and packaging plant with exciting new equipment for producing custom mylar pouches. This latest upgrade builds on our existing mylar pouch capabilities to offer clients many more options in designing unique mylar bags for their products.

Create Custom Package Shapes and Exciting Stand-Up Pouches with Our Newest Custom Die-Cutter

Competition for store shelf space and online eye appeal continues to push product marketers and package designers in new directions. One of the most exciting recent innovations is transforming package shapes from simple plane geometry to custom forms limited only by the imagination.

You’ve Designed a Great Flexible Pouch. Now What? How to Choose the Perfect Flexible Pouch Finish!

Flexible packaging is increasingly about pouch packaging. That’s because flexible pouches can accommodate a wide variety of products, ship them securely, and display them impressively on store shelves. Pouches offer numerous options for interesting shapes, folds, openings, and closures, as well as printing in a full spectrum of colors, including images and text.

Convenient, Versatile, Recyclable, Lightweight, Cost-Efficient... Flexible Packaging Benefits Too Numerous to Count

Product marketers and package designers have been shifting away from rigid packaging, much of which ends up in landfills. With increasing frequency, they’re opting for flexible packaging, including recyclable pouches and other soft packages. We’re delighted to witness this movement and completely support it.

Optimize Your Products with Flexible Pouch Options (Part 2)

When developing a new product, one of your early decisions will be how to package it. Packaging is driven primarily by the various properties and requirements of your product.

Numerous flexible pouch options are available today to optimize your product marketing efforts. In Part 1 of this article, we addressed pouch types and gusset styles. Here, Part 2 finishes with pouch seals and closures. There will be a test at the end. Just kidding!

Optimize Your Products with Flexible Pouch Options (Part 1)

Countless flexible pouch options are available to optimize your product marketing efforts. This two-part article will help you understand the options by describing the various parts of a flexible pouch, what they are called, and what they do. We begin with pouch styles and gussets in Part 1 and finish with pouch seals and closures in Part 2.

New in Flexible Packaging: Our 100% Recyclable Paper Pouch is Biodegradable, Compostable, and Oh So Lovable

Flexible packaging is universally popular among manufacturers, consumer goods packagers, product marketers, and end-users alike because it offers so many benefits. And just as the stand-up pouch was a milestone in the evolution of flexible packaging, a unique new 100% recyclable paper pouch is leading the transformation to super-green flexible packaging.

New Flexibility in Designing Creative Pouch Packaging

In the competitive consumer package goods industry, creative brands want the flexibility to mix and match a variety of flexible packaging materials and features and combine them with crisp digital printing and vibrant colors. Our latest equipment addition, the Hudson Sharp Ares 400- Dual Web Unwind, is an advanced pouch packaging equipment that accepts recycle-ready polyethylene, laminated films, bio-films, and paper-like films. Zippered pouches, resealable closers, side and bottom gusseting and child-resistant packaging are also popular capabilities. 

The Amazing Advantages of Digitally Printed Flexible Packaging

As a leading producer of printed packaging in the Southeastern U.S., Sundance creates eye-catching flexible packages that promote your unique brand and effectively market your products. Flexible packaging can be printed traditionally, on offset presses, when high volumes are needed. And flexible packaging can be printed digitally, on our HP Indigo digital press, when certain other needs must be met. The following five scenarios make digitally printed flexible packaging your perfect choice.