- Vertical wrapping - Pharmaceuticals - Personal care products - Home care products - Bakery trays - Large format wrappers - Produce - Pizza Major Opportunities for 2015

Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical & Medical Products Dust and moisture protection Tamper evidency Inner box elimination Retail multipacks

Personal Care Products Retail multipacks Inner box elimination

Home Care Products Big box, club stores and retail multipacks Contract packagers are buying box- motion vertical systems to wrap mfg overflow

Vertical Wrapping What’s Driving the Demand? Sustainability/ source reduction Labor reduction or elimination Club store multipack popularity Manufacturer marketing opportunities for creative package combinations or promotional campaigns.

Vertical Wrapping What’s Driving the Demand? Sustainability/ source reduction Labor reduction or elimination Club store multipack popularity Manufacturer marketing opportunities for creative package combinations or promotional campaigns.

Source Reduction Eliminate chipboard carriers or trays The trays are only needed to hold the products together during wrapping and to obscure the individual bar codes when sold as a multipack Trays are not required for vertical wrapping in a Texwrap system and printed film or labels can be used to change the bar code Large retailers such as Wal- Mart have initiatives in place to eliminate all unnecessary packaging.

Labor Reduction/Elimination Most multipacked products are packaged off-line using manual labor and semi-automatic shrink wrappers. Even when wrapping is partially automated, label positioning is a slow, labor-intensive operation Liquids for UPS/FedEx shipping from on-line marketers must be totally wrapped.

Major Cost Reductions Old way –Manufacturer runs product normally –Boxes, wraps & ships to contract facility –Product is unboxed, sorted, prepped, wrapped, re-boxed, and returned in new boxes to manufacturer’s DC

Vertical Wrapping The new way- once and done! Less transportation Less labor Less time Less packaging waste Less cost

Club/Retail Store Multipack Demand Club stores such as Sam’s and Costco, big box stores such as Lowes and Home Depot and other retailers such as Walgreen’s and Target are recognizing that these types of packages are very popular with consumers and offer great opportunities for increased revenues They are demanding that their principal growth suppliers provide them.

Marketing Opportunities In addition to the obvious cost reductions afforded by vertical wrapping, manufacturers are discovering creative marketing opportunities to increase sales using various types of multipacking. Combination packs –Spray bottle and refill –Upholstery cleaner, fabric protector –Tub & shower/ Toilet bowl cleaners Variety packs –Several varieties or “flavors” of the same basic item Sample packs –One very popular product with a sample of a new one attached Promotional pricing- –3 for the price of two –BOGO –Seasonal items Complimentary products –Products that work together –Adhesive and accelerator –Adhesive and primer

Printed Film Opportunity 70% of these products will be in printed film Hides individual bar codes Gives the multipack a unique UPC Increases shelf appeal Reduces disposables

Baked Goods in Trays Very hot application Bread, doughnuts, pastries Product protection for delivery to C-stores

Pizza Systems Still very hot Systems from $100,000 to $1,000,000

Produce Wrappers Growing demand for wrapped produce Individually wrapped or in trays Wrappers range from Spartans to 145SS

Large Format Wrappers Bakery trays Pizza boxes Corrugated displays Doors/door kits & 3624