What Is Bubble Wrap And What Is It Used For ?

Bubble Wrap is an invention of the 20th Century by a couple of engineers who created

a layer of air bubbles when they were trying to seal two shower curtains together. According to Wikipedia Bubble Wrap was launched in 1960 as a brand by Sealed Air Corporation. And Bubble Wrap was first used to package computers.

Today the widest use of Bubble Wrap is in the food industry and the packaging industry. Bubble Wraps inventors at Sealed Air Corporation in the US celebrated the 50th year of production back in 2007 and today have revenues of $4 billion. Apparently two separate forces drove the growth of bubble wrap. One was the invention of the transistor radio and then later the invention of the computer by IBM. Hence, the bubble wrap product made shipping of small and sensitive electronic parts into a billion dollar industry. Bubble wrap is a very light and highly flexible material which is made of polyethylene ideally used to protect fragile, electronic and odd shaped products. It is also very useful in normal envelopes to protect CD's and DVD's and flash drives. The biggest benefits of using bubble wrap is that is soft and light, is recyclable, improves your product presentation, assists in packaging protection against shocks and scratches. Bubble wrap of course today is found in huge rolls of bubble wrap to be used as packaging protective material as well as lined inside courier bags and shipping envelops. And with the growth of the Internet and online shopping the use of bubble wrap has taken off once more.

There has been a lot of fun with bubble wrap with contests through the USA as recently as in 2007 when some 15 finalists were picked from thousands of entries on the use of bubble wrap. These ideas included bubble wrap Braille, Carpal wrist cushions to assist or prevent carpal tunnel syndrome, Shock absorbing floor covering, removable protective covering for car doors, a lightweight, collapsible shelter to protect outdoor plants from frosts, cushions providing added comfort to wheelchair-bound individuals, medical bubbles tiny bubbles used to dispense medicine slowly through ones skin to avoid the use of needles and even a fun game designed to assist children to learn how to count.

In the main today bubble wrap is a great product to use as a protective film to prevent breakage and scratches on items being transported and posted. It comes in varying sizes from small to large. Smaller bubble wrap is useful to protect timber from scratches whilst medium wrap is useful for protection against breakage. Because it is static free wrap is very friendly for electronic items. Large bubble wrap is very useful in packaging to fill space within boxes.

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by: Morel Hudson

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