CCCC Corp. has a New Mexico plant manufacturing cotton swabs and other cotton-based consumer products, sold in retail establishments throughout the U.S. For cleanliness and retail shelf appeal, they shrink over-wrap all of their retail consumer packages in polyolefin shrink films.
CCCC Corp had been purchasing Okura’s Vanguard polyolefin shrink film, made in Japan, from a local packaging supplies distributor. XXX Packaging’s branch in Denver, Colorado, then began soliciting the business from CCCC Corp. Although they are a Cryovac shrink film distributor, XXX Packaging chose to go after this business with Flxtite’s AP-1 multi-layer, biaxially oriented, polyolefin shrink film. This, for two reasons. One, because they
felt that the Cryovac film would not be cost competitive against Vanguard, and they would not receive any support from Cryovac/Sealed Air. And, two, they have had an excellent working relationship with Flxtite’s local representative, who had been promoting Flxtite to them as a secondary source.
CCCC Corp. requested that XXX Packaging provide them with a roll of
18”CF X75 of Flxtite AP-1 for testing, which Flxtite promptly provided. There were absolutely no adjustments made on the either the sealing unit or the shrink tunnel. The Flxtite AP-1 was a seamless “drop-in” behind the Okura Vanguard. It performed flawlessly, and yet was clearer and glossier.
Based on the successful test, XXX Packaging received an order for a full pallet from CCCC Corp. This, too, performed flawlessly. XXX Packaging has now obtained all of CCCC Corp.’s shrink film business by using Flxtite.
