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A Fresh Outlook onFlexible PACKAGING

Smart choices for a wide variety

of today’s products.Flexible packaging is

reusable, portable and maintains freshness, while

being more sustainable by reducing space

and weight.

Product PORTFOLIO

glue applied

glue applied

glue applied

1.7

1.8

1.9

peelable seal to PP, PE


various levels of peel to lock seal, seals to PET, APET, CPET




lap seal

lap seal

2.0

2.0

fin & lap seal grades available


1.8

1.2

fin seal

fin seal or pre-made pouch



lock seal to PP, PE, EVOH

fin seal

fin seal

2.0

4.2

4.2

4.5

3.5

2.9

1.8

70 ga OPP / 100 ga OPP

70 ga OPP / 110 ga white OPP

70 ga OPP / 120 ga met OPP

Roll-Fed Label

48 ga PET / 150 ga LLDPE

54 ga PVDC ctd PET / 150 ga LLDPE

100 ga Mylar

48 ga PET / 150 ga wLLDPE

48 ga PET / 150 ga wHDPE/EVOH

48 ga metPET / 150 ga LLDPE

Clear, Non-Barrier

Clear, Barrier

Clear, Barrier

White, Non-Barrier

White, Barrier

Metalized

2.0

2.0

1.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

50µ PETG

50µ PVC

Shrink Sleeve

Shrink Sleeve

180 ga white BOPP (cavitated)

120 ga BOPP

Frozen Novelties

48 ga metPET / 150 LLDPE

48 ga PET / (70 ga OPP/.000285 foil/3 mil mLLDPE)

48 ga PET / (70 ga OPP/.000285 foil/3 mil mLLDPE)

48 ga PET / 48 ga metPET / 350 ga LLDPE

48 ga PET / 48 ga metPET / 250 ga coex

76 ga cello / (115 ga OPS/7# wLDPE/.000275 foil/16# Ionomer)

48 ga PET / 10# wLDPE / Foil / 18# Surlyn® COEX

Frac Pack

Vacuum Pack

Valve Bag

Single Serve Lidding

Stick Pack

BEVERAGE

COFFEE

DAIRY

SHRINKSLEEVE

LIDDING

MARKET APPLICATION MATERIAL STRUCTURE CALIPER(mils)

SEALING

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Product PORTFOLIO

lap seal



various levels of peel to lock seal, seals to PET, APET, CPET







fin seal or pre-made pouch, lock seal







3.5

3.5

3.5

2.0

3.5

0.8

2.0

1.7

1.9

2.0



fin or lap seal

fin or lap seal

fin or lap seal

fin or lap seal

2.5

3.5

4.0

5.0





3.5

4.0

4.0

3.5

48 ga PET / EVOH-nylon-EVOH coexChub Film

100 ga nylon / 300 ga EVOH

54 ga PVDC PET / 300 ga LLDPE


48 ga PET / 48 ga metPET / 100 ga CPP

48 ga matte PET / 80 ga metOPP / 200 ga coex

80 ga OPP

54 ga PVDC PET / 140 ga OPP

170 ga white OPP

70 ga OPP / 120 ga met OPP

80 ga matte OPP / 120 ga metOPP

Jerky

Seed, Nuts & Granola

Popcorn

Suckers

Candy Bar/Snack Bar

125 ga LLDPE / 125 ga LLDPE




<5# Bag

5# Bag

10# Bag

20# Bag

48 ga PET / 300 ga LLDPE

54 ga PVDC PET / 350 ga LLDPE

48 ga PET / 350 ga white EVOH


Clear, Non-Barrier

Clear, Barrier

White, Barrier

Metalized

MEAT

PETFOOD

RICEFILM

SNACKS

MARKET APPLICATION MATERIAL STRUCTURE CALIPER(mils)

SEALING

Project CHECKLIST

PRODUCT

Beverage Cosmetic Food Health Care Personal Care Pet Food Other

Equipment Style: VFFS HFFS Pre-Made Pouches

Equipment Mfr/Model

Number Colors: Process PMS Colors

Impression Size

Pouch Size

Eye Mark Position (indicate on art)

POUCH STYLES

BACK SEAL STYLES

FEATURES

Tear Notch Hang Hole Zipper Wicket Other

Wet or Dry

Is Sample Available?

