Tucker Printers, a Consolidated Graphics company, developed the patent-pending CGX Flex Mailer for a promotional products and fulfillment customer that found the price of mailing promotional items at the parcel rate prohibitive.
With the CGX Flex Mailer, items such as an MP3 player or a T-shirt can be mailed as an automated flat. In the first few months that the packaging solution has been available, it has helped save mailers between 49 cents per piece up to $1.27 per piece, according to Craig Reynolds, president at Tucker Printers.
Tucker Printers worked with the U.S. Postal Service for several months to develop the packaging solution. It consists of an outer material that is flexible while retaining enough surface tension to enable it to be classified as an automated machineable flat. Products are affixed to a tray that is inserted inside the envelope, which is available in six sizes. Both the tray and the outer envelope can be printed with six colors.
