Many of you have noticed that GBC has recently
changed the designations and packaging for their laminating pouches. Here is a quick overview of some of the changes that GBC has
made in its 2007 offering of laminating pouches.
Many of you have noticed that GBC has recently
changed the designations and packaging for their laminating pouches.
This change is part of a new direction that GBC is going with its
laminating supplies to better meet the demands of the pouch lamination
market. Here is a quick overview of some of the changes that GBC has
made in its 2007 offering of laminating pouches:
GBC now
divides its HeatSeal line of laminating pouches into three different
categories. The highest quality laminating pouches are called Ultra
Clear laminating pouches, the middle grade of laminating pouches are
called Crystal Clear laminating pouches and the economy grade of
laminating pouches are simply called Clear laminating pouches.
GBC has discontinued its line of Long Life Ultra Clear laminating
pouches and replaced it with the “Ultra Clear” line of laminating
pouches. The primary difference between the old Extra Long Life GBC
pouches and the new pouches is that the old Extra Long Life Pouches
used to contain a UV protectant. However, since most laminated
materials are used indoors GBC noted that the majority of customers did
not want to pay extra for the UV protection. GBC no longer offers any
laminating pouches with UV protection.
GBC has chosen to
discontinue all of its 7mil HeatSeal laminating pouches. They noticed
that over the past few years the majority of the market has moved to
either 5mil or 10mil laminating pouches. Thus, GBC’s new line of
laminating pouches no longer include any 7mil laminating pouches.
GBC has changed the packaging for its laminating pouches to new orange
and white colored boxes (most of the larger sizes of GBC laminating
pouches used to be packaged in brown cardboard boxes).
GBC has also changed all of the part numbers for its laminating
pouches. If you are looking for a particular part number look for a
future article with a conversion chart. However, in the meantime please
give us a call and we will be glad to point you to the replacement for
the old GBC number.
Jeff McRitchie is the designer and Director of Marketing for MyBinding.com. He has written over 100 articles on laminators, binding machines, laminating supplies,binding supplies,binding covers,paper handling equipments,binders,index tabs, and shredders.
