While most of our bagging products are designed for the storage of industrial and agricultural items, our cotton meat casings are designed specifically for butchers in Southwestern Ontario. Made from 100% CFIA approved unbleached cotton, and FDA approved edible food grade printing inks, our meat casings offer exceptional value and unrivalled quality.

A great alternative to natural casings, our cotton casings serve as processing molds, containers during handling and shipping, and as merchandising units for retail display. Available in any width and length, printed or plain, our meat casings not only meet, but also exceed the highest standards in the packaging industry.

Why Use Cotton Meat Casings?

Cotton meat casings manufactured by our Southwestern Ontario bag makers give a high degree of uniformity to the encased sausage product. This form of cellulose casing also has the ability to be permeable to smoke, which is an added bonus for many butchers. What’s more, cotton meat casings are impermeable to organic molecules, such as meat emulsion, which makes them a safe and healthy choice for consumers.

How Are Cotton Meat Casings Made?

Our Southwestern Ontario bag makers manufacture cotton meat casings from processed cotton linters. Cotton linters are a fine fluff-like material that is removed from the cottonseed during the separation process.

These linters are carefully cleaned and then cooked in a solution of diluted alkali in order to remove any soluble components. The chemical cotton is then washed to remove any traces of salt, before it is treated with caustic to create a moist, granular white material. This material is then mixed with carbon disulfide in order to create a yellow-orange viscous mass known as cellulose xanthate. The xanthate is mixed with another caustic solution in order to create a more viscose solution. This solution is then regenerated as the final casing material.

The Southwestern Ontario bag makers at Lloyd Bag Co. have almost 75 years of experiencing supplying the meat processing industry. Over this time, or staff has perfected the art of cutting, printing, and sewing cotton meat casings.

Together, we can make delicious meats!

To order your custom cotton meat casings, please contact Lloyd Bag Co. directly at 1-800-549-2247. Our cotton meat casings are available in any width or length.

Woven polypropylene bags are, without a doubt, one of the most popular products at Lloyd Bag Co. Pound for pound polypropylene is stronger than steel, and yet, when it’s woven the fabric maintains a lightweight feel that’s versatile and easy to maneuver. Thanks to its unbelievable durability, woven polypropylene is commonly used in the manufacturing industry, as well as in highway construction, land management, home construction, automobile repair, and disaster management.

Made by weaving polypropylene tapes in two directions, the result is a breathable fabric that’s suitable for a wide range of storage projects.

Woven Polypropylene Sandbags

Our tough woven polypropylene bags are often used in disaster situations as water resistant sandbags. Excellent for use in flooded areas, our woven polypropylene bags are strong enough for temporary wall, beam, trench, and levee constructions.

Our Ontario bag manufacturers design these bags to have a flat, tight weave, which ultimately affords a superior seal for moisture control. Available in tan and orange, our polypropylene sandbags are 14” by 26” and come with tie-string closures. Double sewn seams and a hemmed top further enhance the durability of these bags.

UV Treatments Offer Extended Protection

Our woven polypropylene sandbags are treated for UV exposure that allows them to last up to 1600 hours in the sun without becoming compromised. When protected from the sun, these bags are manufactured to last almost indefinitely, making them a great investment.

Other Uses for Woven Polypropylene Bags

Our Ontario bag manufacturers also offer woven polypropylene bags for other uses. These include holding feed, grain, grass seed, fertilizers, sugar, and more. Lloyd Bag Co. also offers woven polypropylene bags for the construction industry, as well as for chemical, coal, and gravel storage.

Lloyd Bag Co. can provide you with standard bag sizes and styles or with tailor-made bags for specific applications. Bags can also be custom printed with logos or type in order to create a custom finish.

Reduce product waste by preventing rot and deterioration that can be caused by trapped moisture. Lloyd Bag Co. and our Ontario bag manufacturers offer exceptional woven polypropylene bags capable of doing just that.

To learn more about this strong and versatile bagging solution, please contact the Lloyd Bag Co. directly at 1-800-549-2247.  Our woven polypropylene bags are available in anti-skid and tube styles.

