Maco PKG, a packaging company well-known for its distinguished reputation and fine products, has maintained a healthy business relationship with the military since World War 2. Although it originated as a window advertising company, Maco shifted gears to support the war effort to create tar sealed military bags for supplies. Soldiers needed to have engine hubs, parts, and ammunition floated to shore. Since 1939, they have been known for reliable, quickly shipped, fair priced materials regardless of the size of an order. They will make one pouch or one million. Maco has an in depth knowledge of Mil-Spec packaging and they are one of the oldest companies in this field. Their team of experts has been on board for many years.
According to their Account Executive, Tom Seymour, Maco PKG services the military’s packaging needs in many forms, including pouches, military bags, shrouds, roll-stock and custom packaging. One of the unique products manufactured for service men and women is the M295 decontamination mitt. They are issued to soldiers as a measure of protection in the case that they are exposed to chemical agents. Maco is also a supplier of packaging for tourniquet and wound treatment kits that have had a vital part in the preservation of life in IED attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan. They also have experience co-packing food and beverage items into pouches such as meals ready-to-eat (MRE). Maco has supplied MRE’s like chocolate protein shakes to soldiers in the field. As a diversified manufacturer, Maco has made a variety of Mil-Spec flexible packaging products.
The primary use for military packaging varies greatly. The Department of Defense provides detailed military specifications so that the packaging adheres to predetermined purposes. In some instances, Maco PKG isn’t informed of the end purposes and is simply required to follow the Mil-Spec, or military specifications. Maco PKG works with certified suppliers for their specialized materials such as
- electrostatic discharge
- foil laminates
- static shielded material
- kraft paper laminates
- Volatile Corrosion Inhibitors
These materials provide a specific high barrier to moisture (vapor), oxygen, light, grease, dirt, debris and dust. These materials are heat sealable and are run through a gamut of testing to meet the Mil-Spec. Customers provide the Mil-Spec, (MIL-PRF), which indicates the material needed for the pouch and the MIL-DTL, the standards that need to be followed for the conversion of the materials.
Maco PKG is registered in The System for Awards Management (SAM), a database that the military uses to detail successful accomplishments and qualify potential vendors for military packaging. Maco’s reputation as a dependable flexible packaging company welcomes the military and its partners back again and again. Visit www.macobag.com and discover how Maco can design military bags that meet your specifications.
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