Glossary

The words in
a bag quote.

Every term a supplier uses when you order custom bags, explained on one page each, with what it means for your order.

Calico bag A bag of calico: plain-woven, unbleached cotton, the natural shopping bag of Australia and the UK. Read → Cooler bag An insulated bag that keeps food and drinks cold, or warm, for the trip home or the delivery run. Read → DDP Delivered Duty Paid: the seller delivers to your address with import clearance and duty paid. Read → Dieline The flat template of a package, showing where it is cut, folded and glued. Read → Flexo printing Printing from a flexible raised plate, inked by an anilox roll. Built for long runs on paper and film. Read → FSC certified Paper or wood traced to sources approved by the Forest Stewardship Council, through every owner on the way. Read → Gravure printing Printing from an engraved metal cylinder whose tiny cells hold the ink. One cylinder per colour. Read → Greaseproof paper Dense paper that stops fat soaking through, made by refining the pulp until the fibres pack tight. Read → GSM Grams per square metre: the weight of one square metre of paper, board or fabric. Read → Gusset The folded panel in the side or base of a bag that opens out so the bag has depth. Read → Kraft paper Strong paper made from wood pulp cooked by the kraft process. Brown when unbleached, white when bleached. Read → MOQ Minimum order quantity: the smallest number of units a supplier will make or sell in one order. Read → Non-woven fabric Fabric made by bonding fibres into a sheet with heat, mechanical or chemical means, instead of weaving or knitting. Read →