Bored by traditional bag types? Then kick your marketing up a notch with BOPP bag technology from the Lloyd Bag Co. BOPP, which is short for Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene, bags feature a thermoplastic polymer film that not only improves the optical and gas barrier properties of the bag, but also supports high quality printing.

Capable of handling “ scan-able” UPS codes, BOPP bags are perfect for retail items that require impeccable branding and guaranteed freshness.

Cost-effective Storage that Still Looks Like a Million Bucks

Our bag manufacturers in Sudbury Ontario design and produce BOPP bags with high tensile and impact strength. Designed with excellent clarity, these bags boast good dimensional stability and flatness, low electro static charge, and a high waterproof rating.

Great alternatives to cellophane, PVC, IPP, CPP, PE and other plastic films, BOPP bags are recognized as being highly cost-efficient and environmentally-conscious.

Common Applications for BOPP Bags

Consumers encounter BOPP bags all the time. Some of the most common applications include:

• Pet food bags
• Seed bags (grasses, bird feet, etc.)
• Animal feed
• Compost and mulch

Our cost-effective BOPP film coatings are also well-suited to the food and beverage industry.

Advantages of BOPP Bags

There are many advantages to using BOPP Bags from our Sudbury Ontario bag manufacturers. Here are three of the top reasons:

1. High tensile strength – BOPP bags are made to last.
2. High-quality photographic image quality printing won’t scratch off.
3. High gloss finish that can easily be wiped clean.

Our Sudbury Ontario bag manufacturers can also include an easy open feature on your BOPP bags in order to ensure a user-friendly design.

Characteristics of BOPP Bags

There are plenty of reasons to consider BOPP bags for your next packaging projects. First, BOPP bags boast superior strength. What’s more, unlike paper bags, BOPP bags rarely burst or break, helping your to reduce product spoilage and waste. Our Sudbury bag manufacturers also create BOPP bags that are resistant to UV light. Finally, our BOPP bags are manufactured with fewer layers than our multiwall paper bags, thus reducing weight and freight costs.

With BOPP bags, you can create beautiful packaging that’s worthy of your product. To learn more about this unique bagging solution, please contact the Lloyd Bag Co. directly at 1-800-549-2247.

Looking for a permeable storage bag for your agricultural packaging needs? Then look not further than Lloyd Bag Co.’s selection of leno mesh bags. Sturdy and durable, these mesh bags are perfect for storing a wide variety of agricultural products, including items like onions, garlic, potatoes, carrots, ginger, and oranges. With their lightweight design and cost-effective nature, leno mesh bags offer customers a superior packaging alternative compared to other materials.

Available in various configurations and sizes, our Kitchener Ontario bag makers can construct a leno mesh bag that you’re sure to love.  Here’s a look at some of the options offered by the Lloyd Bag Co.:

• Leno Mesh Bags for Onions
  The permeable nature of Leno mesh bags makes them perfect for onion storage. These mesh bags keep produce fresh and organized. Our leno mesh bags for onions also exhibit a high level of flexibility and efficiency, holding upwards of fifty kilograms per bag.
• Leno Mesh Bags for Potatoes
  These leno bags are easy to wash, making them a great reusable item. A great option for potato storage, leno bags make it easy to clearly see the product that is stored inside.
• Leno Mesh Bags for Other Vegetables

Leno mesh bags are suitable for a wide range of vegetable storage options. This is because leno mesh bags help contribute to significant energy savings in cold storage systems.

Attributes of Leno Mesh Bags

Our Kitchener Ontario bag makers are quick to highlight the following attributes and advantages to leno mesh bags:

• Flexible design with rigid construction – leno mesh bags boast a high tensile structure.
• Lightweight – this helps to reduce transportation and handling costs.
• Zero toxicity and chemical inertness – leno mesh bags are non-toxic and non-reactive. They will not transfer odour to the packaged product.
• High product visibility – consumers can see exactly what is stored in the bag.
• Moisture resistant – leno mesh bags do not absorb moisture, which helps keep packed products fresher for longer.
• Anti fungal – the contents of your leno mesh bags will stay fresh and fungi-free.

Lloyd Bag Co. offers leno mesh bags in a wide range of shapes and sizes. These include PP leno bags, mono bags, and specialty bags. Recognized for their high level of quality and reliability, our leno mesh bags are a great addition to any agricultural storage plan.

