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Plastic bags provide looks, strength for horsefeed

TizWhiz horsefeed is corralled into durable, rain-repellent woven OPP bags that replace paper bags.

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TizWhiz Feeds, South Charleston, OH, is converting from multiwall kraft paper bags to woven polypropylene bags for its line of horsefeed sold at farm feed stores throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The reason for the switch, according to TizWhiz president Jason Dehaven, is durability. "The bags are a lot tougher than what paper is." Coming in a strong second is the bags' look. "The bag has a nice shelf presence to it," he adds. "It looks good on the shelf and stays that way. The bag doesn't crinkle like paper. You could say it stays fresh looking, and retailers like them."

Supplied by Coating Excellence Intl. (www.coating-excellence.com), the bags are made of reverse-printed 70-ga biaxially oriented polypropylene laminated to 10x10 850 denier woven PP with 10# of PP resin.

The bags are supplied premade with a sewn strip along the top with tabs that provide a finger hold and bag opening feature. "You grab the little tab and it opens right up," says Dehaven. The bags are bottom-filled and heat-sealed.

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