Why Choose Wicket Bags?

Wicket Bags Provide the Perfect Solution for Large Automatic Runs

You’re ready to package a fairly bulky product such as poultry or apples. Maybe you’re pressed for time and want to get your product into the market as fast as possible with as much quantity as is practical. What are your options? You need a solution that minimizes time spent in the factory and maximizes time on the shelf displaying your product. Well, Maco PKG as your food packaging company likely has the perfect solution for you.

The Answer? Wicket Bags!

Wicket bags were first manufactured to provide an efficient but fast way to package large quantities of bulky product. They’re individually cut with a durable bottom gusset and an open top. The opening has two holes on opposite sides that allow a lower-case “n” shaped metal wire to be threaded through as handles. They are easily ported to various locations.

Available Options for your Wicket Bags

Maco PKG provides several options for wicket bags, depending on the end use. For example, we can include a tear-start opening for easy access or headers and seals in whatever size you want. If you need your wicket bag to be adhesive we can manufacture them with Ethylene Vinyl Acetate. If you’re packaging clothing, we can include Ultraviolet Index to protect your product from UV rays, which can cause colors to fade.

An Effective Advertising Tool

In addition to providing an inexpensive way to package anywhere from 100 to 250 on automated packaging machines, wicket bags offer an excellent advertising strategy. We can print your logo or brand name in up to six colors. You can greatly increase your audience’s recognition of your quality product when you incorporate printing on your bags.

Dependable for a Variety of Products

Wicket bags are most often used for bulky products like meat, vegetables and non-perishables. They have strong walls that are able to endure sharp edges from products without tearing. The wire handles present an easy way to port even heavier products like potatoes and ice.

Don’t be Foiled; Use Maco PKG's FOIL PACKAGING

Barrier packaging, Maco PKG’s biggest product line, largely depends on foil to prevent moisture, oxygen, dirt and dust, grease, oil, and even UV rays from contaminating the inside product. Because of its versatility, foil packaging is used for many purposes. About 80% is used for industry and the other 20% for retail.  

Industrial companies take advantage of Maco’s foil bags in several ways. For example, foil bags hold hot cocoa powder to prevent moisture from damaging the product. Since foil is vacuum sealable, the air is removed from the package to oxidize the product. Foil bags also hold beech nuts, cereal bites for kids, sugar, nutritional supplements, pet food, mulch, fertilizer, and even candy bars.

All pouches are formed by a heat seal. Once the material comes off the roll, it gets folded across a heat bar, which melts the material together and seals the bag closed. If the customer needs a 3-seal pouch or a bottom-gusset (for stand up style pouches), then the edges get folded inward before sealing. For co-packaging situations, Maco PKG ensures the customer knows the material is heat sealable at specific temperatures.

Although foil is most commonly used for its barrier qualities, it possesses many other assets. Maco PKG as a co-packer has recently utilized foil for its reflective qualities. To insulate a coffee cup, they use foil, along with other materials, to make a neoprene sleeve and then fill the sleeve with paraffin wax. The pouch reflects the heat and keeps the beverage at a perfectly warmed temperature for extended periods of time.  

The medical industry demands high standards with their foil packaging, which is why they choose Maco PKG for their packaging. They package diabetic testing strips in foil pouches that provide protection from moisture and other contamination. Foil packaging prevents elements from degrading the strips inside, a critical necessity for medical products.

Maco PKG continues to provide high quality, durable foil bags that supports their outstanding reputation. Ready to package your product with quality packaging? Call us today at 1-315-226-1000!

Maco PKG: Military Specification Packaging

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.

Some Facts About Maco's Liquid Capabilities

Tanker and Rail Car Bulk Material Management

Any kind of liquid filling requires special treatment and understanding of the needs of the company producing the product. At Maco PKG, we work closely with all of our clients to design a specific dry and liquid filling approach that works best for their individual product. One option we have that is useful and saves time and money for many companies is our tanker and rail car bulk management.

We can do over the road tanker and rail car bulk filling. This vital process can save your company time and money. We can handle any quantity of liquid for transportation and storage. The ability to do over the road rail and tanker bulk liquid filling is the easiest and safest way to handle your bulk liquid filling needs.

We not only handle the actual tanker and rail car filling, but we can also store your liquid product in a holding tank. This reduces wasted time, wasted dollars, and wasted product. We can store your liquid at the proper temperature until the next order needs to be made.

When you rely on Maco PKG for your liquid filling and bulk storage needs, you get the customized solutions you need and the guarantee that we treat each client and product with the utmost care and safety. We can adjust and reconfigure virtually anything necessary to ensure you get the best service, optimal product handling and storage, and satisfaction you deserve and expect.

We can Transport & Store Your Liquid Products at Any Temperature

Liquid filling can be complicated and require many logistic decisions to be made by a company. Trying to handle those logistics on your own can make the process more complicated and stressful than it needs to be. With Maco PKG handling your liquid filling needs, large and small, you can relax and know the job, the materials, and the end result will be exactly what you need.

Bulk product liquid filling makes sense logistically and also economically. However, some companies do not have the ability to store or hold large quantities of bulk liquid filling material. Maco PKG does. We have the ability to hold products in bulk and safely to securely fill and transport those products. For plastic bottles, shipping bulk material saves everyone time and money.

With Maco PKG, we know the temperature of the bulk liquid material matters. We have the capabilities to keep your liquids hot, cold, or maintain whatever temperature it needs to be while transporting and storing.

As with every aspect of Maco PKG, we strive to provide versatility and custom-designed options for all of your dry and liquid filling needs. You can tell us your exact liquid or dry product shipping and storage needs and we will come back to you with an answer to make it happen. Contact us today.

We Offer Over the Road Tanker Rail Car Receiving

Any distribution of bulk product (especially liquid filling) between producers and packagers can be complicated and can easily turn into a logistical nightmare. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be. If you trust in Maco PKG to develop the best way to receive, handle, and store your product, you can rest assured that the most economic, safe, and efficient method will be implemented.

At Maco PKG, we are able to handle over the road tanker and rail car receiving. For many liquid filling product lines, this can be the safest and most efficient method of transport, storage, and handling. This allows us to cut down on the steps needed to get your product handled correctly and delivered from point A to point B. It also allows for more quality control.

With this capability, the reputation Maco PKG has for being a source of customized and versatile solutions is being more cemented than ever before. We take the time necessary to get to know your needs and your company. Your product matters to us just as much as it does to you. Having an innovative and trustworthy source for your receiving, storage, and liquid filling needs matters. With Maco PKG on the job, you can be sure all measures are being taken to make the receiving of over the road tanker rail cars a smooth, seamless, and efficient process with the utmost care for your liquid product and liquid filling needs.