Learn more about this unique product by contacting out Kitchener Ontario bag makers. Contact Lloyd Bag Co.’s bag makers to order your mesh bags today by calling 1-800-549-2247.

Multiwall paper bags have been around since the early 1900’s, but now they are well on their way to becoming one of the most popular environmentally-friendly storage choices in Canada. Fully recyclable, multiwall paper bags are often used for the packing of tea, dry minerals and spices, carbon black, cement, and various other products.

How Multiwall Paper Bags Are Made

Our Stratford Ontario paper bag makers use multiple layers of paper in various plies in order to create multiwall paper bags that are strong and durable. The inner layer can be laminated in order to provide additional protection to the contents and prevent any possible contamination. This helps the contents stored in multiwall paper bags to stay fresher longer.

Not sure what kind of lining your multiwall paper bag should have? Then contact our Stratford Ontario bag makers and let them know what you’re planning to store. The construction materials specified may differ depending on the product itself and the degree of product protection that is required to safeguard the quality of the contents.

A Greener Alternative

Multiwall paper bags are a great alternative to plastic bags or other packaging materials. Light and strong, multiwall bags are environmentally-friendly and easy to brand. The outer layer can be printed as per your required design.

Benefits of Multiwall Bags

Our Stratford bag makers manufacture multiwall paper bags that are scientifically proven to:

• Preserve freshness
• Reduce contaminations
• Resist moisture
• Lock out odours
• Reduce or eliminate the need for chemical preservations
• Prevent seepage or penetration of products that are packed “hot”

Our multiwall paper bags also permit stacking for better utilization of storage space and feature a handy anti-skid coating. Bags can be manufactured to meet your unique needs. Simply contact our Stratford Ontario bag makers and request one of the following baggage types:

• S.O.M. – Sewn Open Mouth
• P.V.S.E. – Pasted Valve Bag
• S.O.S. – Self Opening Square
• P.B.O.M. – Pinch Bottom / Open Mouth
• P.O.M. – Pasted Open Mouth

When it comes to make a greener packaging choice, remember to choose paper over plastic. Contact Lloyd Bag Co.’s Stratford Ontario bag makers for more information on our multiwall paper bag products by calling 1-800-549-2247.

Don’t wait until it’s too late to start planning flood prevention at your home or business. Now’s the time to design your disaster plan and stock your supply cabinet with sandbags. While sandbags won’t stop the flooding completely, they can help reduce the amount of water that finds its way onto your property. The following are some tips from our Barrie Ontario bag supplier outlining how to make the most of sandbags in a disaster situation.

Where Should I Put Sandbags?

• In order to reduce flooding in your building, we recommend that you place sandbags over floor wells and drains. This will help prevent the backflow of grey water into your home. Sandbags should also be placed in front of doorways and brickwork vents.
• Most standard homes and buildings built on a concrete slab can be protected with less than 25 sandbags. Our Barrie Ontario bag supplier recommends keeping 30 bags in your home at all times.
• If your home is built on a foundation of fibro sheeting or timber, you may need to build a wall of sandbags in order to prevent moisture penetration.

How Do I Fill a Sandbag?

It’s important that you use only sand when filling sandbags. Do not, under any circumstance, use soil. Soil will absorb water, which will eventually leak into your home and cause damage. Our Barrie Ontario bag supplier also recommends that you only fill your sandbags 2/3 full. Do not overfill the bag as then it may be too heavy to carry. A filled sandbag can weight upwards of 15 to 20 kilograms.

How Should I Lay Sandbags?

It’s important that you lay down a piece of plastic first before stacking your sandbags. This will form a water proofing membrane and improve your sandbags’ performance. From there, lay your sandbags like brickwork on top of the plastic sheeting. Always ensure that the filled end of the next bag covers the unfilled top part of the previous bag. Tuck under the flap of the last bag in order to end a row. Remember to stagger rows so that the joins do not line up.

Handling Instructions from Lloyd’s Barrie Ontario Bag Supplier

Burlap sandbags should only be used once. Remember to discard them after they have been exposed to flood waters and order new ones from our Barrie Ontario bag supplier. It’s important that you take extreme care when handling sandbags as well. Always remember to wear sturdy gloves to protect yourself from flood water debris and contaminants.

