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<\/p>\nThe kraft paper bag with a handle is the carrier bag of retail: clothing stores, gift shops, trade fair booths and hotel shops all hand one across the counter. It looks like the simplest item in packaging, and it is the one most often rejected at the loading dock, because every part of it is glued and glue quality is invisible until the bag is carrying weight.<\/p>\n
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The classic failures: the handle pulls out of the top fold under a modest load, the side gussets split along the fold, or the bottom panel gives way with a heavy item inside. All three trace back to paper weight, glue application or the fold-and-press step, and all three are testable in the factory in under a minute.<\/p>\n
This page sets the specification and the checks. The cluster picture, including which bag hubs sit where, is in our wholesale packaging overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kraft bags run from light brown carrier grades to heavy white or ribbed kraft that stands up on its own. Weight in grams per square metre is the core number: below a certain weight the bag is a giveaway item, above it the bag carries bottles. Recycled content changes shade between batches, which matters when the bag is part of a brand colour system.<\/p>\n Handles come as twisted paper, flat paper tape, ribbon, rope or die cut holes. Twisted paper is the workhorse; ribbon reads premium and is attached by hand; rope adds cost and a premium look. The attachment is a folded and glued board strip inside the top hem, and that strip, not the handle itself, is what fails when a handle pulls out.<\/p>\n Paper prices move with pulp markets, and print coverage changes the quote as well, so live figures come with the quotation. Fix these on the PO.<\/p>\nPaper, handle and structure<\/h2>\n
Specifications and minimum order<\/h2>\n