Steps to letting accesspoly produce your next
packaging product:

Deciding on the Product:
• Application: accesspoly will review your product or existing design to see how it can be implemented into a polyolefin package. Our engineering department can help you in choosing the most practical and economical solution. They will help you to develop an original and structural prototype. accesspoly can assist with innovative prototype developments through a computer aided design (CAD) sample that will provide you hands on reality of your imagined ideas. Our product engineering staff will take your product concepts and develop them into a cost effective functional package that can go right into production.

Please visit our application analysis page.

Things to remember when deciding on the Product:
• Size: Capacity of the product; how much it will hold.

• Material: Regardless of what type of product you need packaged, accesspoly can design and manufacture an appropriate polyolefin solution for you. accesspoly's extrusion process produces two types of polyolefin materials, polyethylene and polypropylene. Polyethylene can be translucent or opaque giving you solid color variety and numerous graphic possibilities. Polypropylene is a similar material, but its clarity can produce a completely transparent sheet. It is by far the substrate of choice among graphic designers and packaging designers because of its ability to allow the products to be seen. Both polyolefins are considered some of the most durable materials in existence that enable screen printing, offset printing, foil stamping and embossing. However, there are appropriate applications for both materials. We will work with you in the development stage to determine which material is right for your application.

With accesspoly's in-house extrusion capabilities, color matched material is no problem. In both polyethylene and polypropylene, accesspoly can match any PMS color, custom color, or tint to meet your package requirements.

• Gauge: Many Gauges are available.
PE: Minimum gauge is .015 and can go up to .180
PP: Minimum igauge is .015. In Polypropylene, once the gauge reaches .075 it can be extruded only.

Please visit our stock page.

• Color: Opaque? Tint? Clear? Natural?

• Function: accesspoly offers a number of closure options including scored, velcoin, buckles or even snaps. Finally,we even offer assembly and fulfillment services to give you ONE STOP SHOPPING.

Decoration:
• Art: accesspoly has become a leader in electronic prepress and desktop publishing technology. Through our state-of-the-art systems, we provide quality page layout and production, color separations, digital image manipulation, digital assembly and complete proofing. Our electronic prepress staff is available to assist you with a full range of in-house graphic services.

Graphic presentation is critical for your custom products. accesspoly is prepared to take the graphic designs provided by you in several different formats. Art file transfer via e-mail art@accesspoly.com or upload to our ftp site: http://www.polyartdepartment.com/ftpinfo.html.

• Art Guidelines: There are specific quidelines that must be followed when submitting artwork to be screen printed. We have guidelines on this site and also a downloadable pdf file.
Artwork must meet these art guidelines and all submitted art will be validated and approved before an order will be entered. Once reviewed, additional changes may need to be made to produce a quality product.

• Color: PMS #'s, Four Color Process, Color Matched Spot colors, Clear Coats

• Inside or Outside Printing: If you are printing on natural or any clear material you will be asked if you would like the printing on the inside, outside or both. If inside do you want to be able to read it through the outside (while product is closed) of the product or from the inside (while open)

Estimate/Quote/Lead Times:
Note: Artwork must meet art guidelines and all submitted art will be validated and approved before an order will be entered. Once reviewed, additional changes may need to be made to the estimate. Once art is approved, a final estimate is supplied and a production schedule is established.

Proofs:
PDF (Digital Proof), Xerox Proof (Laser Print out), Fax Proof (Laser Print out reduced to fit on 8.5 x 11 and faxed, Screen Proof (Flat Screen Printed on Actual Material to be used in production of product), Preproduction Proof (Product Screen Printed, Die Cut and Assembled)

Ink Swatch Proof (A small piece of material that will be used for the product is screen printed in the color requested)

Shipping:
accesspoly's quality-conscious manufacturing facility produces your new package, on time, and with great results.