Expect the unexpected. Make sure your home or business is properly equipped with sandbags from Lloyd Bag Co. Contact our Barrie Ontario bag supplier today by calling 1-800-549-2247.

Tote bags work well in a wide variety of situations. Perfect for promotional items, tote bags offer an environmentally-friendly and fashionable way to carrying your things.

The wonderful thing about tote bags is that they can be bought in a variety of colours and designs. They can also be crafted from a handful of different materials, including canvas, cotton, and polypropylene. Our Toronto Ontario bag supplier offers a wide selection of totes, not to mention custom cut and designed options.

What’s the Difference Between Cotton, Canvas and Polypropylene Tote Bags?

The biggest different between these popular types of tote bags is the weight of the material that is used. Canvas bags are made from the heaviest materials, followed by cotton. Polypropylene is the lightest tote material. If you’re looking for an option that’s easy to carry and store, polypropylene tote bags may be your preferred choice because they are so lightweight. However, if bag strength is your number one priority, you might want to look into canvas or cotton options. These types of bags are manufactured to a little heavier. As such, they’ll likely last longer.

Flexible and Reusable

Canvas, cotton, and polypropylene tote bags are easy to clean, making them a great investment. Simply toss a canvas or cotton bag in the washing machine and run a cold wash cycle. Remember to hang your tote bags to dry in order to prevent shrinkage. Polypropylene bags, on the other hand, can be wiped clean with a wet cloth.

How to Choose Which Tote Bag is Right For You

Your tote options range from simple carry styles to larger shoulder strap models. You can also personalize your tote bags with custom logos and print designs. With so much choice and selection, how’s a person to choose which tote is right for them?

If you’re having trouble making a decision, consider narrowing down your selection by focusing on what you’ll use the bag for. Are you planning to use the totes to carry food or paper-based products? Will you be carrying the bag for a long period of time, or just for short trips? Will you be giving it away as a promotional item? If so, who is in your target audience?

Go green while promoting your business. Order custom totes from Lloyd Bag Co.’s Toronto Ontario bag supplier today. For more information on our various tote products, or to place your order, please call toll free 1-800-549-2247.

What type of bag is more environmentally-friendly – jute or canvas? It’s a question that we hear all the time at Lloyd Bag Co. Bag Supplier Peterborough Ontario. The answer depends a lot on what you plan to use the bag for. Both cotton and jute (burlap) bags have green credentials. While jute tends to be more socially responsible, cotton is the most organic option.

Before you place your order with our Peterborough Ontario bag supplier

Consider the following benefits of both bag types:

• Strength: Jute bags are more robust and durable than the average cotton bag. Cotton bags tend to be softer and thinner.
• Social responsibility: Jute is grown in Bangladesh, India, and Thailand. Since it is not suitable for mechanical harvesting, jute involves a labour intensive production process. As such, jute production supports a large farming community, more so than cotton production.
• UV protection: Jute will protect your product from the sun during shipping. Cotton bags will to a point, however burlap is a much better option.
• Heat insulation: Jute bags offer a cost-effective, short-term solution to heat exposure. It is for this reason that Lloyd Bag Co.’s Peterborough Bag Supplier recommends jute bags to butchers and green grocers.
• Softness: Cotton bags win this battle, providing shoppers with a soft and supple material. Jute and burlap bags are sturdier because of their rough and earthy texture.
• Promotional purposes: Both types of bags offer great promotional opportunities. Simply ask your Peterborough Ontario bag supplier for more details on their custom printing services. Lloyd Bag Co. can custom-cut and print burlap and canvas bags in a number of sizes and colours.  Cotton bags can also be affixed with plain, addressed, or custom printed tags.
• Wash and reuse: Cotton bags are very easy to wash and reuse. Burlap bags, on the other hand, are slightly more difficult to clean, making it tough to reuse them too many times.

Jute and burlap bags are designed for utilitarian uses. Perfect for storing and shipping select items, jute bags are versatile and strong. Cotton bags, on the other hand, are best used for more commercial purposes. Made from 100% environmentally-friendly non-bleached cotton, Lloyd Bag Co. supplies cotton bags for seeds, coins, dried foods, and much more.

