| Acetate boxes are a great way for you to send | | | | Tissue paper is produced on a paper machine that |
| out your premium products and add value at a | | | | has a single large steam heated drying cylinder |
| low price. Special occasion gifts and promotional | | | | called a yankee dryer that is fitted with a hot air |
| packs really stand out in gold and having a clear | | | | hood. The raw material is paper pulp and is |
| plastic acetate lid allows your product to be | | | | sprayed with adhesives inside the yankee cylinder |
| viewed easily. | | | | to make the paper stick. Creping is done by the |
| Having boxes that can be put together quickly | | | | yankee's doctor blade that is scraping the dry |
| also helps you save time and therefore money. | | | | paper off the cylinder surface. The crinkle is |
| It’s no good buying cheap gift boxes only to | | | | controlled by the strength of the adhesive, |
| find out that they take a long time to put | | | | geometry of the doctor blade, speed difference |
| together therefore losing the cost advantages of | | | | between the yankee and final section of the |
| a quick turnaround. Extra materials such as glue or | | | | paper machine and paper pulp characteristics. |
| tape that is often needed to assemble boxes also | | | | The properties are controlled by pulp quality and |
| adds to the overall cost of sending your product | | | | additives both in base paper and as coating. |
| out in a gift box. All these things need to be | | | | Wrapping tissue is a translucent, thin tissue paper |
| carefully considered when choosing the packaging | | | | used for wrapping and cushioning items. White |
| for your expanding business. | | | | tissue paper is commonly sold specifically for bulk |
| Although obviously you are trying to source your | | | | wrapping in reams of 480 sheets. Some shops |
| packaging at the cheapest price possible to | | | | wrap delicate merchandise in folded or crumpled |
| increase your profit margins you need to be | | | | layers of tissue paper to protect it before placing |
| aware also of the quality of your packaging | | | | it in bags or boxes for the purchaser. Coloured |
| materials. This reflects on people’s perception | | | | wrapping tissue paper can be used for an |
| of your business and could mean the difference | | | | assortment of visually creative purposes. For |
| between them becoming a repeat customer or | | | | example tissue paper can be crumpled up to form |
| not. | | | | objects, such as flowers. |
| If you want to make even more of an impact | | | | Tissue paper was used by musicians in the early |
| with your mail order product you could always | | | | 1900s to play the comb, producing a sound similar |
| use tissue paper to contrast the colour of your | | | | to the kazoo. Jazz musician Red McKenzie was |
| gift box inside. | | | | one of the best-known players. The production of |
| Coloured tissue paper is a lightweight paper that | | | | tissue paper for wrapping is made by the machine |
| can be made from both virgin and recycled paper | | | | glaze process. A slurry of fiber is placed on a |
| pulp. | | | | forming wire where the water is allowed to drain |
| Tissue paper is used to make a huge range of | | | | away. The sheet is then pressed against a felt |
| products with a wide range of different | | | | and pressed against a drying cylinder for the final |
| properties. Some of the key properties are | | | | drying step. The sheet is then pulled away from |
| strength, absorbency, basis weight, thickness, | | | | the dryer and wound up ready for further |
| brightness, stretch, appearance. | | | | converting into wrapping paper. |