Shrink Labels from Gilbreth Promise
Environmental and Economic Gains

With a commitment to meeting both environmental and economic challenges for sustainable packaging, Gilbreth Packaging offers a renewable and economically stable plant-based technology that replaces traditional petroleum-based shrink labels.

Bio-based Gilbreth shrink labels and tamper-evident bands made from PLA are a natural choice to reinforce the "purity," "natural," and "close-to-nature" commitment and positioning of natural product and nutritional supplement brands. "Brand marketers are responding to retailer and consumer requests for products that use sustainable packaging, " explains Theresa Sykes, product development manager at Gilbreth Packaging, a pioneer in the use of PLA shrink labels.

In addition to its compostability, Gilbreth PLA labels and T-E bands present an attractive lower-cost benefit. The PLA resin-producing process requires 66% less fossil fuel to produce than its petroleum-based counterpart. PLA shrink film requires less heat, less dwell time (and therefore less energy) to shrink the label onto the package. Use of PLA can increase line efficiencies and save valuable energy and resources.