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Topps cards first use of security package

The first commercial application for Colbert Packaging’s BlisterGuard® security package are for packs containing collector cards marketed by Topps, Inc., New York.

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Replacing a plastic clamshell pack, Topps’ BlisterGuard packs use 16-pt Everest Safe-Pak paperboard from International Paper to which 3 mils of Valéron® film is laminated. It’s from Valéron Strength Films. The inside of the fold-over card is extrusion-coated by IP for secure heat seals.

The cardstock is shipped to Colbert for printing, using four-color offset. The cards and 15-mil blisters made of virgin polyvinyl chloride by Brookdale Plastics go to Colbert’s Just Pack It plant in South Bend, IN, for contract packaging under strict security. Topps collectible cards are separately printed and prepackaged in a pouch. The four lines in the new pack retail for up to $30.

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