Shaped Pouches provide an unique way to ensure your products stand out in what can be crowded retail shelves.  Shaped pouches can secure added brand identity and attention and more quickly build brand awareness as the shape is easily remembered and recognised.  The shape may also enhance the user experience in terms of functionality of the package for the enclosed item / goods. Shaped pouches may also provide structural benefits to provide superior support and stability to present the item / goods better on the shelf.

They are commonly used in many packaging applications for confectionery and chocolates or specialist gift or tourist souvenir products, or in the beauty industry for face masks or all range of food items.  

Shaped pouches can be heat–sealable and ideal for hand packaging with a bar or foot heat sealer or fully automated filling production lines with inbuilt sealing heat stations. Shaped pouches are light weight and durable, making them a perfect packaging solution for many product types.

A significant range of substrate lamination combinations are available to provide optimum barrier from oxygen and water vapour transmission, thus providing ideal product preservation and achieving shelf life goals.

Star Stuff Group provides state of the art production capability to the highest production standards on custom printed shaped pouches with several variables of customisation to choose from including;

Substrate Options Include (most commonly) –  ALU (Aluminium),  PP (Poly Propylene), BOPP (Biaxually Orientated Polypropylene) Clear and Metallised, PET (Polyester) Clear and Metalised  ,  PE – (Poly Ethylene) , PA  (Polyamide  commonly known as Nylon) , EVOH (Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Polymer = high barrier film), EVA (Ethyl Vinyl Alcohol),  PLA (Polyactic  Acid) – Biodegradable,  Recyclable and Paper Options. Eg White or Brown Kraft. Different substrates provide different benefits and laminated combinations provide optimum packaging goal solutions for your product.

Feature Options Include (most commonly)  –   Consumer friendly convenient resealable zipper, tear notches for easy open, clear see-through windows for actual product visibility, round or euro hang hole options for retail display flexibility, handle options for larger products for easy of consumer purchasing, square or rounded corners,  metallic or foil embellishments for added appeal,  micro perforations or laser score options,  gloss or matt print finishes,  spot UV highlights.

Production – Star Stuff Group produce stand up pouches by Digital Print or Gravure Print processes.

• Minimum order quantity for digital = 1,000 pouches
• No print plates are required for digital production
• Minimum Order Quantity for gravure = 5,000 pouches 
• Print plates are required for gravure production
• Shaped pouches do require their own customized tooling forme to be manufactured

A great flexible packaging option, the shaped pouch offering a myriad of substrate and features to enable your product package to be functional, fit for purpose whilst providing a beneficial presentation package to compliment your branding objectives.