Ready to place your order with our Peterborough Ontario bag supplier? Than call toll free 1-800-549-2247 to talk with a knowledgeable sales person today.

More and more grocery and retail stores are discontinuing the use of plastic bags, and for good reason. Studies and reports have shown that plastic bags are downright bad for the environment. Not only are they rarely recycled, they’re made from petroleum oil and are terribly harmful to our environment.

Cotton and canvas bags from a Sarnia-Lambton bag manufacturer are much kinder to our planet. Strong and durable, cotton and canvas bags are washable and reusable, providing environmentally-conscious shoppers with a cleaner, greener alternative to plastic.

Why You Should Make the Switch

If you have made the switch to cotton or canvas bags from a Sarnia-Lambton bag manufacturer, then applaud yourself for being environmentally conscious. If you’re still using plastic bags, now’s the time to make the switch. Here are a handful of important facts to remember the next time you toss a plastic bag into the trash.

• Plastic bags take anywhere from 15 to 1000 years to decompose.
• Roughly 3 percent of plastic bags are recycled in North America. The rest end up in landfills, or some other place in the environment.
• It’s estimated that 1 million birds and thousands of turtles die each year after ingesting plastic bags.
• It takes 12 million barrels of oil to produce the estimated 100 billion plastic bags that American’s use each year.
• The petroleum needed to produce 14 plastic bags is the same amount needed to drive your car one mile.

Start Using Canvas Bags Today

Struggling to remember to use canvas bags made by a Sarnia-Lambton bag manufacturer? Here are three tips to make it easier:

1. Keep canvas bags in your car. This way, they’re always handy, even during unexpected stops. Once you unload them in your home, hang them on your door so you remember to take them back out to your car the next time you go.
2. Remember to regularly wash your cotton bags. This will help keep them clean and fresh.
3. Order your own custom cotton bags from Lloyd Bag Co.’s Sarnia-Lambton bag manufacturer. Fashionable bags are always more fun, after all!

Order custom canvas and cotton bags from Lloyd Bag Co. today. Our bag manufacturer Sarnia-Lambton phone number is 1-800-549-2247.

Looking for a durable, yet affordable material to package your products in? Burlap could be your best bet! Burlap or Hessian cloth as it is sometimes referred to, is a rough and coarse cloth typically formed from leftover vegetable fibres. Known for its strength and stability, burlap is sewn into bags as an inexpensive way to hold and ship items. Environmentally-friendly, this eco-based material is one of the top products at our London Ontario bag manufacturer.

Utility and Strength

As a burlap bag manufacturer in London Ontario, we can’t help but boast about the many uses of this unique fabric. Durable and versatile, burlap is surprisingly strong given its loose weave. Made from jute, flax, or hemp fibres, burlap bags offer an earthy texture and natural beige colouring.

Often used to form storage bags for things like potatoes, grains, and other bulky materials, Lloyd Bag burlap bag manufacturer London Ontario can custom print trademarks and logos on each bag to help identify your products.

Unique Facts About Burlap Bags

• Burlap sacks are often referred to as “gunny sacs.”
• The actually meaning of the word “burlap” is a bit of a mystery. It likely comes from a city in India that is known by the same name.
• Burlap is commonly used in the formation of linoleum floor coverings.
• Because of its rough texture, burlap is best known for its utilitarian uses. However, many homeowners have incorporated the material into decorative throw rugs, tablecloths, or art projects.

Having Trouble Finding a reliable Burlap Bag Manufacturer?

The thing about burlap is it’s often difficult to find. Conventional fabric stores rarely stock it, and it can be tough to find the right resources online. Luckily, Lloyd Bag Co. is a burlap bag manufacturer serving London, Ontario and other communities in Southwestern Ontario. Our talented bag manufacturers can create custom burlap bags for a wide variety of uses, including seed storage and retail tote bags.  Lloyd Bag Co. offers custom bag sizes and widths. Your bags can also be printed with one of four different colours in order to promote your product or company name.

Contact the Lloyd Bag Co. head office today to learn more about our burlap bag manufacturing process. Call toll free 1-900-549-2247. The Lloyd Bag Co. is located in Chatham, Ontario.