• Side Gusset• Handle (optional)

Standard Lap-Left Over Right-Centered Face

Reverse Lap-Right Over Left-Centered Face

Standard Fin-Left Over Right-Fin Centered on Back-Off Center Face

Reverse Fin-Right Over Left-Fin Centered on Back-Off Center Face

Standard Off-Set Fin-Left Over Right-Fin Off Center on Back-Centered Face

Reverse Off-Set Fin-Right Over Left-Fin Off Center on Back-Centered Face

Pinch Seal-Centered Face

• Stand-up

• Bottom Gusset• Sombraro (optional)

• Stand-up• Recloseable• Tear Notch

• Bottom Gusset• Bottom Wickets• Recloseable• Tear Notch

• Stand-up• Recloseable• Exposed Slider

• Bottom Gusset• Top Wickets

• Stand-up• Recloseable• Hooded Slider

• 3 Sided Sealed

• 3 Sided Sealed• Recloseable• Exposed Slider

• 3 Sided Sealed• Recloseable• Tear Notch

• 3 Sided Sealed• Recloseable• Hooded Slider

• with Header• Recloseable• Tear Notch• Handle (optional)

PACKAGE STYLE

ART LAYOUT

• Shaped Bag with Header• Handle (optional)

Roll outer dimension (or) Feet per roll

Core Size: Standard (3" ID x 5/8" wall) Other (explain)

Pallet: Standard (40" x 48" “eye-to-the-sky”) Other (explain)

Splice: Standard (2" red tape, butt splice) Other (explain)

Requested Quote Quantities:

Order Pattern: Weekly Monthly Quarterly Other (explain)

Pricing Units: Mimp MSI MLF LBS Rolls Other (explain)


Project CHECKLIST

Does your application require clear, white or metalized face? Clear White Metalized

Material Structure:

Is your Package Surface Printed Reverse Printed

If surface printed, do you require Matte Coating Gloss Coating None

Position 1Wound OutTop of copy dispenses first

Position 2Wound OutBottom of copy dispenses first

Position 3Wound OutRight of copy dispenses first

Position 4Wound OutLeft of copy dispenses first

Position 5Wound InTop of copy dispenses first

Position 6 Wound InBottom of copy dispenses first

Position 7 Wound InRight of copy dispenses first

Position 8Wound InLeft of copy dispenses first

Rewind Position:

MATERIALS

FINISHING SPECS

QUANTITIES

Properties Polyester (PET) Polyethylene (PE) Polypropylene (PP) Polystyrene (PS) Polyvinyl Chloride Ethyl Vinyl (PVC) Alcohol (EVOH)

Tear Resistance No Stretch, Stretches, Stretches, Does No Stretch, Stretches, Does Strecthes, No Tear No Tear Not Tear Easily Tears Easily Not Tear Easily No Tear

Strength High Low High Low High Low

High Temp Stability Excellent Poor High Poor Poor Poor

Durability Maximum Low Good Fair Excellent Low

Clarity/Opacity Excellent Poor Good Fair Good Fair

Printability Excellent Fair Good Fair Good Fair

Chemical Resistance Excellent Excellent Excellent Poor Excellent Excellent

Moisture Barrier Fair Fair Good Fair Fair Excellent

Oxygen Barrier Fair Poor Poor Poor Fair Excellent

Convertability Excellent Fair Good Fair Good Good

Odor None None None None Possible None

Decay in Treatment No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Art SPECIFICATIONS

File format acceptable PDF, EPS, DCS2 or Native files with all fonts and attachments, Adobe Indesign (Package), Adobe Illustrator, Quark (Collect for Output)

Document Setup size Page size should be set to the final trim size, remember to export with bleed if needed

PDF file format When exporting as a PDF file use the “High Quality Print” profile, add bleed when applicable

Process (CMYK) Yes Yes

Spot/Pantone (Create as Spot Colors) (See Pantone Book for naming standard) Yes/ preferred Yes/ preferred

Number of colors does not exceed quote/number of press decks (process counts as 4 colors) Check with your Outlook Group Sales Representative for the maximum number of press decks to best suit your job

If unsure of number of colors in the file… Print your file to your laser printer as separations, check number of sheet printed and image on those sheets

Trap, if unsure leave the trapping to Outlook Group 0.010" Text 0.015"

Cutback for white 0.020" min. 0.030" min.

Positive stroke’s minimum thickness requirements .5 pt. (1 pt. if 2+ colors) .5 pt. (1 pt. if 2+ colors)

Reverse stroke’s minimum thickness requirements 1 pt. (1.5 pt. if 2+ colors) 1 pt. (1.5 pt. if 2+ colors)

CMYK/Grayscale resolution DPI requirements Minimum 250 dpi

Screens and Dot resolution (LPI) Do not save images with screens or dot preferences, this will be determined by press specifications

Art/Bitmap resolution of all images DPI requirements Minimum 600 dpi

Collect or imbed fonts Send all fonts with support files. If PDF file format, imbed all fonts

Positive fonts size requirements (minimum) 5 pt. (7 pt. if 2+ colors) 5 pt. (7 pt. if 2+ colors)

Reverse fonts size requirements (minimum) (preferably bold sans serif) 9 pt. (outline if 2+ colors) 9 pt. (outline if 2+ colors)

Superscripts / Subscript size requirements (minimum) The physical size must not be smaller than minimum fonts size from above, positive or reverse

Bleed - amount of copy, art or color that extends past dieline or trimlin (minimum) 0.125 / 0.0625" 0.125"

Copy or art held inside trimline, dieline or folds unless intending to bleed (minimum) 0.125 / 0.0625" 0.125 / 0.0625"

