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New Reinforced Better Pack Tape™ Provides Strength and Security Benefits Not Available With Other Sealing Methods

April 12, 2005
March 2005
For Immediate Release
Release #05-102
Please contact Cathy Kurzbacher at 203.926.3721 with questions regarding this release.

New Reinforced Better Pack Tape™ Provides Strength and Security Benefits Not Available With Other Sealing Methods

Shelton, CT, March 2005 -- Better Packages the number-one trusted name in water-activated tape dispensers and carton sealers announces the introduction of reinforced Better Pack Tape™. The reinforced tape, which is part of a new, complete line of water-activated tapes from Better Packages, provides a strong, tamper-evident seal when used on corrugated cartons.

Better Pack Tape™ offers security and strength benefits that other sealing methods do not. For example, unlike plastic pressure-sensitive tape, which can be easily removed and replaced or easily damaged with rough handling of packages, Better Pack Tape (water-activated tape) bonds with the carton and produces a sturdy, secure seal. Manufacturers, food and drug companies and government agencies, including the US Postal Service and the FBI, recognize the benefits of using water-activated tape as a simple, cost-effective means to help protect the contents of their packages from tampering and thievery.

Evidence of tampering is especially important for shippers of luxury goods, such as Tiffany and Cartier; pharmaceutical companies, such as Johnson & Johnson and Eli Lilly; and catalogers like L.L. Bean and Lands End, which is one reason they all use Better Packages machines and water-activated tape.

The benefits of Better Pack Tape™ are further extended with optional printers and other accessories to enhance security. Better Packages dispensers can be fitted with a Code Taper, which imprints words, numbers or codes on the tape at the time it is dispensed. Frito Lays Dayville, Conn., for example, prints different codes on its labels for each shipment so it knows the dates they were sealed. The Code Taper saves companies time and money by labeling and sealing at the same time. Optional Security Ink prints codes on the tape using invisible ink. The codes, viewable only with black light, tell a company if anyone has tampered with a package. When combined with visible inks, the measure of security increases greatly.

Better Pack Tape™ is available in more than 15 different styles, including reinforced and non-reinforced, and in lengths from 375 feet to 3,000 feet, and opt

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