Preform Shrink Bands

Preform shrink bands are commonly referred to as preforms. They are essentially shrink bands—also known as cut bands, neck bands, cap bands, cap seals, and secure seals—that are pre-molded to fit a specific package. Preform shrink bands are typically used as a packaging technique to prevent the product from being tampered with by consumers. They have been traditionally used as a way to maintain the freshness of consumable goods, such as produce and meat. They can also be used to seal products in a carton or tray for transportation, storage, and display.

What Are Preform Shrink Bands

Preform shrink bands are commonly referred to as preforms. They are essentially shrink bands—also known as cut bands, neck bands, cap bands, cap seals, and secure seals—that are preformed to a certain shape container.

Preform shrink bands are used as a packaging technique to prevent the product from being tampered with by consumers. The advantage of using a preform is that they are designed to help you maximize your productivity while lowering your labor costs because they are very easy to apply.

The Benefits Of Buying Pre-Formed Shrink Bands

Preform shrink bands offer a wide variety of benefits for a consumer. These tamper evident seals not only protect the product from being tampered with, they are very easy to apply saving a good amount of time, in production.

Preform shrink bands while being in the shape of the container, can be placed over the lid and then shrunk by heat to create a tamper evident seal.

Provide Tamper Evident Protection

Preform shrink bands provide tamper evidence for your products because they make it difficult for someone who is not authorized to open them before getting approval. These types of closures are designed so that if someone tries to open them without permission they will break at the perforation line; this alerts you that there has been an unauthorized opening attempt on your product.

Product Security and Safety Seal

A tamper-proofing shrink band is an important component in the packaging process of any product to assure consumers safety and security upon making a purchase. Tamper evident seals protect products from leaks and spills. Importantly, protecting products with secure seals is one of the main reasons why suppliers around the world choose a tamper-proof shrink band to meet their packaging needs. Preforms eliminate the labor of manually applying shrinkbands and increasing productivity and lowering manufacturing costs.

PVC Preform Shrink Bands

With over one hundred million preforms in stock in a variety of 300 different sizes and shapes, Source One’s coast to coast warehouse locations allow us to offer our customers immediate delivery on the most common items. See why we are one of the largest suppliers of this item in the United States:

  • Choose from a wide variety of colors and shapes – hundreds of molds available for use free of charge
  • Custom Rotogravure printing options
  • Single and Double Perforations
  • Preforms can be tailored to any specific container or tin
  • Sizes fit most manufacturers’ containers and are available within 1-2 business days
  • Huge Inventory of common sized molds in stock for immediate delivery in warehouses on both coastlines.


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