Frequently Asked Questions

You should have the following information ready as you request a quote for plastic bags:

• Bag Dimensions – Length/Width/ Thickness
• Options – Handle type/Ziplock / Hole Punch
• Graphics – Number of Colors/Artwork

If you are missing information, our helpful sales team will walk you through the process. For barrier pouches or food packaging bags, we must understand your product well to choose the most suitable packaging for the expected shelf life.

Yes! We have won several international printing awards and we are considered one of the premier flexible packaging printers in Western Canada.

Our minimum orders generally depend on the size of the plastic bag.

• For custom sizes, approximately 100 lbs of film material is required.
• For process printed bags, 350 lbs of material is required.

Please ask for quotes on minimum requirements.

We have two C.I. printing presses capable of printing up to six colors on our plastic film. We use process colors to produce an unlimited number of colors.

We can manufacture poly bags from 2” x 2” to 40” x 50”

Die cut and fold over die cut, patch, poly draw tape, soft loop handles, t-shirt bag type etc. Please visit our web site for detaild information on the different type of poly bags we produce.

Yes we ship to different parts of Canada and U.S. on a daily basis. Our whole flexible packaging product portfolio can be order anywhere in North America.

We believe that being environmentally friendly is simply good business. Our environmental action plan is two-fold. We provide flexible packaging solutions that offer opportunities to lower the carbon footprint of products for our customers. The best example of significant carbon footprint reduction provided by our packaging solution is the Polynova barrier film pouches. With the advancement in plastic barrier technology, barrier packaging can provide as much protection for food products as tin cans, but the production and logistics of it consumes much less energy and is very easy to recycle. Another great example is our plastic air cushion bags (used for electronic goods) which can replace huge volumes of difficult to recycle Styrofoam type wrapping.

Regarding our own carbon footprint, we are definitely proactive! Upon consulting with our clients for specific applications, we use biodegradable additives in our film which degrades in 3-4 years. For other applications we use starch based resin or recycled resin. We also produce a wonderful reusable non-woven bag that is very durable and has a texture close to that of a woven fabric.

We also re-pelletize the majority of the scrap plastic in our plant and re-use it to make handle bags.

Please consult our sales engineer to discuss environmentally friendly packaging solutions for your own special products.

Yes, due to recent advancement of barrier film and plastic barrier technology, Polynova’s pouches can be used as a retail packaging solution for all kind of beverages. Our pouch bags can be used even for alcoholic drinks such and cocktails and beer.

It is not a widely known fact that plastic packaging is very well recyclable. It is collected for recycling in most of the communities across North America. Most of the time though, the plastic bags are collected separately from the rest of the residential selective waste. The collection of the plastic bags are often run by supermarkets and retail stores.

Plastic film packaging is recycled to plastic resin, which is used as raw material for reproducing plastic packaging. Most recently, a growing volume of used plastic packaging is used for manufacturing plastic lumber and composit plastic.

The shelf life our food barrier pouch packaging is very long. In general, it is significantly longer than the shelf life of the food product it is used for. You should not expect any loss of the protective and preservative qualities of our food packaging as they enter the retail environment.

Our barrier pouch packaging is custom configured and engineered so it is able to withstand all the physical impacts  that a traditional packaging would need to withstand, whether it is thermal impact or another physical impact such as tear, puncture, fall and compression.

According to the feedback from our customers one of the key advantages of plastic barrier packaging is that it is much stronger and less prone to damages during transportation and handling than traditional glass or tin-can packaging. Barrier pouches don’t break like glass, don’t get dents and don’t loose their labels like tin-cans.

Yes, it is perfectly safe to use barrier pouches for food packaging. Barrier pouch packaging is well supported by the FDA in the US and by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. There are more and more leading food processing companies in North America whose products are packaged in barrier pouches.

Plastic barrier packaging for food applications has been gradually winning market share in the food packaging industry. Barrier packaging has great environmental record and it ensures low carbon footprint for the products it is used for. The market share of barrier pouches is growing only gradually; this is due to the fact that upgrading the packaging lines and switching from traditional packaging to barrier packaging requires significant capital investment from the food processors. Nevertheless, both the feedback from our clients and the reports of the market analysts confirm the economic and environmental advantages of using barrier pouch packaging.

Packaging machinery that is required for using our plastic barrier packaging is available through all the major packaging machinery suppliers. Should you need any specific information regarding the machinery you need in order to use our pouches, you are more than welcome to consult with one of our sales engineers.

Air cushion packaging is indeed a very durable, versatile and environmentally friendly packaging solution. In general, it can be used for any residential retail products, such as consumer electronics, to provide a cost effective and environmentally friendly replacement of Styrofoam type packaging.