• The skin packaging is a process in which heated film is draped over a product and onto a substrate, and a vacuum is utilized to draw the film down onto the package, creating a secure and attractive package.
• The skin package consists of: skin film, a heat activated coating on the film or the substrate, and a subtrate, either paperboard or corrugated.
• Heat Seal's Ampak division manufactures skin packaging machines Thrifty Pack, Shipmate, and the Master.
• To finish the process, die cut machines are often used to create an attractive package to display or transport.  Ampak also manufactures automatic and semi-automatic die cutters: Rotomatic and Rotocut.

• Provides lock down product protection
• Provides full product visibility
• Contours to the shape of the product
• Secures loose products to the board, preventing lost kit parts
• Is great for hanging hook displays
• Reduces the need for protective packaging fillers, thus making it an economical packaging option

• Download PDF: Skin Application Examples

Your Heat Seal sales rep may require an application data sheet and product samples for certain applications.  Please contact your Heat Seal rep for questions or concerns.

• Download PDF: Application Data Sheet

• If using adhesive treated film, make sure the film is threaded with the adhesive coating facing the product and the substrate.
• If using adhesive backed card, make sure the adhesive is facing up.  
• Make sure the film is heated so that it falls below the film frame about 1" before being drawn onto the film.
• If these do not work, contact your local Heat Seal distributor, or film supplier.

• Wrinkles, or excess film, is often caused because the film was heated for too long.  
• Depending on the height of the product off of the substrate, the film should heat until it is approximately 1 inch below the flim frame before being drawn down on the product.