page_title: Box-sealing tape
hierarchical_section_title: Box-sealing tape
caption_attribution_description: English: Common packing tape gun.
context_page_description: Box-sealing tape, parcel tape or packing tape is a pressure-sensitive tape used for closing or sealing corrugated fiberboard boxes. It consists of a pressure-sensitive adhesive coated onto a backing material which is usually a polypropylene or polyester film which is oriented to have strength in both the long direction and the cross direction.
  Most often, the tape is 48 mm wide but it is also used in 72 mm widths.
  A variety of backing strengths and calipers as well as adhesive formulations are available. It is often transparent or tan. Other colors and printing are sometimes available.
context_section_description: Box-sealing tape, parcel tape or packing tape is a pressure-sensitive tape used for closing or sealing corrugated fiberboard boxes.  It consists of a pressure-sensitive adhesive coated onto a backing material which is usually a polypropylene or polyester film which is oriented to have strength in both the long (machine) direction and the cross direction.
  Most often, the tape is 48 mm (approx 2 inches) wide but it is also used in 72 mm (approx 3-inch) widths.
  A variety of backing strengths and calipers as well as adhesive formulations are available. It is often transparent or tan (beige, buff, brown).  Other colors and printing are sometimes available.
caption: Common packing tape gun.
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