Corners rounded on dieline, if necessary 0.0156" N/A

Dieline Color Color all dielines as a spot-color named “dieline” or Rampage_Dieline” with overprint setting - DO NOT use this color as part of your artwork, it will not print

FSC certified art has required clear area for the logo 1.5"w x 0.75"h for horizontal logos; 1.125"w x 1.25"h for vertical logos

LPI (Line Screen), Screen Angles, Min & Max Dot OG will determine these preferences; as to what printing method is used

Supplied proofs for color accuracy Color Match Proof - if provided must be SWOP, GRACoL or G7 Certified

Barcode Scaling Minimum 80% / Maximum 200% (1.25"w for all 12 numbers); the height of some symbologies can be truncated

Quiet Zone area size Minimum 0.125" clear space on all sides of the barcode

BWR applied correctly 0.0025" 0.004"

Direction of bars correct Bars should travel in the web direction

Construction of barcode All barcodes must be sent as vector art (Adobe Photoshop is not acceptable)

Color of barcode Darkest available color (other than red) with a light background color, preferably white

USPS address area size specifications, if mailing Minimum 0.25” clear space all sides of the address and it’s barcode; at least 60% opacity rectangle behind the address area

USPS address area color specifications, if mailing Background color white or at least less than 15% opacity in the red and green spectrum

FILE SETUP

COLORS

STROKES/ RULES

IMAGES

FONTS

DIELINE/TRIMLINE

MISCELLANEOUS

BARCODES/MAILING


Art SPECIFICATIONS

File format acceptable PDF, EPS, DCS2 or Native files with all fonts and attachments, Adobe Indesign (Package), Adobe Illustrator, Quark (Collect for Output)

Document Setup size Page size should be set to the final trim size, remember to export with bleed if needed

PDF file format When exporting as a PDF file use the “High Quality Print” profile, add bleed when applicable

Process (CMYK) Yes Yes

Spot/Pantone (Create as Spot Colors) (See Pantone Book for naming standard) Yes/ preferred Yes/ preferred

Number of colors does not exceed quote/number of press decks (process counts as 4 colors) Check with your Outlook Group Sales Representative for the maximum number of press decks to best suit your job

If unsure of number of colors in the file… Print your file to your laser printer as separations, check number of sheet printed and image on those sheets

Trap, if unsure leave the trapping to Outlook Group 0.010" Text 0.015"

Cutback for white 0.020" min. 0.030" min.

Positive stroke’s minimum thickness requirements .5 pt. (1 pt. if 2+ colors) .5 pt. (1 pt. if 2+ colors)

Reverse stroke’s minimum thickness requirements 1 pt. (1.5 pt. if 2+ colors) 1 pt. (1.5 pt. if 2+ colors)

CMYK/Grayscale resolution DPI requirements Minimum 250 dpi

Screens and Dot resolution (LPI) Do not save images with screens or dot preferences, this will be determined by press specifications

Art/Bitmap resolution of all images DPI requirements Minimum 600 dpi

Collect or imbed fonts Send all fonts with support files. If PDF file format, imbed all fonts

Positive fonts size requirements (minimum) 5 pt. (7 pt. if 2+ colors) 5 pt. (7 pt. if 2+ colors)

Reverse fonts size requirements (minimum) (preferably bold sans serif) 9 pt. (outline if 2+ colors) 9 pt. (outline if 2+ colors)

Superscripts / Subscript size requirements (minimum) The physical size must not be smaller than minimum fonts size from above, positive or reverse

Bleed - amount of copy, art or color that extends past dieline or trimlin (minimum) 0.125 / 0.0625" 0.125"

Copy or art held inside trimline, dieline or folds unless intending to bleed (minimum) 0.125 / 0.0625" 0.125 / 0.0625"

Corners rounded on dieline, if necessary 0.0156" N/A

Dieline Color Color all dielines as a spot-color named “dieline” or Rampage_Dieline” with overprint setting - DO NOT use this color as part of your artwork, it will not print

FSC certified art has required clear area for the logo 1.5"w x 0.75"h for horizontal logos; 1.125"w x 1.25"h for vertical logos

LPI (Line Screen), Screen Angles, Min & Max Dot OG will determine these preferences; as to what printing method is used

Supplied proofs for color accuracy Color Match Proof - if provided must be SWOP, GRACoL or G7 Certified

Barcode Scaling Minimum 80% / Maximum 200% (1.25"w for all 12 numbers); the height of some symbologies can be truncated

Quiet Zone area size Minimum 0.125" clear space on all sides of the barcode

BWR applied correctly 0.0025" 0.004"

Direction of bars correct Bars should travel in the web direction

Construction of barcode All barcodes must be sent as vector art (Adobe Photoshop is not acceptable)

Color of barcode Darkest available color (other than red) with a light background color, preferably white

USPS address area size specifications, if mailing Minimum 0.25” clear space all sides of the address and it’s barcode; at least 60% opacity rectangle behind the address area

USPS address area color specifications, if mailing Background color white or at least less than 15% opacity in the red and green spectrum

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