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Reclosure systems zip, snap and press on toward flexibility: as flexible packages prevail, innovations in resealable devices are willing and able to snap up salty-snacks, cookies and cereal. (Reclosure Systems For Flexible Packaging).

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What's the best way to give consumers the most efficient flexible package possible?

Why, by including a closure system on the package, of course. Seems obvious enough. After all, Sargento, Kraft and private-label cheese packagers include slider closer systems on all of their shredded cheese packages. The frozen food industry--Pillsbury's frozen waffles, for example--uses resealable closure systems on their flexible packages. In supermarket produce departments, lettuce packaged in bags with pre-molded closure zippers is all the rage. On supermarket baking aisle shelves, bulk corn bread and muffin mixes are packaged in pouches with reclosable zippers,

One flexible packaging industry expert stated that "without an efficient and reliable means to open, gain access to the product and then reseal and protect the unused portion, the awesome potential of flexible packaging cannot be reamed."

Slider/zipper closure technology gives flexible packaging added versatility in a range of ways including:

* Sliders/zippers can be integrated on multi-gusseted packages, which allows additional branding or billboarding.

* Barrier tracks or hooded options provide...