Printed materials

Paper reams, greeting cards, books, currency, labels, magazines, catalogues, leaflets or scratch cards, whatever your specific product YPS can help. We understand that in the printing sector, businesses need to be efficient, consistent and fast, responding to tight deadlines on a regular basis. Given that there’s so much to consider in this industry on a day-to-day basis, from folding, collating, binding and trimming, the final preparation of your products for distribution or retail should be as simple and streamlined as possible, with minimal downtime. Our shrink wrapping machines are specifically designed for high volume, fast-paced environments, enabling you to package individual products or stacks of paper products beautifully with incredible speed and reliability. And for those looking to pack printed products for mail order applications, we have a range of horizontal and vertical bagging machines that can also scan, print and label your paper packs in a breeze. With our award-winning after-sales support and our incredible range of high quality films, papers and polybags, there's no grey areas in our offering.

Why choose YPS for printed material wrapping applications?

Experience with diverse applications: Our selection of leading shrink wrap machines is perfect for a variety of printed products, including greetings cards, labels, textbooks, posters, magazines, scratch cards, calendars and much more. Shrink wrapping delivers impressive presentation, tamper-evident packs, water-proofing and the potential to create bundles.
Reliable machines: Printing applications are typically high-speed and high volume. This industry necessitates an investment in consistently reliable equipment that can withstand the rigours of round-the-clock service to prevent downtime. This is why our machines are constructed from only the highest quality parts to give you the reassurance of a reliable result time after time.
High speeds: Our high-end side sealers from Hugo Beck can offer incredible speeds of up to 15,000 cycles per hour, so you're sure to always meet even your tightest of deadlines. Choosing continuous motion models over intermittent sealing units can save significant time in production.
Specialist Films: We know that some paper packs can be easily distorted if the degree of shrink is too high, such as calendars or labels. Our BRX cross-linked film has been designed to exert a low shrink force on products, to stop them rolling up or creasing, whilst still achieving a wrinkle-free finish. This enables you to reduce secondary packaging as there is no need for cardboard stiffeners or boards in your packs.
Paper Materials: Its not just plastic films that can elevate the packing of your printed goods. We can pack magazines and brochures in brown or white papers, with or without printed branding and with either sewn or glued edges, for a variety of different looks and finishes. Our papers with PE linings are particularly effective for paper materials because they are waterproof and grease-proof, to ensure your packs arrive in impeccable condition.
Back-up and support: With our award-winning back-up and support, you can benefit from a dedicated team of engineers to help resolve any queries you might have. Our team can diagnose and fix a lot of issues over the phone, but if not, we can usually attend site within 24 hours. We also keep high stocks of spare parts in our workshop ready to dispatch to you daily.

Tailored solutions

Ancillary Equipment

We can supplement our wrapping machinery with a host of ancillary options to ensure it meets the mark. For instance, finger chain conveyors can be added to ensure stacks of printed materials have a completely flush pack alignment prior to travelling into the sealing area, guaranteeing complete uniformity in pack presentation. Our side side sealing machines can also be upgraded with "Exact Page Opening" equipment, allowing you to insert leaflets inside magazines at specific points and a range of insert feeders can also be incorporated at the infeed. Plus, all of our shrink wrapping machines can be integrated with up and downstream equipment like conveyors and diverters.

Timothy Bourne, Suffolk Print Finishers Ltd

“Our old equipment was unreliable, inconsistent, and would only allow us to wrap certain books. This equipment has increased our production capacity and improved the consistency of wrap.”

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Scott Cumming, Dawson Media Direct

"I have some 20 years experience within the newspaper and magazine field. This type of business requires machinery that is both robust and reliable. So I am pleased to advise that the new machine has made a 30 min positive impact on the delivery time to our key customers."

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Designed to provide faster speeds without the use of operators, our fully automatic L sealers are easy to use and extremely reliable.

Speeds of up to 40 packs per minute

No need for an operator

Available in mild and stainless steel

Optional kissing conveyor for small packs

Height adjustable sealing head for perfect seal alignment

Automatic L Sealer

This all in one unit is easy to use, durable and has a small footprint. Delivers excellent results on all polyolefin shrink films for presentation packaging.

Creates a perfect finish for presentation applications

Height adjustable packing table

Requires an operator for pack loading

Complete ease of operation

Available in mild and stainless steel

Semi Automatic L Sealer Combination Unit

The Servo X continuous motion side sealer can wrap a wide variety of products and is ergonomic, flexible and simple to use.

Speeds of up to 100 packs per minute

Reduces film consumption by up to 35%

Remote disgnostics

Fast and easy format changeovers

Creates a high quality aesthetic finish

Hugo Beck Servo X Side Sealer

The Flexo X side sealer is ideal for high-speed wrapping with a capacity of 6,000 cycles per hour. Accommodates long packs with ease.

