Packaging Tapes

Packaging tape is a type of adhesive tape purposed for general sealing, wrapping, enclosing, and bundling to prepare items for handling, storage, or shipping. Packaging tape and film is widely used to seal boxes, bottles, and other isolating storage units, but is only temporary.

Packaging tapes are common for sealing box seams in parcel delivery; sealing caps of bottles; tamper-proofing pill and food containers; the bundling of similarly-shaped items into one larger, more manageable footprint; and the enclosure of items in a protective film or liner. Tapes contrast by the materials of construction, as well as the type of adhesive employed.

Package tapes are often applied by the use of a dispenser, which eases the unraveling and cutting of the sticky adhesive. Production processes often automate packaging with the use of a carton sealer.