Tuckers New Flex Mailing Solution

Tucker Printing, one of our Consolidated Graphics sister companies, has introduced a new mailing capability for mailing odd-shaped packages (think t-shirt in a plastic bag). This process is known as flex mailing and the postage can be quite astronomical. Tucker, however, invested in this technology to streamline the process and cut costs on postage for you, the client.

Here is a recent case study on how they helped one of their clients save a ton of money on their flex mailing job:

"In the last month, we finished producing 990,000 sets of our flex mailing system for one of our customers, saving them a total of $336,600.00 off their normal postage. The total projected annual postal savings for this customer will be over $1,009,800.00 this year! In addition to the postal savings, switching to our flex mailer saved .02 cents apiece when compared to previous design. This saved them an additional $19,800.00, to bring their total savings as of 1/11/10 to $356,400.00.

Here are a few of our recent inquiries regarding the flex mailing system…

• 200,000 t-shirts inserted into the Xlarge size mailer $68,500 in postal savings
• 500M product mailers to go into the small mailer $170,000 in postal savings
• 2.7MM in an electronics mailing xsmall $918,000 in postal savings

Other developments:
We have been working with CGX’s agency to develop a name as well as a branded mailer and brochure to be available sometime in February. Coming soon we will also have unprinted classic size mailers in stock for short run mailings."

Nationally approved flex mailer sizes… the first size is the outer dimension and the second is the inside dimension for the erected tray:

Xsmall 6 ½ x 5 ½ 3 ¾ x 3 7/8
Small 9 x 6 3/8 6 ¼ x 4 ¾
Classic 10 ½ x 6 3/8 7 13/16 x 4 11/16
Medium 12 ½ x 7 ¼ 9 ¾ x 5 5/8
Large 14 ½ x 8 ¾ 11 ¾ x 7
Xlarge 14 ½ x 11 ½ 11 ¾ x 9 7/8

I realize this information can be quite daunting. Don't hesitate to give me a call at 503-863-5325 if I can answer any questions for you!