Foil shipping bags
Foil mailing bags in German-speaking countries are plastic bags with an adhesive seal. The foil shipping bag made from LPDE or coex film as shipping packaging has a removable adhesive strip and is often used by online shops for shipping. The special feature of a foil mailing bag is its sealed closure. Alternatively, there is a shipping bag made from so-called Kraft paper.
The time before the foil shipping bag
The foil mailing bag is an invention that has revolutionized e-commerce ([trade]). At the beginning of the new millennium, during the boom in online shops, shipping boxes were the common solution for shipping goods. Since the beginning of the dispatch of goods by Ernst Mey (1886) it was common to dispatch goods in cardboard boxes.
The creation of the foil mailing bag
Between 1999 and 2015, online sales in Germany increased from € 1.1 billion to € 41.7 billion. With the growth of online trade, the market for foil mailing bags has emerged and the demand has grown steadily.
Production of foil mailing bags
Foil shipping bags are made from LDPE, HDPE or a mixture of both ( polyethylene or polypropylene ). Polyethylene or polypropylene is obtained from crude petroleum . The foil mailing bags produced can be produced in a standard color or printed with graphics in multiple colors to serve as a promotional bag. Foil mailing bags can be produced in different sizes and thicknesses as required. Micron ( µm ) is used as the unit of measurement for their thickness .
Use in online trading
Foil mailing bags, which are also considered flat bags, are more space-saving in their storage for many online entrepreneurs due to their flat shape. Foil shipping bags can also be printed and thus serve as advertising space. The difference and the advantages of foil mailing bags in contrast to mailing boxes can be measured in terms of the efficiency and speed of packaging and their space-saving storage advantages. In addition, the fact that the bags can fit through a letter slot, depending on the filling , often simplifies delivery. The simplicity of the foil shipping bags lies in the fact that they are flat on the one hand and can be printed and produced in various sizes and thicknesses on the other. In addition, a foil shipping bag differs from shipping boxes in that it has a self-adhesive seal.
Further development of the foil mailing bags
Adhesion bags with an adhesive seal are a further development of the standard foil mailing bags. They can be opened and closed several times. Adhesion bags have the advantage that they can be used as return bags.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2005, p. 399, ISBN 3-936508-03-8
- ↑ http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/3979/umfrage/e-commerce-umsatz-in-deutschland-seit-1999/