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The cosmetics packaging industry is poised for another wave of innovation.

Aug 25, 2023

The cosmetics packaging industry is poised for another wave of innovation.

Packaging Bag Basics: Types of Packaging Bags

Dec 16, 2022

Packaging Bag Basics: Types of Packaging Bags

Packaging bags are everywhere in daily life, and as living standards rise, so does their quality and variety. Here is a quick introduction to the basics of these ever-present companions — how packaging bags are classified.

6: For precision-critical products — registered foil stamping, die-cut positions with tight color tolerances — impose smaller, so the paper distorts less and downstream registration is easier.

Dec 13, 2022

6: For precision-critical products — registered foil stamping, die-cut positions with tight color tolerances — impose smaller, so the paper distorts less and downstream registration is easier.

Many packaging formats, fast production lines, high shipping volumes, and highly individualized factories and warehouses make solutions challenging

Essential Facts About Cartons and Boxes

Dec 13, 2022

Essential Facts About Cartons and Boxes

Shipping boxes typically use three or five plies (seven-ply is rare): inner liner, corrugated medium, core, and outer liner. Liners use testliner or kraft paper, and the core uses corrugated medium — color and feel vary by paper type and by mill.

The 4 Types of Laser Holographic Anti-Counterfeit Packaging Film

Dec 12, 2022

The 4 Types of Laser Holographic Anti-Counterfeit Packaging Film

Anti-counterfeit film emerged in response to cutthroat market competition. It comes in many varieties; laser holographic film is the most widely applied, and it falls into four types.

fly-off during waste stripping and rewinding.

Dec 12, 2022

fly-off during waste stripping and rewinding.

Die cutting is an essential step in self-adhesive label production — and one that label printers' technical teams most often overlook. Die-cutting quality directly affects the customer experience, and label fly-off during die cutting is a perennial headache for label printing companies. So what exactly causes it?

Top 10 Causes of Label Fly-Off in Die Cutting — How Many Do You Know? (Part 1)

Dec 12, 2022

Top 10 Causes of Label Fly-Off in Die Cutting — How Many Do You Know? (Part 1)

Die cutting is an essential step in self-adhesive label production — and one that label printers' technical teams most often overlook. Die-cutting quality directly affects the customer experience, and label fly-off during die cutting is a perennial headache for label printing companies. So what exactly causes it?

Lingmin Packaging delivers customized digital packaging solutions for you

Oct 25, 2022

Lingmin Packaging delivers customized digital packaging solutions for you

In recent years, with the rapid rise of IoT, cloud computing, and big data, brands increasingly value labels and packaging as channels for engaging consumers — and digital packaging with intelligent platform solutions has emerged in response. 01 Digital Packaging: built on the IoT, digital packaging extends connectivity to enable information exchange and communication between any objects — a technology upgrade set to transform business models and consumer behavior alike. One-item-one-code is a key direction for packaging and the key to intelligent upgrades. Traditional packaging has only a decorative role,

Do Apparel Hang Tags Need Lamination?

Oct 25, 2022

Do Apparel Hang Tags Need Lamination?

When producing hang tags, manufacturers ask whether customers want lamination. A laminated paper tag gains some protection and gloss but otherwise looks similar — yet the prices differ considerably, leaving some customers hesitant. Hang tag manufacturer Lingmin Packaging weighs in: if the budget allows, add lamination. Why? Consumers are discerning — if a garment's "brand business card" looks ordinary, they may assume the product

Types of Apparel Hang Tags

Oct 25, 2022

Types of Apparel Hang Tags

As covered previously, hang tags must show product name, fiber content, quality grade, and other details. They come in two main formats: sheet-fed and roll. Hang tag manufacturer Lingmin Packaging explains the difference: sheet-fed tags must all share identical content, and larger runs are best — otherwise costs climb, since the printing plate's cost is amortized. For example, at 200 yuan per plate, 2,000 tags cost 0.1 yuan each in plate fees, while 20,000 tags cost just 0.01 yuan each.

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