Speeds of up to 80 packs per minute

Creates a high quality aesthetic finish

A wide choice of compatible materials

Seals packs of any length with ease

Flexibility in material choice

Hugo Beck Flexo X Side Sealer

Multi-purpose hybrid machines that can wrap products in both paper and plastic film at high speeds.

Delivers the ultimate flexibility from one bagging unit

Easy and fast changeovers between materials

Optional Hugo Beck cockpit for monitoring and data control

Up to 15,000 packs per hour in film and 12,000 per hour in paper

Tight precision bagging minimises material consumption and waste

Paper X Hybrid

A high-speed continuous motion system to bags goods with minimal material. Adapts the bag size with four sealed sides to the product's exact length.

Up to 3,000 cycles per hour

Industry 4.0 ready

Integrated scan, print and dispense label system

Creates tight bags to prevent waste material

Create striking two-tone bags with ease due to dual roll system

Servo X E-COM

A high-speed continuous motion system that bags goods with minimal material consumption and automatically adjusts the bag size with four sealed sides to the product's exact length and width as standard.

Adapts to the exact product length and width as standard

Creates tight bags for the lowest possible material use

Achieves up to 1,800 cycles per hour

Create striking two-tone bags with ease due to dual roll system

Integrated scan, print and dispense label system

Servo X E-COM Fit

The SX polybagger is our plug and play all-electric unit for hand-loaded bagging applications. Streamline your packing fulfilment process with this fast and efficient solution.

Achieve up to 35 packs per minute

Extra-wide 114mm pass-through

Light curtain cycle initiation

Ability to run large bags

Integrated thermal transfer printer with direct on-bag printing

Sharp SX Bagging Machine

The Max 12 tabletop polybagger is the fastest machine in the vertical range. It significantly improves speed and efficiencies in packing fulfilment for mail-order items. Offers fast and secure bagging without the need for paper labels.

Achieve up to 50 packs per minute

Photoeye for accurate bag length detection

Simple to operate, ergonomic and portable

Batch counter for accurate production runs

Direct on-bag printing

Sharp MAX 12 Bagging Machine

The widest automatic bagging machine on the market. Portable and fully height-adjustable, this standing bagger can bag in both paper and plastic bags. With speed and precision, it can match the output of up to four manual pack stations.

24 inch opening - bag two shoeboxes side by side

10lb weight capacity

Adapts the bag intuitively to any product size

Integrated barcode reader for e-commerce

Offers direct on-bag printing

Sharp Max Pro 24 Bagging Machine

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With a low shrink force, BRX eliminates distortion on thin products whilst maintaining strength and toughness. Ideal for packing softer items like paper products, tissues and products in lightweight trays.

Shrinks and seals at lower temperatures for energy efficiency

Cross-linked construction for high tensile strength

100% recyclable

Available with recycled content

Eliminates distortion on thinner products

BRX Cross Linked Low Shrink Force

An innovative range of ultra-thin shrink films offering all the qualities of their traditional counterparts but with less volumes of plastic wrap, ideal for environmentally friendly applications.

Available with recycled content

Ultra-thin microns for reduced film consumption

High-performance shrink films to rival our standard thickness films

100% recyclable

Outstanding optics for incredible aesthetics

BTT Ultra-Thin Technology

A shrink material suited to a wide range of applications, offering high shrinkage performance, great optics and outstanding machinability.

Low temperature properties for an energy-efficient operation

Enhanced performance and productivity with outstanding yield

Up to 20% higher shrink capacity than competitor films

100% recyclable and also available with recycled content

Exceptional clarity and gloss

BY High Performance

A versatile film choice offering cohesion strength, gloss, clarity and outstanding transparency. Ideal for co-packing applications, this film is pre-perforated as standard.

100% recyclable with recycled content blends available

Optimised pre-perforation for controlled shrinkage

Delivers outstanding optics

A wide operating window for great machineability

A centre-folded film that's available in multiple thicknesses

BE Multi-Packing

A collection of fully recyclable general purpose polybags and mailers suited to packing a wide array of products. Perfect for mailing, e-commerce and retail applications.

100% recyclable with recycled content options

Coloured, clear or opaque bags with or without black inners

Print information, logos, barcodes, QR codes and more with ease

Upgrade bags with hang holes, vents. headers and easy-open strips

Strong, secure bags that are puncture-resistant and weatherproof

Standard Poly Bags

Terry Lockwood, Lockwood Lithographics

“Our previous machine, whilst adequate for very short runs, soon proved too much for the rapid growth of shrink wrapping our customers required. The YPS system is at least 10 times faster, enabling us to greatly improve our delivery times.”

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