Sunday 28 October 2012

Kraft Paper Durability, Strength and Versatility


Kraft is the German word for strong, kraft paper is a resilient paper made by machine using wood pulp. The finished product is useful for numerous applications, ranging from mailing, gift wrapping to paper grocery bags. 

You would have definitely heard about kraft or kraft paper, but did you ever give a thought over how useful it is. Kraft paper is an extremely utile and versatile material. It is all around us in many different forms. It is a kind of paper that is mostly used to manufacture card stock paper, paper bags, packaging boxes, envelopes and other stationary items.

Kraft paper is produced from chemical pulp of softwood through the kraft process. Pulp produced by this process is relatively stronger than that made up of other pulping processes and is relatively coarse. Usually the kraft paper is brown in color, but it can be bleached to be produced into other colors. Bleaching decreases the mass of pulp produced by about 5%, adds to the manufacturing cost, and also decreases the strength of the fibers. Thus manufacturers try to avoid the bleaching process, but to add a new feature to the brown kraft paper nowadays it is being bleached into different colors. Kraft paper is nature friendly because it can also be recycled and reused.
Find out various utilities of Kraft paper:

Mailing:

Kraft paper is a rugged and strong material that makes it handy for making Kraft envelopes. They are available in all sizes, patterns and colors. White and brown kraft paper envelopes are most popular for official mailing purposes. Whereas, colorful Kraft paper envelopes can be used for informal tasks and invitations.


Packaging:
Kraft paper bags a very popular nowadays for shopping purpose. Due to its durability, strength and versatility kraft paper is used in many shopping ventures and grocery stores. Kraft paper gift bags are also getting popular among users as they come in attractive colors and can be reused as well. Kraft packaging boxes and mailing boxes are very useful to fulfill all the packaging needs because of their toughness and durability which makes it useful for rough use and various applications.

Gift Giving:
Kraft Wrapping Paper is a great utility for gift wrapping as well. They are not easy to tear and available in variety of patterns and colors. Matte Gift Bags made of kraft paper can lend a great look to your gift wrapping. Kraft gift boxes available in varied thicknesses are perfect for gift wrapping. Colorful wine bags made up of kraft paper are very popular as they can easily hold heavy wine bottles. Other items like kraft shred tissues; wraphia and kraft Ribbon are also available in the market

Office Helpers:
Pocket folders, pad holder with button & string, binder file boxes and portfolios are a few of the popular items among the many office utilities that are made up of kraft paper. Paper and cardstock made up of kraft paper are also very useful for official use.

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3 comments:

  1. Great post. I love packing boxes, it's fun and you will learn how to pack it correctly and safely because, it's very important to pack correctly to avoid lost stuffs, specially if the boxes will transfer to one place to another.




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  2. Great post..love the idea of packing box..thanks for sharing it..i wish to design Gift Card envelopes same like that.

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